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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) operational review and troubleshooting

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AWS DMS Operational Review & Troubleshooting

Conduct comprehensive operational reviews, best practices validation, troubleshooting, and cost optimization assessments for AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) environments aligned with AWS Well-Architected principles.

When to Use

Activate this skill when the user asks to:

Review, audit, or assess DMS configurations
Check DMS best practices compliance
Troubleshoot DMS task failures, latency, or connectivity issues
Evaluate DMS cost optimization opportunities
Plan or execute a database migration cutover
Assess DMS version deprecations and upgrade paths
Run a pre-migration assessment
Evaluate DMS Serverless vs provisioned suitability
Investigate data validation mismatches
Review DMS homogeneous data migration options

Step 1: Identify Target Resources

Ask the user which DMS resources to review. Accept:

Specific replication instance names and regions
Specific replication task identifiers
"all instances" in a specific region
"all instances in all regions"

Query AWS APIs to discover DMS resources:

List replication instances across the configured account regions
List replication tasks and their states
List endpoints and connectivity status

Step 2: Collect DMS Configuration

For EACH replication instance and its associated tasks, gather the following data using AWS APIs.

2.1 Replication Instance Config

Engine version, instance class, Multi-AZ, storage, public accessibility, KMS encryption, auto-upgrade, VPC/subnet configuration, pending maintenance actions.

aws dms describe-replication-instances --profile <profile> --region <region>
aws dms describe-pending-maintenance-actions --profile <profile> --region <region>

2.2 Replication Tasks

Task identifiers, status, migration type, table mappings, task settings, CDC start positions, last failure messages, stop reasons, replication task statistics.

aws dms describe-replication-tasks --profile <profile> --region <region>

2.3 Endpoints

Endpoint identifiers, types (source/target), engine names, SSL mode, connection status, Secrets Manager integration, security group configurations.

aws dms describe-endpoints --profile <profile> --region <region>
aws dms describe-connections --filter Name=endpoint-arn,Values=<endpoint-arn> --profile <profile> --region <region>

2.4 Table Statistics

Per-table state, row counts, validation state, error rows, DDL counts.

aws dms describe-table-statistics --replication-task-arn <task-arn> --profile <profile> --region <region>

2.5 DMS Serverless (if applicable)

Replication configs, serverless replications, DCU utilization.

aws dms describe-replication-configs --profile <profile> --region <region>
aws dms describe-replications --profile <profile> --region <region>

2.6 Version and Deprecation Data

Available engine versions, pending maintenance actions, AWS Health events.

aws dms describe-orderable-replication-instances --query "OrderableReplicationInstances[*].EngineVersion" --profile <profile> --region <region>
aws health describe-events --filter '{"services":["DMS"],"eventTypeCategories":["scheduledChange"]}' --profile <profile> --region us-east-1

Note: AWS Health API is a global service and must be called with --region us-east-1 regardless of where DMS resources are deployed.

Step 3: Collect Observability Data (7-Day Historical)

3.1 CloudWatch Metrics (7 days)

Replication Instance Metrics (namespace: AWS/DMS):

CPUUtilization (Average, Maximum)
FreeableMemory (Average, Minimum)
SwapUsage (Average, Maximum)
DiskQueueDepth (Average, Maximum)
ReadIOPS / WriteIOPS (Average, Maximum)
ReadLatency / WriteLatency (Average, Maximum)
NetworkTransmitThroughput (Average)
NetworkReceiveThroughput (Average)

Task Metrics (namespace: AWS/DMS):

CDCLatencySource (Average, Maximum)
CDCLatencyTarget (Average, Maximum)
CDCIncomingChanges (Average, Maximum)
CDCChangesMemorySource (Average, Maximum)
CDCChangesDiskSource (Maximum)
CDCChangesDiskTarget (Maximum)
FullLoadThroughputBandwidthTarget (Average)
FullLoadThroughputRowsTarget (Average)

DMS Serverless (namespace: AWS/DMS, if applicable):

ServerlessTotalCapacityUnits (Average, Maximum)

