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March 2023: This post was reviewed and updated with architecture diagrams and console screenshots. You can use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to migrate data from various sources to most widely used commercial and open-source databases. AWS DMS also supports Amazon S3 as a source and as a target for migrations. When you use Amazon S3 […]

You can migrate your databases into Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server in multiple ways. Typically, you perform a simple backup and restore of the databases (along with scripting system objects such as logins). If you want a higher availability or lower downtime option, you might use the AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS). In […]

July 2023: This post was reviewed for accuracy. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) enables you to use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to manage database access for Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instances and Amazon Aurora MySQL DB clusters. Database administrators can associate database users with IAM users and roles. By using IAM, you can manage user access to all […]

This post walks you through a troubleshooting flow chart to help you understand what could go wrong with migrations using AWS DMS, and it discusses best practices for debugging your AWS DMS migrations. This process involves creating the required AWS DMS components—like the replication instance, source and target endpoints, and the replication task to migrate data from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

November 2024: This post was reviewed and updated for accuracy. If you’re thinking about moving your on-premises Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon RDS, one option to migrate your databases is to use native SQL Server backups. You can also use Amazon Database Migration Services to migrate your data to RDS. In this blog post, […]

Shawn McCoy is a database engineer in Amazon Web Services. As a PostgreSQL database owner, you know that critical maintenance operations are handled by the autovacuum process. The effectiveness of this background process is constantly being improved with each release. For most PostgreSQL users, the default settings will work just fine. However, some workloads and […]