When critical business applications move to the AWS Cloud, the business needs to be assured that applications will migrate rapidly and that performance will be as good or better than on-premises. This session covers a proven solution to evaluate, move, and compare migrated applications and assure they meet user expectations. The session also covers how to monitor and intelligently remediate applications on an ongoing basis, so user experience is consistent and can scale and heal accordingly. You see Cisco CloudCenter in action, along with discovery and third-party migration tools used to understand applications and move them to AWS. With AppDynamics and CloudCenter working together, you can see before and after examples of a business application running as good as or better than when on-premises. We also share advanced use cases of AppDynamics, providing user experience analytics and directing CloudCenter to scale applications. Session sponsored by Cisco

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Successfully Migrating Business-
Critical Applications to AWS
J e r e m y O a k e y
S r . D i r e c t o r , C l o u d P l a t f o r m & S o l u t i o n s G r o u p
C i s c o S y s t e m s

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Agenda
What drives app
migration to cloud?
Challenges in
app migration
On-premises app
migration flow
Cisco CloudCenter and
how it automates the
different components of
application migration
Migration back to
on-premises or
build hybrid cloud

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On-premises
capacity
constraints
for resources
Reduce
operational/
maintenance costs
while increasing
service availability
Elasticity—
scale out,
scale in when
needed
Building a disaster
recovery service—
no on-premises-
only environment
Faster
application
deployments,
updates, and
patching
Business agility
improvements
Application
Migration
to Cloud:
Drivers

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Planning (12 weeks) Validating (6 weeks)Migration (4 weeks)
There’s so much more to consider
Most Enterprises Only Consider a Slice of
the Problem

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Planning (12 weeks) Migration (4 weeks)
And with So Many Interests at Stake
Validating (6 weeks)
Ops
Are we confident that we
know how this app is
architected?
Dev
Are we confident
that we know every
code dependency?
Business
Are we confident
that we have
understood the user
impact?
Entire process (5.5 months)
You need 100% confidence before investing the time

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Planning

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Lack of performance
information
Integration
downtime
Application
visibility
Large set of
applications
Application
Migration to
Cloud:
Challenges

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Planning Requires Understanding Your
Applications
“If you attempt to move a monolithic application into the cloud without refactoring it…you will lose many of
the advantages of cloud deployment.”
—Benjamin Wootton (https://www.contino.io/insights/the-lift-and-shift-fallacy-why-it-will-cost-you-time-money-and-people)
Process paymentLogin
Withdraw fundsSearch
Network
Databases
Application
Third-party
Microservices
Servers
Docker

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Quantifying
Success
Requires
a Baseline
B oth Technical
and B u sin ess
Metrics
Role Criteria
Ops
Dev
Business
Crashes
HTTP errors
JS errors
Page load time
Response time
Calls per minute
User experience
User conversions
Revenue
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Pre-move Post-move
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On-Premises Application Migration Flow
Application
discovery
Pre-migration performance
baseline
Post-migration
performance baseline
Migrate
Compare
performance

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On-Premises Application Migration Flow
Who D oes Wh at?
Application
discovery
Pre-migration performance
baseline
Post-migration
performance baseline
Migrate
Compare
performance
Cisco CloudCenter

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On-Premises Application Migration Flow
C isco C lou dC enter Orche strate d S o lu tio n
Application discovery
Perform application discovery
using iQuate
Enable AppD agent
Use application discovery data from
iQuate to import VMs to CloudCenter
and install AppD agents
Cisco CloudCenter
Performance baseline @ Source
Generate performance baseline for
application in On-premises
environment with AppDynamics
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On-Premises Application Migration Flow
C isco C lou dC en te r-B ased Solution
Cisco CloudCenter
Migrate application
Migrate the application using
CloudEndure migration service
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On-Premises Application Migration Flow
C isco C lou dC en te r-B ased Solution
Cisco CloudCenter
Performance baseline @ AWS
Generate performance baseline for
application in AWS environment with
AppDynamics
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Compare performance
Compare pre- and post-migration
application performance data
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Day 0 Operations at iQuate,
AppDynamics and CloudEndure
Setup SaaS account
with iQuate
Deploy iQuate appliance
in vCenter environment
Define scope for
application discovery
Execute scan runs
periodically to get
optimum data analysis
Setup SaaS account or
on-premises installation
of AppDynamics
Define dashboard metrics
at the AppD controller
Define “install AppD agent”
action at the CloudCenter
Setup SaaS account with
CloudEndure migration
service
Define/set your target cloud
as AWS in CloudEndure
Define “migration”
action in CloudCenter