3.2 CloudWatch Logs (7 days)

Query task logs for error patterns:

ERROR — general errors (count)
Network/connectivity errors (Network error, Connection lost, timeout)
Memory/resource errors (out of memory, OOM, swap)
CDC-specific errors (WAL, binlog, LogMiner patterns)
Data/constraint errors (truncation, constraint, duplicate key)

3.3 AWS Health Events

Query DMS scheduled changes and deprecation notices:

Upcoming engine version deprecations
Pending mandatory maintenance actions
Certificate expirations

Step 4: Analyze Against Best Practices

Evaluate ALL collected data against these categories. Assign severity to every finding: CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, or INFO.

Reference: references/dms-best-practices.md for detailed best practices. Reference: references/dms-validation-checklist.md for validation criteria and thresholds. Reference: references/dms-version-reference.md for version lifecycle and known issues.

4.1 Instance Health (25 points)

Instance status (must be "available")
Engine version currency (EOL → CRITICAL; not on latest or latest-1 active version → HIGH)
Instance class appropriate (CPU < 80%, Memory > 20% free)
Multi-AZ for production CDC tasks
Storage utilization (< 80%)
Not publicly accessible
KMS encryption enabled
Auto minor version upgrade enabled (non-prod)

4.2 Task Health (25 points)

Task status (running/stopped, not failed/error)
No tables in error/suspended state
Logging enabled on all tasks
CDC latency within thresholds (< 120s)
Recovery checkpoint exists
No full load error rows
Task settings follow best practices (LOB mode, parallelism, batch apply)

4.3 Endpoint Security (20 points)

SSL/TLS enabled on all endpoints (SslMode != "none")
Secrets Manager integration for credentials
Connection tests passing
Security groups restrict access (no 0.0.0.0/0)
VPC endpoints configured for AWS services
Private subnet placement (not publicly accessible)

4.4 Performance (15 points)

CPU utilization within thresholds (< 80% avg)
Freeable memory adequate (> 2 GB minimum)
No swap usage (SwapUsage = 0)
Disk queue depth normal (< 10)
No sustained disk-based CDC caching (CDCChangesDisk* = 0)
CDC throughput adequate for workload

4.5 Cost Efficiency (15 points)

No over-provisioned instances (CPU avg > 20% for 7+ days)
No idle instances (no running tasks for 7+ days)
Multi-AZ justified (production/critical only)
Debug logging disabled in production
Same-engine migrations using homogeneous/native tools where applicable
DMS Serverless evaluated for variable workloads

Step 5: Troubleshooting (When Applicable)

When the user reports an active issue, follow this structured approach:

Phase 0: Version Check (Always First)

Check DMS engine version and cross-reference with references/dms-version-reference.md for known bugs.

Phase 1: Error Classification

Route by error category:

Error Pattern	Category	Diagnostic Path
Network error, Connection lost, timeout	Connectivity	Network diagnostics
Memory, OOM, swap, disk full	Resource Exhaustion	Instance metrics
CDCLatency, falling behind	Performance/Latency	CDC metrics analysis
Data truncation, type mismatch	Data Mismatch	Table statistics
Table error, suspended, DDL	Table-Level Failure	Table reload
Credential, authentication, access denied	Auth/Permissions	Endpoint test
SSL, certificate, handshake	SSL/TLS	Certificate check
Task stops without clear error	Silent Failure	Comprehensive check

Phase 2: Targeted Diagnostics

Follow the appropriate diagnostic path using AWS CLI commands to gather evidence.

Phase 3: Log Analysis

Query CloudWatch Logs with engine-specific filter patterns (Oracle/PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL Server).

Step 6: Migration Cutover Guidance (When Applicable)

When the user is planning or executing a cutover:

Pre-Cutover Checklist (T-7 to T-1 days)

CDC latency at zero
No tables in error
Validation passing
No pending maintenance
Instance resources healthy
Recovery checkpoint exists
Target schema matches source
Application connection strings prepared
Rollback plan documented

Cutover Execution (T-0)

Final latency check
Stop application writes to source
Wait for CDC to drain (zero latency)
Run final validation
Stop DMS task
Switch application to target
Validate application
Monitor (T+0 to T+24h)

Rollback Procedure

Documented steps to revert to source if cutover fails.

