An enterprise runs vSphere-based data centers and wants to move those workloads to AWS while keeping its vCenter, NSX and existing VMware operations unchanged. Which offering fits?
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Answer: C
VMware Cloud on AWS runs the VMware software stack on dedicated AWS infrastructure, so vSphere, vCenter, NSX and existing tooling continue to work. Workloads can move with VMware-native methods and keep their operational processes. Application Migration Service rehosts servers onto native EC2 instances, which changes the platform underneath them. Elastic Disaster Recovery is a replication service for recovery, and DMS moves databases, so neither preserves the VMware environment.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Application Migration Service rehosts servers onto native EC2 instances, so the workloads leave vSphere behind and the VMware tooling is no longer in use.
- B. Elastic Disaster Recovery replicates servers for recovery into AWS, and it does not keep the VMware platform running for ongoing operations.
- D. DMS moves database contents between engines and is unrelated to virtual machines, so it cannot carry a vSphere estate across to AWS.