AWS Migration Hub

AWS Migration Hub is a service that monitors the progress of application migrations to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.

The service enables a user to collect and view data from on-premises resources, including servers, and group them into applications. Then, the service provides a console to track the migration progress of those applications into AWS.

AWS Migration Hub supports and integrates with native migration tools, such as AWS Server Migration Service (AWS SMS) and AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS), as well as several partner tools to provide accurate data.

Start a migration

To get started, AWS Migration Hub prompts a user to perform discovery on local resources or to start a migration without the discovery process. If a user chooses to bypass the discovery process and migrate immediately, all application and database servers will appear as resources in Migration Hub, as the migration takes place. On the other hand, if a user does perform discovery, the service presents two data collection options: agent-based discovery via AWS Application Discovery Service (AWS ADS) or agentless discovery, which is recommended for VMware users.

Once AWS ADS collects data, it stores it in a repository, which AWS Migration Hub accesses. The service then relays that data to the user, who can examine technical specifications along with other performance information.

Whichever discovery option a user chooses, he must populate a servers list before grouping servers into an application. After it populates, the user selects the resources to group into an application. All AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) users within the same account can view each other's applications.