SMC
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.
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Migration source import |
Import the information about a migration source by using the CLI |
Generate an activation code and a command in the SMC console. Then, run the command on the source server. This way, you can import the information about the migration source by using the activation code. |
Import the information about a migration source by using the CLI |
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Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC console |
Configure parameters in the SMC console. Then, the information about the migration source is automatically imported to Alibaba Cloud. The operations are simple and can be performed in a visualized manner. |
Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC console | |
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Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC client |
Download the SMC client and run the SMC client on the source server to import the information about the source server. |
Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC client | |
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Import the information about a migration source by configuring the Server Migration Connector without agents |
Deploy the Server Migration Connector by using the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template. Then, run the SMC client to import the information about the migration source in the Server Migration Connector by using commands. |
Import the information about a migration source by configuring a Server Migration Connector without agents | |
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Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC plug-in of Cloud Assistant |
If you have installed a Cloud Assistant client on your source server, you can use the SMC plug-in to import the information about the source server in a convenient and efficient manner. |
Use the SMC plug-in of Cloud Assistant to import the information of a source server | |
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Migration job creation |
Create a server migration job |
After you import the information about a migration source, SMC automatically generates a record for the migration source. You can create and start a server migration job for the migration source in the SMC console. |
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Create an operating system migration job |
After you import the information about a migration source, SMC automatically generates a record for the migration source. You can create and start an operating system migration job for the migration source in the SMC console. |
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Create a job to migrate VMware VMs without agents |
After you import the information about a migration source, SMC automatically generates a record for the migration source. You can create and start a migration job for the migration source in the SMC console to migrate VMware VMs without agents. |
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Create a cross-zone migration job |
SMC allows you to migrate Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances across zones in a region and change the types of the ECS instances at the same time. |
Create a cross-zone migration job | |
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Create a desktop migration job |
SMC allows you to migrate your source server to Alibaba Cloud WUYING Workspace. |
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Migrate servers across cloud platforms |
The quick migration feature allows you to migrate servers without performing complex operations such as logging on to a source server or downloading the SMC client. This improves server migration efficiency. |
Quick migration across cloud platforms | |
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Platform capabilities |
Perform image checks |
The image check feature is provided to check whether an image is valid and whether the image can be used to create full-featured ECS instances. You can enable the image check feature when you create a migration job. This feature helps you identify potential issues in images or ECS instances after the migration job is complete, and provides solutions to the identified issues. This helps you improve the success rate of starting ECS instances. |
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Perform migration tests |
A migration test is a process of simulating and verifying a migration solution before you perform an actual migration. This process helps you fully understand the feasibility and risks of a migration solution before the actual migration is performed. By performing a test, you can also obtain the information about the migration, such as the size of data to be migrated, data transfer speed, and total migration duration. If issues are identified, the migration test provides you with solutions. This reduces the issues and losses that may occur during the actual migration. |
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Use tags to manage migration sources and migration jobs |
Tags are used to categorize resources. Each tag consists of a key-value pair. You can use tags to group migration sources and migration jobs for easy searching and batch operations. |
Use tags to manage migration sources and migration tasks | |
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Use tags to implement fine-grained access control |
After you attach tags to your SMC resources, you can use the tags to categorize and control access to the resources. You can also use tags to control the permissions of Resource Access Management (RAM) users and Security Token Service (STS) roles so that different users can be granted different access and operation permissions on cloud resources. |
Use tags to implement fine-grained access control |