AWS Mainframe Modernization Service is a set of tools and services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help organizations migrate and modernize their mainframe applications to the cloud. Mainframes, often used for critical applications like transaction processing and enterprise resource planning (ERP), can be challenging to modernize due to their complexity and long lifecycle. AWS’s mainframe modernization services aim to simplify this process, allowing businesses to modernize their mainframe workloads for greater scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency on the AWS cloud.
Mainframe Migration and Modernization:
AWS provides a comprehensive approach to migrating mainframe applications to cloud-native environments. It enables organizations to rehost, refactor, or re-architect their mainframe applications, providing them with a more modern infrastructure and the flexibility of the cloud.
Automated Discovery:
AWS Mainframe Modernization tools help with the discovery and analysis of mainframe workloads. The tools can assess mainframe applications, their dependencies, and the underlying infrastructure to develop a clear plan for migration.
Replatforming or Re-architecting:
Rehosting (Lift and Shift): This approach involves moving your mainframe workloads to AWS with minimal modification, helping you maintain the same application logic and data structures while benefiting from the scalability and performance of AWS services.
Refactoring and Re-architecting: AWS helps businesses refactor their applications to run in cloud-native environments, such as AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate, or containerized solutions, while optimizing them for modern, distributed cloud infrastructures.
Automated Code Conversion:
AWS provides tools like AWS Mainframe Modernization Service, which includes code conversion capabilities. These tools automate much of the process of converting legacy mainframe code into a modern language (e.g., Java, C#) that runs on AWS, reducing the manual effort and accelerating the migration process.
Testing and Validation:
Testing the modernized mainframe application is crucial, and AWS provides capabilities for running test environments, helping organizations validate the performance and functionality of their migrated workloads on AWS before the final cutover.
Batch Processing and Real-Time Processing:
Many mainframe applications rely on batch processing for transaction-heavy workloads. AWS offers managed services like AWS Batch for efficient batch job processing, and other cloud-native services to handle both real-time and batch processing workloads.
AWS Integration with Mainframe Tools:
The service is designed to integrate with existing mainframe tools and systems, enabling smooth data migration and seamless workflows between the on-premises and cloud environments.