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AWS
Cisco CloudCenter
B uild A pplication Map p in g U sin g iQuate
VMs
Brownfield VMs
app owner
Cisco
CloudCenter
vCenter
Perform application discovery
using iQuate
Obtain the application discovery
data from iQuate reports
Use application discovery data from
iQuate to import VMs to CloudCenter
Import application VMs in to CloudCenter
based on iQuate application discovery data
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AWS
Cisco CloudCenter
E nable A p p D y na mics an d B uild P re-Migration
P erforman ce B aselin e
VMs
Brownfield VMs
app owner
Cisco
CloudCenter
vCenter
Install AppD agents from CloudCenter
Start traffic for the application
Get performance baseline for the
application at AppD controller
(pre-migration)
Build pre-migration performance baseline
in the AppD controller
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Migration

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VMs
Brownfield VMs
app owner
Cisco
CloudCenter
vCenter
AWS
Cisco CloudCenter
Migrate A p p lication U sin g C lou d E n d u re Migration S ervice
Perform application migration
from CloudCenter—contacts
the CloudEndure migration and
performs the move
Trigger the migration action in CloudCenter
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Validating

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VMs
Brownfield VMs
app owner
Cisco
CloudCenter
vCenter
AWS
Cisco CloudCenter
P ost-Migration P erforman ce B aselin e an d C omp arison
Get performance baseline for
the application at AppD controller
(post-migration)
Get post-migration performance
baseline at AppD controller
Compare the pre-migration and
post-migration performance
baseline data
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Overall average
response time
Average response time
over the performance
baseline time period
Calls per minute
over the performance
baseline time period
Compare
Performance—
Technical

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User data such as
sessions, conversion rate
User experience
Conversion funnel
Compare
Performance
— Business

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Cisco CloudCenter
P ost-Migration Man agemen t
CloudCenter
Application lifecycle management
Managing day N application operations
Cloud spend visibility
Apply governance and control
AppDynamics
Deep visibility and insights into app performance
Continuous application monitoring in the cloud
Optimize resources

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Demo
Migration of On-Premises Application to
AWS

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Cisco CloudCenter
Migration B ack to On -P remises
Peak demand time period
for application is over
Have capacity available
on-premises
Data has to stay on-premises
Compliance/regulatory
requirements
Greenfield and Brownfield
migration from CloudCenter

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Cisco CloudCenter
B uilding Hybrid A pplication D eployment Model
Cisco
CloudCenter
Secure link
profile
Secure connectivity
Application components
spread out in public and
private (web in public with
database in private)
AWS

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Cisco CloudCenter
B uilding Hybrid A pplication D eployment Model
Cisco
CloudCenter Application components spread
out in public and private clouds
with web in public and
database in private
Applications are in public
and private clouds
AWSDatabase Tier Web Tier
Application
profile

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Cisco CloudCenter
On -P remises D atab ase D ep loymen t U sin g S caleA rc
Cisco
CloudCenter ScaleArc database load
balancer sending database
requests to on-premises
database
ScaleArc’s in-memory query
cache helps serving request
locally in cloudSQL
Web
Tier
Database
LB
SQL
Application
Profile

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Demo
Application in AWS with On-Premises
Database via ScaleArc Database LB

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Cisco CloudCenter
S tretch ed D a ta b a se D ep lo y men t U sin g S ca leA rc
Cisco
CloudCenter ScaleArc load balancer
distributing requests to local
database in cloud and
on-premises database
Database replication active
between on-premises database
and cloud local databaseSQL
Web
Tier
Database
LB
RDS
MySQL
Application
profile
DB Replication

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Demo
Application in AWS with RDS MySQL and
On-Premises Database via ScaleArc
Replication

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Questions?
(jeoakey@cisco.com)
We’ll be posting the demos and related
content to
communities.cisco.com, Search CloudCenter

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