Assess secure Windows Servers for TCO analysis using Migration Evaluator
AWS Cloud Operations Blog
The article describes an approach to assess and collect metrics data from secure Windows Servers for TCO analysis using AWS Migration Evaluator, when deploying assessment tools, enabling remote access or monitoring protocols is not feasible.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Retrieving server provisioning details (CPU, memory, disk, OS) using PowerShell scripts
- Measuring CPU and memory utilization using Windows Performance Monitor
- Aggregating collected data into the Migration Evaluator Data Import Template
- Sharing the populated template with AWS for TCO assessment
- Conclusion on utilizing precise data for rightsizing Windows workloads
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