Mainframe to Azure cloud Migration-Best practices and considerations

vignesh sivashanmugam 21 Reputation points
2020-12-17T18:58:31.853+00:00

We are planning to migrate our existing Mainframe code by rewriting in Python or JAVA.We need to migrate our Mainframe DB2 tables and files to Azure cloud for our IT modernization .After evaluation of migration process and cost comparison of Mainframe against cloud we are proceeding further.So would like to know your suggestions on best practices for this migration and how we can store Mainframe DB2 table data and file data in Azure. Which is the best suitable database in Azure which could provide provide data retrieval speed as compared to Mainframe DB2 .

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  1. KalyanChanumolu-MSFT 8,331 Reputation points
    2020-12-21T06:24:52.507+00:00

    @vignesh sivashanmugam Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forums and thank you for your interest in Azure services.

    Azure SQL Database is an ideal service in Azure to migrate DB2 data.

    Please check the below migration guide for a step by step walkthrough of the process.

    Migration Guide - Migrate DB2 to Azure SQL Database

    A few more resources and best practices.

    Mainframe Migration to Azure - Portal
    Azure is the new mainframe

    Please let us know if you have further questions or if you face any issues during the migration.

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