Post-Cutover Cleanup (T+3 to T+7 days)

Resource deletion and documentation updates.

Step 7: Generate Report

Generate a separate shareable report artifact for EACH environment reviewed.

Artifact naming: dms-review-<instance-name>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.md Example: dms-review-prod-replication-2026-07-22.md

For each environment, create the artifact as a Markdown document with these sections:

Report Header

# DMS Operational Review — <instance-name>
Account: <account-id> | Region: <region> | Date: <YYYY-MM-DD> | Engine Version: <version>

Executive Summary

Environment health: ✅ HEALTHY / ⚠️ WARNINGS / ❌ CRITICAL
Health Score: XX/100 [Rating]
Finding counts by severity
Top 3 critical/high items

Health Score Breakdown

Category	Score	Key Issues
Instance Health	XX/25	[list issues]
Task Health	XX/25	[list issues]
Endpoint Security	XX/20	[list issues]
Performance	XX/15	[list issues]
Cost Efficiency	XX/15	[list issues]

Resource Inventory

Resource Type	Count	Status Summary

Findings by Category

For each of the 5 categories above, present:

#	Finding	Severity	Current State	Recommendation

CloudWatch Metrics (7-Day)

Metric	Category	7-Day Avg	7-Day Max	Status	Finding

CloudWatch Logs Analysis (7-Day)

Pattern	Occurrences	Severity	Finding

Version & Deprecation Status

All instances with version, EOL status, upgrade recommendations.

Cost Optimization Opportunities

#	Opportunity	Resource	Estimated Savings	Risk Level

Priority Matrix

#	Finding	Severity	Category	Effort	Impact
All findings sorted by severity.

Next Steps

Immediate (CRITICAL/HIGH — 7 days)
Short-term (MEDIUM — 30 days)
Long-term (LOW — 90 days)

Appendix

Refer to the AWS DMS documentation for detailed guidance on bes

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name: database-migration-service-expertise
description: AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) operational review and troubleshooting
  skill. Conducts best practices validation, health assessments, performance diagnostics,
  cost optimization reviews, and migration cutover guidance. Triggers on requests like
  "DMS review", "DMS health check", "DMS troubleshooting", "migration assessment",
  "DMS best practices audit", "DMS cost optimization", "replication instance review",
  "CDC latency issue", or "DMS task failure".
metadata:
  author: tabhiman
  version: "1.0.0"
  aws-devops-agent-skills.agent-types: "Chat tasks, Evaluation"
  aws-devops-agent-skills.aws-services: "AWS Database Migration Service"
  aws-devops-agent-skills.technical-domains: "Database"

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---
name: database-migration-service-expertise
description: AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) operational review and troubleshooting
  skill. Conducts best practices validation, health assessments, performance diagnostics,
  cost optimization reviews, and migration cutover guidance. Triggers on requests like
  "DMS review", "DMS health check", "DMS troubleshooting", "migration assessment",
  "DMS best practices audit", "DMS cost optimization", "replication instance review",
  "CDC latency issue", or "DMS task failure".
metadata:
  author: tabhiman
  version: "1.0.0"
  aws-devops-agent-skills.agent-types: "Chat tasks, Evaluation"
  aws-devops-agent-skills.aws-services: "AWS Database Migration Service"
  aws-devops-agent-skills.technical-domains: "Database"
---

# AWS DMS Operational Review & Troubleshooting

Conduct comprehensive operational reviews, best practices validation, troubleshooting,
and cost optimization assessments for AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) environments
aligned with AWS Well-Architected principles.

