Migrate data from a user-created MySQL database connected over Express Connect, VPN Gateway, or Smart Access Gateway to an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance across Alibaba Cloud accounts

Precautions

• DTS uses read and write resources of the source and destination databases during full data migration. This may increase the database load. If the database performance is unfavorable, the specification is low, or the data volume is large, database services may become unavailable. For example, DTS occupies a large amount of read and write resources in the following cases: a large number of slow SQL queries are performed on the source database, the tables have no primary keys, or a deadlock occurs in the destination database. Before you migrate data, evaluate the performance of the source and destination databases. We recommend that you migrate data during off-peak hours. For example, you can migrate data when the CPU usage of the source and destination databases is less than 30%.
• The source database must have PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE constraints and all fields must be unique. Otherwise, duplicate data may exist in the destination database.
• DTS uses the ROUND(COLUMN,PRECISION) function to retrieve values from columns of the float or double data type. If the precision is not specified, DTS sets the precision for the float data type to 38 digits and the precision for the double data type to 308 digits. You must check whether the precision settings meet your business requirements.
• DTS automatically creates a destination database in the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance. However, if the name of the source database is invalid, you must manually create a database in the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance before you configure the data migration task.
  Note For more information about how to create a database and the database naming conventions, see Create databases and accounts.
• DTS automatically resumes a failed data migration task. Before you switch your workloads to the destination database, stop or release the data migration task. Otherwise, the data in the source database will overwrite the data in the destination database after the task is resumed.

Billing

Migration types

• Schema migration

  DTS migrates the schemas of the required objects to the destination instance. DTS supports schema migration for the following types of objects: table, view, trigger, stored procedure, and function.

  Note

  • During schema migration, DTS changes the value of the SECURITY attribute in views, stored procedures, and functions from DEFINER to INVOKER.
  • DTS does not migrate user information. Before a user can call views, stored procedures, and functions of the destination database, you must grant the read/write permissions to the user.
• Full data migration
  DTS migrates historical data of the required objects from the user-created MySQL database to the destination database in the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.

  Note During full data migration, concurrent INSERT operations cause fragmentation in the tables of the destination instance. After full data migration is complete, the tablespace of the destination instance is larger than that of the source database.
• Incremental data migration

  After full data migration is complete, DTS retrieves binary log files from the user-created MySQL database. Then, DTS synchronizes incremental data from the user-created MySQL database to the destination ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance. Incremental data migration allows you to ensure service continuity when you migrate data from a user-created MySQL database to Alibaba Cloud.

SQL operations that can be synchronized during incremental data migration

Permissions required for database accounts

For more information about how to create and authorize a database account, see the following topics:

• Create an account for a user-created MySQL database and configure binary logging for a user-created MySQL database
• Create an account for an RDS for MySQL instance and Change the permissions of an account for an RDS for MySQL instance

Preparations

1. Create an account for a user-created MySQL database and configure binary logging.
2. Log on to the Alibaba Cloud console by using the Alibaba Cloud account to which the Express Connect circuit belongs. Authorize DTS to access the network that is connected over Express Connect. For more information, see Configure a route between DTS and Express Connect, VPN Gateway, or Smart Access Gateway.
3. Create a RAM role and authorize this role to access the cloud resources of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the Express Connect circuit belongs. For more information, see Configure RAM authorization for data migration from a user-created database in a VPC across different Alibaba Cloud accounts.

Procedure

1. Log on to the DTS console by using the Alibaba Cloud account to which the destination RDS instance belongs.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Data Migration.
3. At the top of the Migration Tasks page, select the region where the destination cluster resides.
   
4. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Create Migration Task.
5. Select User-Created Database Connected over Express Connect, VPN Gateway, or Smart Access Gateway as the instance type. Then, click VPC of Another Alibaba Cloud Account next to the Peer VPC field.
   
