RE: Replication not working but replication monitor says all ok!!

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February 20, 2018 at 4:11 pm

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steve.roberts 86619 - Tuesday, February 20, 2018 3:05 PM
Sue_H - Tuesday, February 20, 2018 3:00 PM
Do you want a server or databases? AWS server migration service is for replicating servers, not databases so it's kind of two different things. I think that AWS server migration only supports VMware virtual machines natively. I think you can do Hyper-V by adding in some other connector or doing a three phase migration...something like that.
But what direction you go also all depends on what you need the replicas or replicated databases for.
Sue
Databases - they offer a DB migration service as well now.

I don't know anything about how that one works, not even remotely. 🙂 If it's like it was previously, it used to be based on snapshots. So that wouldn't be similar to replication, availability groups, log shipping, etc. If this is for DR it could be viable depending on the business needs. If you need close to real time, offload some of the workload, it may not be current enough if it's still snapshots.
I think one of the easiest ways to have database copies is log shipping. But what you do depends on why you need the copies - is it DR, offloading, HA and what the business requirements are that usually narrows things down. That and cost.

Sue