## When to Use

Activate this skill when the user asks to:
- Review, audit, or assess DMS configurations
- Check DMS best practices compliance
- Troubleshoot DMS task failures, latency, or connectivity issues
- Evaluate DMS cost optimization opportunities
- Plan or execute a database migration cutover
- Assess DMS version deprecations and upgrade paths
- Run a pre-migration assessment
- Evaluate DMS Serverless vs provisioned suitability
- Investigate data validation mismatches
- Review DMS homogeneous data migration options

## Step 1: Identify Target Resources

Ask the user which DMS resources to review. Accept:
- Specific replication instance names and regions
- Specific replication task identifiers
- "all instances" in a specific region
- "all instances in all regions"

Query AWS APIs to discover DMS resources:
- List replication instances across the configured account regions
- List replication tasks and their states
- List endpoints and connectivity status

## Step 2: Collect DMS Configuration

For EACH replication instance and its associated tasks, gather the following data using AWS APIs.

### 2.1 Replication Instance Config
Engine version, instance class, Multi-AZ, storage, public accessibility, KMS encryption, auto-upgrade, VPC/subnet configuration, pending maintenance actions.

```bash
aws dms describe-replication-instances --profile <profile> --region <region>
aws dms describe-pending-maintenance-actions --profile <profile> --region <region>
```

### 2.2 Replication Tasks
Task identifiers, status, migration type, table mappings, task settings, CDC start positions, last failure messages, stop reasons, replication task statistics.

```bash
aws dms describe-replication-tasks --profile <profile> --region <region>
```

### 2.3 Endpoints
Endpoint identifiers, types (source/target), engine names, SSL mode, connection status, Secrets Manager integration, security group configurations.

```bash
aws dms describe-endpoints --profile <profile> --region <region>
aws dms describe-connections --filter Name=endpoint-arn,Values=<endpoint-arn> --profile <profile> --region <region>
```

### 2.4 Table Statistics
Per-table state, row counts, validation state, error rows, DDL counts.

```bash
aws dms describe-table-statistics --replication-task-arn <task-arn> --profile <profile> --region <region>
```

### 2.5 DMS Serverless (if applicable)
Replication configs, serverless replications, DCU utilization.

```bash
aws dms describe-replication-configs --profile <profile> --region <region>
aws dms describe-replications --profile <profile> --region <region>
```

### 2.6 Version and Deprecation Data
Available engine versions, pending maintenance actions, AWS Health events.

```bash
aws dms describe-orderable-replication-instances --query "OrderableReplicationInstances[*].EngineVersion" --profile <profile> --region <region>
aws health describe-events --filter '{"services":["DMS"],"eventTypeCategories":["scheduledChange"]}' --profile <profile> --region us-east-1
```

> **Note:** AWS Health API is a global service and must be called with `--region us-east-1` regardless of where DMS resources are deployed.

## Step 3: Collect Observability Data (7-Day Historical)

### 3.1 CloudWatch Metrics (7 days)

**Replication Instance Metrics** (namespace: AWS/DMS):
- CPUUtilization (Average, Maximum)
- FreeableMemory (Average, Minimum)
- SwapUsage (Average, Maximum)
- DiskQueueDepth (Average, Maximum)
- ReadIOPS / WriteIOPS (Average, Maximum)
- ReadLatency / WriteLatency (Average, Maximum)
- NetworkTransmitThroughput (Average)
- NetworkReceiveThroughput (Average)

**Task Metrics** (namespace: AWS/DMS):
- CDCLatencySource (Average, Maximum)
- CDCLatencyTarget (Average, Maximum)
- CDCIncomingChanges (Average, Maximum)
- CDCChangesMemorySource (Average, Maximum)
- CDCChangesDiskSource (Maximum)
- CDCChangesDiskTarget (Maximum)
- FullLoadThroughputBandwidthTarget (Average)
- FullLoadThroughputRowsTarget (Average)

**DMS Serverless** (namespace: AWS/DMS, if applicable):
- ServerlessTotalCapacityUnits (Average, Maximum)

### 3.2 CloudWatch Logs (7 days)

Query task logs for error patterns:
- `ERROR` — general errors (count)
- Network/connectivity errors (`Network error`, `Connection lost`, `timeout`)
- Memory/resource errors (`out of memory`, `OOM`, `swap`)
- CDC-specific errors (WAL, binlog, LogMiner patterns)
- Data/constraint errors (`truncation`, `constraint`, `duplicate key`)

### 3.3 AWS Health Events

Query DMS scheduled changes and deprecation notices:
- Upcoming engine version deprecations
- Pending mandatory maintenance actions
- Certificate expirations

## Step 4: Analyze Against Best Practices

Evaluate ALL collected data against these categories. Assign severity to every finding: CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, or INFO.

