- Administrator access to the account where the Amazon EC2 instances will be created.
- Identify the AWS Region where the Amazon EC2 instances will be created and verify the AWS Mainframe Modernization service is available here:
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regional-product-services
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Identify the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) where the Amazon EC2 instances will be created.
- When creating EC2 instance(s) in an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), ensure the associated route table has an Internet Gateway.Note: Successful data replication requires the AWS EC2 instance has communication access to the AWS Marketplace. If there is a connectivity issue with the AWS Marketplace, the replication process will fail. To use CloudWatch Metrics and Logs, make sure the AWS EC2 instance can communicate with CloudWatch with ability to create and write metrics and logs. For more information, see Prerequisites to use CloudWatch service.