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Server Migration Center:Migration process

Last Updated:Feb 02, 2024

Server Migration Center (SMC) is a migration platform provided by Alibaba Cloud. SMC offers migration services with universal capabilities, consistent experience, and high efficiency. This meets your migration requirements when you use Alibaba Cloud services. This topic describes the migration process of SMC.

When you use SMC to migrate a source to Alibaba Cloud, you must import the information about the migration source to the SMC console, and then create and start a migration job. The following figure shows the migration process.

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Procedure:

  1. Prepare for the migration.

    Create an Alibaba Cloud account, complete real-name verification, activate Resource Access Management (RAM), and activate the snapshot service.

  2. Import the information about a migration source.

    SMC supports multiple methods to import the information about a migration source. You can select one of the following methods based on your business requirements:

  3. Create and start a migration job.

    SMC supports multiple migration scenarios. You can create migration jobs based on your business requirements.

    Note
    • If the requirements for a migration test are met, a migration test is performed before the migration job is started.

      • If the migration test is passed, the system automatically starts the migration job by default.

      • If the migration test fails, you must view the test report and fix the test items that are in the Critical state. Then, retry the migration test. For more information, see Configure a migration test.

    • If the requirements for a migration test are not met, the system automatically starts the migration job by default.