Reference: `references/dms-best-practices.md` for detailed best practices.
Reference: `references/dms-validation-checklist.md` for validation criteria and thresholds.
Reference: `references/dms-version-reference.md` for version lifecycle and known issues.

### 4.1 Instance Health (25 points)

- Instance status (must be "available")
- Engine version currency (EOL → CRITICAL; not on latest or latest-1 active version → HIGH)
- Instance class appropriate (CPU < 80%, Memory > 20% free)
- Multi-AZ for production CDC tasks
- Storage utilization (< 80%)
- Not publicly accessible
- KMS encryption enabled
- Auto minor version upgrade enabled (non-prod)

### 4.2 Task Health (25 points)

- Task status (running/stopped, not failed/error)
- No tables in error/suspended state
- Logging enabled on all tasks
- CDC latency within thresholds (< 120s)
- Recovery checkpoint exists
- No full load error rows
- Task settings follow best practices (LOB mode, parallelism, batch apply)

### 4.3 Endpoint Security (20 points)

- SSL/TLS enabled on all endpoints (SslMode != "none")
- Secrets Manager integration for credentials
- Connection tests passing
- Security groups restrict access (no 0.0.0.0/0)
- VPC endpoints configured for AWS services
- Private subnet placement (not publicly accessible)

### 4.4 Performance (15 points)

- CPU utilization within thresholds (< 80% avg)
- Freeable memory adequate (> 2 GB minimum)
- No swap usage (SwapUsage = 0)
- Disk queue depth normal (< 10)
- No sustained disk-based CDC caching (CDCChangesDisk* = 0)
- CDC throughput adequate for workload

### 4.5 Cost Efficiency (15 points)

- No over-provisioned instances (CPU avg > 20% for 7+ days)
- No idle instances (no running tasks for 7+ days)
- Multi-AZ justified (production/critical only)
- Debug logging disabled in production
- Same-engine migrations using homogeneous/native tools where applicable
- DMS Serverless evaluated for variable workloads

## Step 5: Troubleshooting (When Applicable)

When the user reports an active issue, follow this structured approach:

### Phase 0: Version Check (Always First)
Check DMS engine version and cross-reference with `references/dms-version-reference.md` for known bugs.

### Phase 1: Error Classification
Route by error category:

| Error Pattern | Category | Diagnostic Path |
|---------------|----------|-----------------|
| Network error, Connection lost, timeout | Connectivity | Network diagnostics |
| Memory, OOM, swap, disk full | Resource Exhaustion | Instance metrics |
| CDCLatency, falling behind | Performance/Latency | CDC metrics analysis |
| Data truncation, type mismatch | Data Mismatch | Table statistics |
| Table error, suspended, DDL | Table-Level Failure | Table reload |
| Credential, authentication, access denied | Auth/Permissions | Endpoint test |
| SSL, certificate, handshake | SSL/TLS | Certificate check |
| Task stops without clear error | Silent Failure | Comprehensive check |

### Phase 2: Targeted Diagnostics
Follow the appropriate diagnostic path using AWS CLI commands to gather evidence.

### Phase 3: Log Analysis
Query CloudWatch Logs with engine-specific filter patterns (Oracle/PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQL Server).

