AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) makes it easy to move projects of multiple sizes from on-premises databases to Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and NoSQL database services. AWS DMS helps you change schemas, load full table records, and support on-going change data capture (CDC) processing during the migration project and production environment operations. This guide covers CDC processing, including how to read metrics and how to handle abnormal situations indicated by metrics. Components of AWS DMS Before we can get into reading the metrics that AWS DMS provides, let’s review the components that make it up. AWS DMS consists of four major components: replication instance (RI), source endpoint, target endpoint, and task. These components and their associated metrics are detailed in the following sections. Replication Instance The replication instance is an Amazon Elastic Comput
