AZ-305 Question 199
Select 2You are the cloud architect for a company planning to migrate a large fleet of on-premises VMware virtual machines to Azure to reduce data center costs. The team needs a thorough pre-migration assessment to identify potential performance or sizing issues and wants to minimize downtime during the transition. Which TWO steps should be part of your design to ensure a successful migration using Azure Migrate?
- A
Deploy and configure the Azure Migrate appliance in the on-premises environment to collect VM metadata.
- B
Import an offline backup of each virtual machine into an Azure Storage account and manually create Azure VMs.
- C
Use Azure Database Migration Service to migrate every VM workload, regardless of its function.
- D
Assess the VMs’ readiness and sizing recommendations using Azure Migrate before replicating to Azure.
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Correct answers: A, D
Explanation
By deploying the Azure Migrate appliance and using the assessment features, you ensure visibility into on-premises workloads and get reliable sizing and readiness recommendations. This approach aligns with best practices published by Microsoft in the Azure Migrate documentation (https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/migrate). It helps plan capacity, approximate costs, and minimize downtime by targeting only the changes needed for a successful lift-and-shift experience.
- A. Correct.
Correct. Azure Migrate requires an on-premises appliance to collect detailed metadata (cores, RAM, disks, performance data) for assessment and migration planning.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Copying and manually re-creating VMs is prone to errors and presents a high administrative burden. It also does not leverage Azure Migrate’s built-in automated discovery or assessment capabilities.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Azure Database Migration Service is specialized for database migrations (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL). It is not used to migrate entire VMware VMs hosting varied workloads.
- D. Correct.
Correct. Azure Migrate’s assessment tools evaluate factors such as VM size, compatibility, and cost estimates. This pre-migration insight is critical for planning a smooth migration.