Whether this is a hardware, OS, software
infrastructure, database or application migration the process
remains the same. This list is not all inclusive. It is
representative of most cloud migration projects:
- Evaluation
- Assessment
- POC/POV
- Solution
cloud target architecture
- IaaS,
PaaS, DaaS, SaaS and Private Vs Public Vs. Hybrid)
- Build
business case
- No,
no go decision or defer
- Analysis
and Design
- Implement
new database and application development tools
- Migration
environment setup
- Database
Migration - DDL
- Database
Migration - Stored procedures, triggers and views
- Database
Migration - Data migration
- On
line application migration
- Batch
application migration
- Integration
infrastructure migration
- ETL
processing migration
- BI
and reporting migration
Training
(IT and end user)
DR
setup and testing
Back
up and recovery software setup and testing
Cloud,
database and application management and monitoring tools
setup and configuration
Chargeback
and/or showback software installation and configuration
IaaS,
PaaS and DaaS self service provisioning tools installation
and configuration
Other
infrastructure software migration such as: replication
servers, gateways, load balancers
Other
hardware infrastructure migration such as: firewalls, load
balancers, network, storage.
Production,
system test and UAT environment set up
Performance
and Tuning
Production
data move, application deployment testing (2-3 cycles)
New
documentation roll out
Production
roll out
Post
Production support
Turn
off old system - May involve hours, days or months of
running in parallel