Server Migration Center:Migrate servers to Alibaba Cloud EDS (in invitational preview)

Background information

WUYING Workspace is a secure, efficient, and easy-to-use cloud-based desktop service. WUYING Workspace supports fast and convenient desktop environment creation, deployment, centralized control, and O&M. You can use WUYING Workspace to build a secure, high-performance, and cost-efficient office system without the traditional hardware investment. WUYING Workspace can be widely used in fields that have high requirements for data security management and control and high-performance computing, such as the secure office, finance, design, video, and education industries. For more information, see What is Alibaba Cloud WUYING Workspace?

Prerequisites

• The preparations for the migration are complete. For more information, see Before you begin.

• The information about your source server is imported. You can use one of the following methods to import information about your source server:

  • Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC console

  • Import the information about a migration source by using CLI

  • Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC client

• The source server is in the Available state.

Limits on operating system versions

Only Windows servers can be migrated to WUYING Workspace. The following versions of Windows are not supported:

• Windows 8.1 and earlier

• Windows 11

• Windows Server 2016 and earlier

Procedure

1. Log on to the SMC console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Migration Sources.

3. Find the migration source for which you want to create a migration job and Create Migration Job in the Actions column.

4. In the Create Migration Job dialog box, configure the parameters and click Create.

   The following table describes the parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Migration Job Type	The type of the migration job. Select Desktop Migration.
   Migration Job Name	The name of the migration job. Important The job name must be unique within an Alibaba Cloud region.
   Job Description	The description of the migration job.
   Destination Region	The Alibaba Cloud region to which you want to migrate your source server. This parameter is required. For more information about regions, see Regions and Zones.
   Destination Type	The type of the server after migration. By default, Desktop Image is selected.
   Image Name	The name of the WUYING Workspace desktop image generated by SMC for the migration source. Important The image name must be unique within an Alibaba Cloud region.
   Destination Disk Size (GiB)	The disk structure of the server after migration. By default, the disk structure of the source server is displayed. System Disk and Partition<N>: By default, this option is selected and cannot be modified. System Disk: the size of the destination WUYING Workspace system disk. Unit: GiB. Partition<N>: the size of the partition. SMC generates a partitioning scheme for the destination system disk based on the partitioning scheme of the source system disk. Unit: GiB. N specifies the serial number of the partition. For example, if the system disk of the source server has only one partition, Partition0 is generated. Block Replication: If you enable the block replication feature, the transfer speed is higher and the partition data is more consistent. By default, the block replication feature is enabled and cannot be disabled. Data Disk and Partition<N>: By default, this option is not selected and cannot be modified. Important Data disks cannot be migrated.
   Expert Mode
   Install GPU Driver	Specifies whether to install a GPU driver. By default, no GPU driver is installed. Valid values: Enable: installs the GPU driver. Select this option if you want to use the image to create a cloud desktop of an Enterprise Graphics type, which is a GPU-based WUYING Workspace cloud computer. You can install one of the following GPU drivers: NVIDIA GRID9: This GPU driver can be used to create a cloud desktop of the Enterprise Graphics - 4 vCPUs/23 GiB/4 GiB or Enterprise Graphics - 10 vCPUs/46 GiB/8 GiB type. NVIDIA GRID12: This GPU driver can be used to create a cloud desktop of an Enterprise Graphics type other than Enterprise Graphics - 4 vCPUs/23 GiB/4 GiB and Enterprise Graphics - 10 vCPUs/46 GiB/8 GiB. Manually Install Drive: If you want to create a cloud desktop of the Enterprise Graphics - G28 type, you must manually install a GPU driver. If an error occurs when you install a GPU driver, submit a ticket to contact technical support. If you do not enable this feature, no GPU driver is installed. In this case, you cannot use the image to create a cloud desktop of an Enterprise Graphics type.
   Protocol Type	The type of protocol. By default, ASP is selected.
   Protection Capability	Specifies whether to enable the security protection feature. We recommend that you enable this feature to ensure desktop security. If you enable the security protection feature, security protection is provided for cloud desktops that are created based on the image. By default, this feature is enabled. If you disable this feature, protection capabilities such as security protection and vulnerability scanning do not take effect for a WUYING Workspace cloud computer that is created based on the image.
