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Dedicated Host:Migrate ECS instances between different dedicated hosts in the ECS console

Last Updated:Feb 26, 2024

You can migrate Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances between different dedicated hosts that belong to your Alibaba Cloud account to flexibly deploy your business. This topic describes how to migrate ECS instances between different dedicated hosts in the ECS console.

Prerequisites

  • The ECS instance that you want to migrate is stopped. For more information, see Stop an instance.

    Important

    When the instance is stopped, the services that run on the instance are interrupted. Proceed with caution.

  • The destination dedicated host must meet the following requirements:

    • The dedicated host and the ECS instance belong to the same account, region, and zone.

    • The available resources of the dedicated host meet the requirements of the ECS instance. For information about how to view the available resources of a dedicated host, see View and import the information of a dedicated host.

    • The dedicated host supports the instance family of the ECS instance. For more information, see Dedicated host types.

      Note

      ECS instances attached with local SSDs cannot be migrated to a local SSD dedicated host.

    • If the dedicated host and ECS instance use the subscription billing method, the instance expires earlier than the dedicated host.

      You can also run pay-as-you-go ECS instances on a subscription dedicated host.

Limits

You can migrate the custom ECS instances of the ecs.ddh6s.custom type only to custom dedicated hosts, such as g6s, c6s, and r6s.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the ECS console.

  2. In the top navigation bar, select the region and resource group to which the resource belongs. 地域

  3. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > Instances.

  4. Find the ECS instance that you want to migrate. Then, in the Actions column, choose image.png > Instance Settings > Modify Host Deployment.

  5. In the Modify Host Deployment dialog box, set the parameters as required.

    Parameter

    Description

    Destination Host

    Select the dedicated host to which the ECS instance is migrated.

    Note

    If no dedicated host in your Alibaba Cloud account can be used to host the ECS instance, the Destination Host drop-down list is empty.

    Target Instance Type

    You can change the instance type when you migrate the ECS instance. The supported instance types depend on the specifications of the destination dedicated host.

    • If you want to migrate the ECS instance to a custom dedicated host, such as g6s, c6s, or r6s, the type of the instance can only be ecs.ddh6s.custom. You can adjust the slider to specify the number of vCPUs and the memory size. The minimum scaling step size of vCPUs is 1. If more than 1 vCPU is required, you must set this parameter to an even number, such as 2 or 4. The minimum scaling step size of the memory is 1 GiB. For more information, see Dedicated host types.

    • If you want to migrate the ECS instance to a dedicated host other than g6s, c6s, and r6s, available instance types are listed in the Target Instance Type drop-down list.

    Associate with Host

    Select whether to associate the instance with the destination dedicated host.

    • Yes: The ECS instance is associated with the destination dedicated host. After the instance is stopped and computing resources are released, the instance is still deployed on the dedicated host when it is restarted. If the dedicated host has insufficient available resources, the instance fails to be restarted.

    • No: The ECS instance is not associated with the dedicated host. After the instance is stopped and computing resources are released, the instance first attempts to be deployed on the original dedicated host when it is restarted. If the dedicated host has insufficient available resources, the system selects a dedicated host from the pool of dedicated hosts that allow automatic deployment.

    Migration Method

    If you select Stop and Migrate, the ECS instance to be migrated must be in the Stopped state.

  6. Click OK.

    Refresh the Instance page to check whether the ID and name of the destination dedicated host are displayed in the Dedicated Host column.