Migration using AWS-DMS from standalone SQL server to AWS Redshift?

Question

I have a SQL Server 2012 hosted on a standalone machine. I want to migrate it to my AWS Redshift (already existing data warehouse).

My question is wether it is possible via AWS Data migration service ?

I am also open to other efficient methods for migration. Currently I am doing the following steps

1. taking a backup of the SQL server DB in the standalone server.
2. uploading it to AWS-S3.
3. Droping and restoring the Db from S3 in AWS-RDS (Sql-server)

I would like this data to be present in my data warehouse ie AWS-Redshift

Thanks for the help in advance !

Answer 1

There are 2 types of migration within DMS

• "one off" data migration, where the data is copied using sql statements
• "continuous replication", where the "change dta capture" system on the source is used to capture and process just the updates.

SQL server can be used as a source for both of these types however there are caveats and limitations that should be read and understood thoroughly.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Source.SQLServer.html

So long as you follow the instructions and meet the limitiations that are documented then it will work great.