Migrating a Db2 for LUW database to Amazon EC2
Feng Cai, Shunan Xiang, and Venkatesan Govindan, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
May 2024 (document history)
Amazon Relational Database Service
(Amazon RDS) now supports the IBM Db2
database engine
Amazon RDS for
Db2 automates time-consuming database administration tasks, such as
provisioning, backups, software patching, and monitoring, to free up time to innovate and
drive business value. However, Amazon RDS for Db2 doesn't provide host access or
SYSADM
access, and it has other limitations for users who want to control the
architecture. If you need host access, you can run Db2 for LUW (Linux, UNIX, and Windows)
on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).
One of the biggest migration challenges that customers face is moving on-premises Db2 LUW
workloads that are running on a big-endian platform such as IBM AIX
Considering these challenges, this guide covers the pros and cons of tested options for both big-endian and little-endian migration.