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DBS-C01 · Question #43

A media company is running a critical production application that uses Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL with Multi-AZ deployments. The database size is currently 25 TB. The IT Director wants to migrate the d

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Submitted by akirajp· Mar 6, 2026Deployment and Migration

Question

A media company is running a critical production application that uses Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL with Multi-AZ deployments. The database size is currently 25 TB. The IT Director wants to migrate the database to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with minimal effort and minimal disruption to the business. What is the best migration strategy to meet these requirements?

Options

  • AUse the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT) to copy the database schema from RDS for
  • BCreate a script to continuously back up the RDS for PostgreSQL instance using pg_dump, and
  • CCreate a read replica from the existing production RDS for PostgreSQL instance. Check that the
  • DCreate an Aurora Replica from the existing production RDS for PostgreSQL instance. Stop the

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#Database Migration#Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL#Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL#Minimal Downtime Migration
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