ExpertAWS SAP-C02 · Question 38 · Domain 4.1: Select Workloads for Migration
A company is migrating its on-premises data center to AWS. They have a large portfolio of applications. The CIO wants to use the '7 Rs' migration strategy. They have identified a legacy mainframe application that is too expensive to rewrite, but the hardware lease expires in 3 months. They also have a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) HR application that requires heavy maintenance. Which migration strategies should be applied to these specific applications? (Select TWO)
A company is migrating its on-premises data center to AWS. They have a large portfolio of applications. The CIO wants to use the '7 Rs' migration strategy. They have identified a legacy mainframe application that is too expensive to rewrite, but the hardware lease expires in 3 months. They also have a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) HR application that requires heavy maintenance. Which migration strategies should be applied to these specific applications? (Select TWO)
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Use the Rehost (Lift and Shift) strategy for the mainframe application using a mainframe emulator on EC2.
Use the Repurchase (Drop and Shop) strategy for the HR application by migrating to a SaaS HR provider.
Use the Refactor strategy for the mainframe application to rewrite it into microservices within 3 months.
Use the Relocate strategy for the HR application by moving it to VMware Cloud on AWS.
Use the Retain strategy for the mainframe application until a modern replacement can be built.
Use the Replatform strategy for the HR application by moving its database to Amazon RDS.
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