## Step 6: Migration Cutover Guidance (When Applicable)

When the user is planning or executing a cutover:

### Pre-Cutover Checklist (T-7 to T-1 days)
- CDC latency at zero
- No tables in error
- Validation passing
- No pending maintenance
- Instance resources healthy
- Recovery checkpoint exists
- Target schema matches source
- Application connection strings prepared
- Rollback plan documented

### Cutover Execution (T-0)
1. Final latency check
2. Stop application writes to source
3. Wait for CDC to drain (zero latency)
4. Run final validation
5. Stop DMS task
6. Switch application to target
7. Validate application
8. Monitor (T+0 to T+24h)

### Rollback Procedure
Documented steps to revert to source if cutover fails.

### Post-Cutover Cleanup (T+3 to T+7 days)
Resource deletion and documentation updates.

## Step 7: Generate Report

**Generate a separate shareable report artifact for EACH environment reviewed.**

Artifact naming: `dms-review-<instance-name>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.md`
Example: `dms-review-prod-replication-2026-07-22.md`

For each environment, create the artifact as a Markdown document with these sections:

### Report Header
```
# DMS Operational Review — <instance-name>
Account: <account-id> | Region: <region> | Date: <YYYY-MM-DD> | Engine Version: <version>
```

### Executive Summary
- Environment health: ✅ HEALTHY / ⚠️ WARNINGS / ❌ CRITICAL
- Health Score: XX/100 [Rating]
- Finding counts by severity
- Top 3 critical/high items

### Health Score Breakdown
| Category | Score | Key Issues |
|----------|-------|------------|
| Instance Health | XX/25 | [list issues] |
| Task Health | XX/25 | [list issues] |
| Endpoint Security | XX/20 | [list issues] |
| Performance | XX/15 | [list issues] |
| Cost Efficiency | XX/15 | [list issues] |

### Resource Inventory
| Resource Type | Count | Status Summary |
|---------------|-------|----------------|

### Findings by Category
For each of the 5 categories above, present:
| # | Finding | Severity | Current State | Recommendation |
|---|---------|----------|---------------|----------------|

### CloudWatch Metrics (7-Day)
| Metric | Category | 7-Day Avg | 7-Day Max | Status | Finding |
|--------|----------|-----------|-----------|--------|---------|

### CloudWatch Logs Analysis (7-Day)
| Pattern | Occurrences | Severity | Finding |
|---------|-------------|----------|---------|

### Version & Deprecation Status
All instances with version, EOL status, upgrade recommendations.

### Cost Optimization Opportunities
| # | Opportunity | Resource | Estimated Savings | Risk Level |
|---|-------------|----------|-------------------|------------|

### Priority Matrix
| # | Finding | Severity | Category | Effort | Impact |
|---|---------|----------|----------|--------|--------|
All findings sorted by severity.

### Next Steps
- Immediate (CRITICAL/HIGH — 7 days)
- Short-term (MEDIUM — 30 days)
- Long-term (LOW — 90 days)

### Appendix
Refer to the AWS DMS documentation for detailed guidance on bes

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Overview

AWS DMS Operational Review & Troubleshooting

When to Use

Step 1: Identify Target Resources

Step 2: Collect DMS Configuration

2.1 Replication Instance Config

2.2 Replication Tasks

2.3 Endpoints

2.4 Table Statistics

2.5 DMS Serverless (if applicable)

2.6 Version and Deprecation Data

Step 3: Collect Observability Data (7-Day Historical)

3.1 CloudWatch Metrics (7 days)

3.2 CloudWatch Logs (7 days)

3.3 AWS Health Events

Step 4: Analyze Against Best Practices

4.1 Instance Health (25 points)

4.2 Task Health (25 points)

4.3 Endpoint Security (20 points)

4.4 Performance (15 points)

4.5 Cost Efficiency (15 points)

Step 5: Troubleshooting (When Applicable)

Phase 0: Version Check (Always First)

Phase 1: Error Classification

Phase 2: Targeted Diagnostics

Phase 3: Log Analysis

Step 6: Migration Cutover Guidance (When Applicable)

Pre-Cutover Checklist (T-7 to T-1 days)

Cutover Execution (T-0)

Rollback Procedure

Post-Cutover Cleanup (T+3 to T+7 days)

Step 7: Generate Report

Report Header

Executive Summary

Health Score Breakdown

Resource Inventory

Findings by Category

CloudWatch Metrics (7-Day)

CloudWatch Logs Analysis (7-Day)

Version & Deprecation Status

Cost Optimization Opportunities

Priority Matrix

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