Migrate an Oracle database to Amazon Aurora MySQL using AWS DMS and AWS SCT - AWS Prescriptive Guidance
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Migrate an Oracle database to Amazon Aurora MySQL using AWS DMS and AWS SCT

R Type: Re-architect

Source: Databases: Relational

Target: Amazon Aurora MySQL

Created by: AWS

Environment: PoC or pilot

Additional technologies: Databases

Workload: Oracle

Main technology: Migration

AWS services: Aurora

Summary

This pattern provides guidance for migrating an Oracle database to Amazon Aurora MySQL using AWS Data Migration Service (AWS DMS) and AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT). 

This pattern covers three types of source databases: on-premises Oracle databases, Oracle databases on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle DB instances. The target is an Amazon Aurora MySQL database.

Prerequisites and limitations

Prerequisites

Limitations

  • Database size limit: 64 TB

Product versions

Architecture

Source technology stack

One of the following:

  • An on-premises Oracle database

  • An Oracle database on an EC2 instance

  • An Amazon RDS for Oracle DB instance

Target technology stack

  • Amazon Aurora MySQL DB instance 

Data migration architecture

For an Oracle source database running in the AWS Cloud:

For an on-premises Oracle source database:

Tools

  • AWS DMS - AWS Database Migration Services (AWS DMS) helps you migrate relational databases, data warehouses, NoSQL databases, and other types of data stores. You can use AWS DMS to migrate your data into the AWS Cloud, between on-premises instances (through an AWS Cloud setup), or between combinations of cloud and on-premises setups.

  • AWS SCT - AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT) is used to convert your database schema from one database engine to another.

Epics

Task Description Skills required
Validate the source and target database version and engine. DBA
Create an outbound security group to the source and target databases. SysAdmin
Create and configure an EC2 instance for AWS SCT, if required. DBA
Download AWS SCT and drivers. DBA
Add and validate prerequisite users and grants in the source database. DBA
Create an AWS SCT project for the workload and connect to the source database. DBA
Generate an assessment report and evaluate feasibility. DBA
Task Description Skills required
Create an Amazon RDS target database. DBA
Extract the lists for users, roles, and grants from the source. DBA
Map existing database users to new database users. AppOwner
Create users in the target database. DBA, AppOwner
Apply roles from the preceding step to the target Amazon RDS database. DBA
Review the source database options, parameters, network files, and database links, and evaluate their applicability to the target database. DBA
Apply any relevant settings to the target database. DBA
Task Description Skills required
Configure AWS SCT connectivity to the target database. DBA
Convert the schema in AWS SCT. DBA
Review the generated SQL code, and save the error and warning objects. DBA
Apply the automated schema changes to the target, or save them as a .sql file. DBA
Validate AWS SCT object creation in the target database. DBA
Manually rewrite, reject, or redesign any items that failed to convert automatically. DBA, AppOwner
Apply the role and user grants that were generated, and review exceptions. DBA
Task Description Skills required
Determine the migration method. DBA
Create a replication instance in the AWS DMS console. DBA
Create source and target endpoints. DBA
Create a replication task. DBA
Run the replication task and monitor the logs. DBA
Task Description Skills required
Use AWS SCT to analyze and convert the SQL code inside the application code. AppOwner
Create the new application servers on AWS. AppOwner
Migrate the application code to the new servers. AppOwner
Configure the application server for the target database and drivers. AppOwner
Fix any source database engine-specific code in the application. AppOwner
Optimize the application code for the target database engine. AppOwner
Task Description Skills required
Administer any new users, grants, and code changes in the target database. DBA
Lock the application from any further changes. AppOwner
Validate that all changes have been propagated to the target database. DBA
Point the new application server to the target database. AppOwner
Perform sanity checks. AppOwner
Go live. AppOwner
Task Description Skills required
Shut down temporary AWS resources (AWS DMS replication instance, EC2 instance used for AWS SCT). DBA, AppOwner
Update feedback on the AWS DMS process to internal teams. DBA, AppOwner
Revise the AWS DMS process and improve the template. DBA, AppOwner
Review and validate the project documents. DBA, AppOwner
Gather metrics around time to migrate, % of manual vs. tool, cost savings, etc. DBA, AppOwner
Close out the project and provide feedback. DBA, AppOwner

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