Migration Strategy, Frameworks & Discovery

Why do enterprises tend to skip right-sizing at first, and what is the consequence?

In the AWS MAP "Assess" phase for SAP, what are the key activities and the main outcome?

What is the SAP LMDB, and what dependency information do SAP tools fail to provide for discovery?

Which applications make ideal early-wave candidates for an SAP migration to AWS, and where do SAP production systems usually land?

What is the typical timeline for an SAP rehosting migration to AWS, and what business pressure most often drives the need to shorten it?

What is AWS Migration Evaluator (formerly TSO Logic), and when is it the recommended tool?

What is the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP), and what are its three phases?

Why is application portfolio discovery the common denominator of the CAF/MAP assess phase before applying the 6 Rs?

What is migration wave planning, and how long does a typical wave span?

What are the six perspectives of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)?

What is AWS Application Discovery Service (ADS), and what does it cost?

What are the 6 Rs of AWS's migration strategy?

When is a "big-bang" migration approach appropriate for SAP, and in what order are systems moved?

Why are an SAP application server and its database always migrated together, while two SAP systems linked by RFC are not?

Which two of the 6 Rs are specifically applicable to SAP migrations to AWS, and when is each used?

In the AWS MAP "Mobilize" phase for SAP, what happens and what is the outcome?

What buffer is built into an SAP Quick Sizer recommendation?

What are the key best practices for SAP migration wave planning?

How does attribute-based scoring work for application prioritization in a migration inventory?

In the AWS MAP "Migrate" phase, in which environments are HA/DR validation, go-live assessment, and post-go-live hypercare each performed?

What is the 7th "R" of migration strategy, and why is it typically disregarded for SAP?

What are the four technical dependency categories for SAP applications?

Why should a CCoE take an outcome-focused rather than a technology-focused approach?

What key questions must application discovery answer before any SAP migration?

What is right-sizing for SAP on AWS, and why size on peak rather than allocated/assumed utilization?

What is the common myth about application migration priority, and what is the reality in wave planning?

What are the three pillars of a Cloud Center of Expertise (CCoE)?

What is the difference between agentless and agent-based application discovery?

What three building blocks make up an SAP migration to AWS, and what question does each answer?

How do the common manual sources of discovery data compare in fidelity (data accuracy)?

What server-count guardrails are typical for sizing SAP migration waves?

Under the 6 Rs, which strategy is "repurchasing" and what is a typical SAP example?

What does the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) provide, and what three things does it center on?

What is the AWS Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA), and what does it measure?

What wave-planning lessons learned relate to the SAP global transport file system and Solution Manager?

What hostname decision significantly affects SAP migration testing complexity and timeline?

AWS CAF treats migration as an iterative flywheel rotating around which four phases?

Which data sources are recommended for sizing SAP workloads on AWS by migration strategy?

Why can't AWS ADS or third-party discovery tools fully size SAP workloads on their own?

An SAP S/4HANA app server is provisioned as an r6i.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM), but AWS ADS shows peak utilization of only 25% vCPU and 40% RAM. What instance can replace it, and why?

Why is application prioritization done in two phases of the AWS migration methodology, and how do the criteria differ?

What rule governs whether non-production and production systems can share a migration wave, and why are database servers grouped with their apps?

What is a Cloud Center of Expertise (CCoE), and why is it described as "multilingual"?