   Network Type	The type of the network that is used to migrate data to the intermediate instance. During migration, SMC creates an intermediate instance that connects to a vSwitch in a virtual private cloud (VPC). If you select Public Network, a public IP address is assigned to the intermediate instance. Parameters: Public Network SMC migrates data to the intermediate instance over the Internet. If you select Public Network, make sure that the migration source can access the Internet. You can choose whether to specify a VPC and a vSwitch based on your business requirements. If you specify a VPC and a vSwitch, SMC creates an intermediate instance that connects to the specified VPC and vSwitch. If you migrate multiple migration sources at a time, you can specify the same VPC and vSwitch for the migration jobs involved. This improves the usage of VPC resources. In this case, you can migrate up to 100 migration sources at a time. If you do not specify a VPC or a vSwitch, SMC automatically creates a VPC and a vSwitch, and creates an intermediate instance that connects to the VPC and the vSwitch. If you do not specify a VPC or a vSwitch before you migrate multiple migration sources at a time, SMC creates a VPC for each intermediate instance. Note Each Alibaba Cloud account can have a maximum of 10 VPCs in a region, including the VPCs that are manually created and the VPCs that are automatically created by SMC. Therefore, you can migrate a maximum of 10 migration sources at a time if you do not specify a VPC or a vSwitch. If you want to increase the upper limit, submit a ticket. VPC SMC migrates data to the intermediate instance over a VPC. If you select VPC, you must specify a VPC and a vSwitch and make sure that the migration source can connect to the VPC. Note If your server in a data center, your VM, or your cloud host can connect to a VPC, we recommend that you select this network type to migrate data. Compared with migration over the Internet, migration over a VPC is more efficient and stable. You can use VPN Gateway, Express Connect, or Smart Access Gateway to connect a migration source to a VPC. For more information, see Connect a data center to a VPC.
   Transmission Speed Limit	The maximum bandwidth for data transmission during migration. Unit: Mbit/s.
   Compression Ratio	The compression ratio of the data to be migrated. Set the compression ratio based on your business requirements. If the bandwidth is limited, a high compression ratio improves the transmission efficiency. If a high bandwidth is available, we recommend that you do not compress data. Data compression consumes the CPU resources of the migration source. Valid values: 0 to 10. Default value: 7. A value of 0 specifies that data is not compressed.
   Checksum Verification	Specifies whether to verify data integrity by using a checksum. By default, the checksum verification feature is disabled. If you enable this feature, data integrity is enhanced but transmission speed may be reduced.
   License Type	The type of the license. Valid values: Alibaba Cloud: the Microsoft license provided by Alibaba Cloud. For more information, see the What Windows Server licenses does Alibaba Cloud support? section of the "FAQ" topic. BYOL: SMC allows you to bring your own license (BYOL). You can bring your own Microsoft license or register with Red Hat Cloud Access. For more information, see the Is BYOL supported when I migrate servers by using SMC? section of the "FAQ" topic.
   Intermediate Instance Type	The type of the intermediate instance. Select an intermediate instance type based on your business requirements. If you specify an instance type, SMC creates an intermediate instance based on the specified instance type. If the specified instance type is unavailable, the migration job fails to be created. If you do not specify an instance type, SMC automatically selects an instance type to create an intermediate instance.
   Execution Method	The execution method of the migration job. By default, Run Now is selected. You can select an execution method based on your business requirements. Valid values: Run Now: The migration job immediately starts after it is created. Run Later: The migration job automatically starts at the specified time after it is created. The earliest time that you can specify to run a migration job is 10 minutes after the job is created. Create Only: After the migration job is created, you must manually start the job.
   Migration Job Tags	The tags that you want to specify for the migration job. Each tag contains a key and a value. You can use tags to query and manage migration jobs. Note You can specify up to 20 tags for a migration job.

5. In the message that appears, read the migration notes and click Got It.

6. On the Desktop Migration tab of the Migration Jobs page, wait until the migration job is complete. You can view the migration speed and remaining synchronization duration.

   If the migration job enters the Completed state, the migration is successful.

What to do next

After the desktop migration job is complete, you can create a cloud desktop template that contains the image. Then, you can create a WUYING Workspace cloud computer based on the desktop template. For more information, see Create custom cloud computer templates and Create cloud computers.