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StartRecommendations - AWS Database Migration Service

StartRecommendations

Starts the analysis of your source database to provide recommendations of target engines.

You can create recommendations for multiple source databases using BatchStartRecommendations.

Request Syntax

{ "DatabaseId": "string", "Settings": { "InstanceSizingType": "string", "WorkloadType": "string" } }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

DatabaseId

The identifier of the source database to analyze and provide recommendations for.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Settings

The settings in JSON format that Fleet Advisor uses to determine target engine recommendations. These parameters include target instance sizing and availability and durability settings. For target instance sizing, Fleet Advisor supports the following two options: total capacity and resource utilization. For availability and durability, Fleet Advisor supports the following two options: production (Multi-AZ deployments) and Dev/Test (Single-AZ deployments).

Type: RecommendationSettings object

Required: Yes

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedFault

AWS DMS was denied access to the endpoint. Check that the role is correctly configured.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidResourceStateFault

The resource is in a state that prevents it from being used for database migration.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundFault

The resource could not be found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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