26.1 Planning for Migration to Amazon Web Services

Before you begin migrations to your cloud environment in Amazon Web Services (AWS), ensure that your migration environment meets the following guidelines:

Supported Cloud Platforms

See Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Supported Target Cloud Platforms.

Supported Workloads

See Supported Workloads For Migration to Amazon Web Services, as appropriate for the target AWS environment.

Network Access and Communications

See Access and Communication Requirements across Your Migration Network.

Prerequisites

Targets and Workloads

Target AWS EC2 cloud account (automated): See Target Discovery in the Web Interface using Table 18-4, Options for Amazon Cloud Region.
Source Workloads: Use either of the following discovery methods:
- Workload Discovery in the Migrate Web Interface
- Registering Workloads and Discovering Details with Migrate Agent

Additional Information

See the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Documentation.
See AWS Managed VPN in the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud User Guide.
See Your Customer Gateway in the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Network Administrator Guide.