6. Configure the source and destination databases for the data migration task.
   

   Section	Parameter	Description
   N/A	Task Name	DTS automatically generates a task name. We recommend that you specify an informative name for easy identification. You do not need to use a unique task name.
   Source Database	Instance Type	Select User-Created Database Connected over Express Connect, VPN Gateway, or Smart Access Gateway.
   	Instance Region	Select the region of the VPC that is connected to the user-created MySQL database.
   	Alibaba Cloud Account ID	Enter the ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the Express Connect circuit belongs. Note To obtain the ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the Express Connect circuit belongs, you must log on to the Account Management console by using this account. The account ID is displayed on the Security Settings page.
   	Role Name	Enter the name of the RAM role that you created earlier in Preparations.
   	Peer VPC	Select the ID of the VPC that is connected to the user-created MySQL database.
   	Database Type	Select MySQL.
   	IP Address	Enter the endpoint that is used to access the user-created MySQL database.
   	Port Number	Enter the service port number of the user-created MySQL database. The default port number is 3306.
   	Database Account	Enter the account of the user-created MySQL database. For more information about the permissions that are required for the account, see Permissions required for database accounts.
   	Database Password	Enter the password of the source database account. Note After you specify the source database parameters, click Test Connectivity next to Database Password to verify whether the specified parameters are valid. If the specified parameters are valid, the Passed message appears. If the Failed message appears, click Check next to Failed. Modify the source database parameters based on the check results.
   Destination Database	Instance Type	Select RDS Instance.
   	Instance Region	Select the region where the destination RDS instance resides.
   	RDS Instance ID	Select the ID of the destination RDS instance.
   	Database Account	Enter the database account of the destination RDS instance. For more information about the permissions that are required for the account, see Permissions required for database accounts.
   	Database Password	Enter the password of the destination database account. Note After you specify the destination database parameters, click Test Connectivity next to Database Password to verify whether the parameters are valid. If the specified parameters are valid, the Passed message appears. If the Failed message appears, click Check next to Failed. Modify the destination database parameters based on the check results.
   	Encryption	Select Non-encrypted or SSL-encrypted. If you want to select SSL-encrypted, you must enable SSL encryption for the RDS instance before you configure the data migration task. For more information, see Configure SSL encryption for an RDS MySQL instance. Note The Encryption parameter is available only for regions in mainland China and the Hong Kong (China) region.

7. In the lower-right corner of the page, click Set Whitelist and Next.
   Note DTS adds the CIDR blocks of DTS servers to the whitelist of the destination ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance. This ensures that DTS servers can connect to the destination RDS instance.
8. Select the migration types and objects to be migrated.
   

   Parameter	Description
   Migration Types	To perform only full data migration, select Schema Migration and Full Data Migration. To ensure service continuity during data migration, select Schema Migration, Full Data Migration, and Incremental Data Migration. Note If Incremental Data Migration is not selected, do not write data to the source database during full data migration. This ensures data consistency between the source and destination databases.
   Objects	Select objects from the Available section and click the icon to move the objects to the Selected section. Note You can select columns, tables, or databases as the objects to be migrated. After an object is migrated to the destination database, the name of the object remains unchanged. You can change the names of the objects that are migrated to the destination database by using the object name mapping feature. For more information about how to use this feature, see Object name mapping. If you use the object name mapping feature on an object, other objects that are dependent on the object may fail to be migrated.

9. In the lower-right corner of the page, click Precheck.
   Notice

   • Before you can start the data migration task, a precheck is performed. A data migration task can be started only if it passes the precheck.
   • If the task fails to pass the precheck, click the icon next to each failed item to view details. Troubleshoot the issues based on the causes and perform a precheck again.
10. After the task passes the precheck, click Next.
11. In the Confirm Settings dialog box, specify the Channel Specification parameter and select Data Transmission Service (Pay-As-You-Go) Service Terms.
12. Click Buy and Start to start the data migration task.
    • Schema migration and full data migration

      We recommend that you do not manually stop a data migration task. Otherwise, data migrated to the destination database will be incomplete. Wait until the data migration task automatically stops.

    • Schema migration, full data migration, and incremental data migration

      An incremental data migration task does not automatically stop. You must manually stop the migration task.

      Notice Select an appropriate time to manually stop the migration task. For example, you can stop the migration task during off-peak hours or before you switch your workloads to the destination instance.
      1. Wait until Incremental Data Migration and The migration task is not delayed appear in the progress bar of the migration task. Then, stop writing data to the source database for a few minutes. The delay time of incremental data migration may be displayed in the progress bar.
      2. After the status of incremental data migration changes to The migration task is not delayed, manually stop the migration task.
13. Switch your workloads to the destination ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.