Migration Scenarios

The following table lists the migration scenarios that we will cover in detail in this guide. The tools and methodologies listed in the table were discussed in the previous section.

Migration scenario	Source database	Target database	Migration tool or methodology
Migration of anyDB from other platforms to AWS *	anyDB (any non-SAP HANA database such as IBM DB2, Oracle Database, or SQL Server)	SAP HANA	SAP HANA classical migration SAP DMO with System Move SAP DMO move to SAP S/4 HANA (on hyperscaler) DMOVE2S4
Migration of SAP HANA from other platforms to AWS *	SAP HANA (scale-up and scale-out considerations apply here as well)	SAP HANA	AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator SAP HANA backup and restore SAP HANA classical migration (considered a homogeneous system copy in this scenario)** SAP HANA HSR SAP HANA HSR with initialization via backup and restore SAP DMO with system move SAP DMO move to SAP S/4 HANA (on hyperscaler) DMOVE2S4
Migration of SAP HANA from an existing EC2 instance to an EC2 High Memory instance	SAP HANA	SAP HANA	Instance resize Amazon Machine Image (AMI) SAP HANA HSR AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator SAP HANA backup and restore

\* Other platforms include on-premises infrastructures and other cloud infrastructures outside of AWS.

\** See SAP Note 1844468 – Homogeneous system copy on SAP HANA.