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Data Online Migration:Background information

Last Updated:Jun 07, 2024

This topic describes how to migrate data from Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) to local file systems.

Overview

Alibaba Cloud Data Online Migration provides a data migration channel between different storage services. Data Online Migration can be used to migrate data from third-party storage services to OSS, between local file systems and OSS, between local file systems, or between OSS buckets.

To use Data Online Migration, you need to only log on to the Data Online Migration console, create a source data address and a destination data address, and then create a migration task. After the migration task starts, you can manage the task in the console. For example, you can view the progress and traffic information of the task.

Flowcharts

Migrate data

The following figure shows the process of migrating data from OSS to local file systems.

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Create a migration task

The following figure shows the process of creating a migration task.

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Important

When you create a data address for a local file system, you must associate the data address with an agent.

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