Migrate – SAS content to AWS
Migrate Active Directory identities
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Goal: Define user IDs (UIDs) and group IDs (GIDs), and configure mapping.
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Tasks:
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Define new UID/GID attributes for users and groups.
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Map users to UIDs and security groups to GIDs.
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Skills/roles: SAS consultant
Migrate Linux files, directories, and permissions
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Goal: Transfer Linux files and directories, while maintaining the directory structure on AWS.
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Tasks:
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Transfer your existing directory structures and files to the file system on AWS. (For example, you can use FSx for Lustre
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Make sure that the directory structure and file paths are consistent in the source and target environments to minimize code changes.
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Skills/roles: SAS consultant
Migrate SAS metadata
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Goal: Implement metadata security design and synchronize SAS metadata content.
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Tasks:
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Implement SAS metadata security design on AWS.
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Synchronize users and groups from your existing corporate Active Directory, where appropriate, based on the security design.
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Migrate all other SAS metadata folders and objects via export/import from your existing environment.
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Skills/roles: SAS consultant
Perform post-migration validation and acceptance testing
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Goal: Perform functional and system testing, sign off on the migration, and create post-migration reports. For details, see Performing Post-Migration Tasks
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Perform functional testing of the SAS application on AWS.
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Perform system testing of SAS applications on AWS.
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Prepare post-installation documentation.
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Skills/roles: SAS consultant