Source Servers in AWS Application Migration Service

You must add your source servers to the AWS Application Migration Service console in order to migrate them into AWS. Source servers are added by installing the AWS Replication Agent on each individual server. The following documentation provides installation paths for both Linux and Windows servers. Ensure that your servers are supported by AWS Application Migration Service by reviewing the Supported Operating Systems documentation.

In addition, AWS Application Migration Service allows you to perform agentless snapshot replication from your vCenter source environment into AWS. This is achieved by installing the Application Migration Service vCenter Client in your vCenter environment. Agentless snapshot replication has its own unique credentials, installation, and replication mechanisms. AWS Application Migration Service recommends using agent-based replication when possible, as it supports CDP (Continuous Data Protection) and provides the shortest cutover window. Agentless replication should be used when your company's policies or technical issues prevent you from installing the AWS Replication Agent on each individual server.

Once your source servers have been added to AWS Application Migration Service, you can monitor and interact with them from the Source servers page. The Source servers page is the default view in the AWS Application Migration Service Console, and will be the page that you interact with the most. On the Source servers page, you can view all of your source servers, monitor their migration lifecycle and data replication state, see the next step in the migration process for each server, and sort your servers by a variety of categories. You can also perform a variety of commands from the Source servers page through the command menus. These menus allow you to full control your servers by managing data replication, launching test and cutover instances, and disconnecting servers from AWS Application Migration Service.

You can click on any individual source server on the Source servers page in order to access the server details view. This view will allow you to see the details for individual servers. Here you will be able to see an in-depth view of the server's migration lifecycle, browse an overview of the server's technical details, manage tags, manage disks, and most importantly, configure the individual replication settings and launch settings for the server.