S Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Migration Architect Professional (2025) ELS

Module 1: Cloud Migration Fundamentals

• Migration Fundamentals
• Business Drivers
• Technical Drivers
• Cloud Migration Strategies
• Migration Workflow
• Defining the Business Case
• Core of Migrations
• Migration Phases
• Migration Scenarios
• On-Premises Deployments Overview
• Application Summary

Module 2: Virtualization and Source Discovery

• Hypervisor Layer: VMware vSphere
• Virtual Resources and Attributes
• VMware Virtual Switching
• Network Virtualization
• Storage Types: External NAS/SAN, Hyperconverged vSAN
• Understanding Source Discovery
• Discovery Methods
• Assessment Types & Goals
• Application Assessments
• Infrastructure Details
• Operational Assessment
• Compute Assessments: Physical to Virtual
• Storage and Data Assessment
• Storage Types Recap
• Assessment Factors
• Network Assessment
• Security & Compliance Assessments
• Security Assessment Factors
• Compliance Assessment
• Other Assessments

Module 3: OCI Networking and Cloud Connectivity

• Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) Basics
• Allowed Sizes and Address Ranges
• Routing & Route Tables
• Security: Network Security Groups (NSG), Security Lists
• Load Balancer Concepts & Shapes
• Content-Based Routing: Host & Path Based
• VCN Connectivity Options
• Local Peering vs Remote Peering
• Connecting On-Premises to OCI
• Site-to-Site VPN: Overview, Use Cases, Tunnel Modes
• FastConnect Overview & Setup
• Networking Considerations for Migration
• Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP)
• DNS

Module 4: Migrating Workloads to OCI

• Introduction to Oracle Cloud Migrations
• Key Concepts & Terminologies
• Assets
• Oracle Cloud Migrations Phases
• Discovery and Inventory
• Oracle Cloud Bridge
• Prerequisites for OCB
• Source Environment & Agents
• Discovery with Asset Source & Inventory
• Migration Projects
• Migration Assets & Plans
• Replicate and Launch
• Replication Process
• Launch Process
• Migrations Flow & Architecture
• Service Architecture & Components
• Migration End-to-End Process

Module 5: Migrating AWS Workloads to OCI

• AWS Migration Introduction
• OCM Migrations Workflow
• Migration Readiness
• AWS Source Environment & IAM Policies
• OCI Prerequisites
• Managing Assets: Discovery, Inventory, Launch & Validation
• Migration Final Steps: Planning & Execution

Module 6: Migrating to Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS)

• Introduction to OCVS
• Partnership & SDDC Overview
• Product Overview & Use Cases
• Key Benefits of OCVS
• Core Aspects and Values
• SDDC Products Overview
• vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T
• Storage Options, Compute Shapes, Multi-Clusters
• SDDC Deployment
• Determine Target Environment
• VLANs & HA Deployment
• Connecting On-Premises and OCVS
• Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX)
• Overview, Components, MON
• License Editions & Features
• Configuration: Network & Compute Profiles
• Migration Types & Benefits

Module 7: Migrating Containers to OCI

• Introduction to Containerization
• Benefits & Comparison to Virtualization
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry (OCIR)
• Concepts and Terminology
• Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE)
• Overview & Components
• Cluster Types: Basic & Enhanced
• Supported & Unsupported Features
• Creating Clusters
• Serverless Kubernetes with Virtual Nodes
• Managed & Virtual Nodes Overview
• Navigating Migration to OKE Cluster
• Evaluation, Planning, Implementation, Optimization

Module 8: Cross-Region & Cross-AD Workloads

• Object Storage Replication
• Benefits, Policies, Limitations
• Block Volume: Cross-Region & Cross-AD Replication
• Enabling Replication
• Block Volume Backups & Clones
• Backup vs Clone Operations
• File System Cloning Concepts
• Full Stack Disaster Recovery (FSDR)
• Supported Resources & Concepts

Module 9: Data Transfer to OCI

• Data Transfer Service
• Offline & Online Migration
• Types of Transfers
• Petabyte Scale Offline Data Transport Service
• Disk-Based Data Transfer: Concepts, Import
• Appliance-Based Data Transfer: Export & Import
• How Data Transfer Works

Module 10: Oracle Database Migration to OCI

• Database Migration Overview
• Factors Influencing Migration
• Oracle DB Migration Recommendations
• Database Targets in OCI
• Autonomous Database, Exadata, Base Database
• Deployment Options (Public Cloud vs Customer Data Center)
• Choosing DB Targets & Deployment Options
• Migration Types, Modes, and Methods
• Migrating Oracle Data Sources to OCI DB Services
• Migrating Non-Oracle Data Sources to OCI DB Services

Module 11: Migration Tools and Advisors

• Migration Advisors Overview
• OCI Database Service Advisor
• Oracle Migration Methods Advisor
• Cloud Premigration Advisor Tool (CPAT)
• Cloud Migration Advisor Tool & Workflow
• Oracle Estate Explorer Tool

Module 12: Oracle Database Migration Methods

• RMAN Migration Method
• Options & Process
• Data Pump Migration Method
• Utility, Transportable Tablespaces, Full Transportable
• Remote Cloning Migration Method
• Unplug and Plug Migration Method
• Source PDB to OCI DB Service
• Non-CDB to OCI DB Service
• UI-Based Tools
• Enterprise Manager Migration Workbench & Workflow
• Data Guard Migration Method
• Oracle Golden Gate Migration Method
• Zero-Downtime Migration Method
• Overview, Support Matrix, Workflow
• OCI Database Migration Service Overview