Server Migration Service
Server Migration Service (SMS) provides P2V and V2V migration services to help you migrate applications and data from on-premises x86 physical servers or VMs on private or public clouds to HUAWEI CLOUD Elastic Cloud Servers (ECSs).
Progressive Knowledge
SMS knowledge for users from beginner level to expert level
01
Understand
SMS advantages and application scenarios are provided to help you migrate x86 physical servers or VMs on private or public clouds to HUAWEI CLOUD Elastic Cloud Servers (ECSs). This facilitates rapid service migration to HUAWEI CLOUD.
Service Overview
03
Be a Power User
In SMS, you can view and modify source server information, manage migration tasks, and use the Agent Batch Installer.
Permissions Management
Server Management
Template Management
02
Start
This section uses creating a migration task as an example to describe how to use SMS.
Getting Started
04
Deploy
SMS supports migration between regions of HUAWEI CLOUD ECSs and migration of physical machines or other public cloud servers to HUAWEI CLOUD ECSs.
Best Practices
05
APIs
Several SMS APIs and calling examples help you manage source servers, tasks, certificates, commands, and templates.
API Reference
FAQs
Learn more about common issues and solutions.
Typical Cases
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Can I Migrate Physical Servers and VMs From Other Clouds to HUAWEI CLOUD Using SMS?
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Can I Migrate HUAWEI CLOUD ECSs to Local or Other Cloud Environments Using SMS?
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Can I Ask HUAWEI CLOUD Technical Support to Help Me Migrate Services?
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How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Account to Another?
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How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Region to Another?
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How Is SMS Billed?
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What Are Supported Source Server OSs and Migration Restrictions?
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How Do I Obtain the AK and SK of an Account?
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How Do I Obtain the AK and SK of an IAM User?
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How Do I View the Remaining Migration Time?
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Why Is a 40 GB EVS Disk Added to the Target ECS During the Migration?
Product Consultation
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Can I Migrate Physical Servers and VMs From Other Clouds to HUAWEI CLOUD Using SMS?
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Can I Migrate HUAWEI CLOUD ECSs to Local or Other Cloud Environments Using SMS?
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Can I Ask HUAWEI CLOUD Technical Support to Help Me Migrate Services?
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Does SMS Support Resumable Data Transfer?
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How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Account to Another?
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How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Region to Another Using SMS?
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Will My Services Running on the Source Server Go Down During Migration?
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How Do I Obtain the AK and SK of an Account?
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How Do I Obtain the AK and SK of an IAM User?
Migration Network
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How Do I Configure Network Security for SMS?
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What Should I Do on the Target ECS Before Creating a Server Migration Task?
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How Do I Configure the Security Group Rules for Target ECSs?
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What Should I Do If the SSH Connection to the Target ECS Fails to Be Established?
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What Should I Do If the Target ECS Cannot Be Accessed?
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What Should I Do If the Source Server Failed to Connect to API Gateway Due to Busy Network?
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How Do I Reestablish a Connection Between the Migration Agent and the SMS Service?
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What Should I Do If the Migration Progress Is Suspended or Slow?
Disks
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Why Is a 40 GB EVS Disk Added to the Target ECS During the Migration?
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What Should I Do If a System Disk Cannot Be Attached to the Target ECS?
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How Do I Move a Partition to Another Disk in Windows?
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How Do I Compress the Disk Partitions of the Source Server Running a Windows OS?
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What Should I Do If Snapshot Creation Failed?
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What Should I Do If Partitions Fail to Be Mounted to Directories?
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What Should I Do If Partitions Fail to Be Migrated or Synchronized to the Target ECS?
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What Should I Do If the Quantity of Disks on the Target ECS Is Insufficient?
OS Compatibility and Migration Restrictions
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What Are Supported Source Server OSs and Migration Restrictions?
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What Should I Do If Message "The target ECS is not booted with UEFI. Create an ECS using the image whose boot mode is UEFI." Is Displayed During Migration Task Creation?
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What Should I Do If Message "Incompatible file system of the source server" Is Displayed?
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What Are the Important Statements of SMS?
Migration Duration
Agent Installation and Startup
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How Do I Install the Migration Agent on Source Servers?
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What Should I Do If The Agent Package Fails to Be Downloaded?
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What Should I Do If the Source Server Information Is Not Displayed on the Source Management Page?
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What Should I Do If Message "No such file or directory: 'rsync':'rsync" Is Displayed During the Linux Agent Startup?
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What Should I Do If I/O Monitoring Fails to Be Started During Agent Startup?
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What Should I Do If Message "INTERNAL ERROR: cannot create temporary directory!" Is Displayed During the Agent Startup?
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What Should I Do If the AK or SK Cannot Be Pasted During the Startup of the Agent on a Source Server Running Windows 2003 or 2008?
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What Should I Do If the Message "utf-8 codec can't decode byte 0xce in position0: invalid continuation byte" Is Displayed During the Agent Startup?
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What Should I Do If the WMI Module Fails to Be Loaded During the Agent Startup?
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What Should I Do If the Agent Fails to Be Started Due to Insufficient Space in Directory /tmp on the Source Linux Server?
Target ECS Configuration and Startup
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What Are the Differences Between Target ECSs and Source Servers After the Migration?
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What Are the Changes of Target ECS Authentication After the Migration?
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Why Is the Used Space of C Drive on the Target Windows ECS Greater Than That on the Source Server After the Migration?
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How Do I Uninstall the SMS-Agent on the Source Server and Target ECS After the Migration?
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How Do I Configure the Yum Repository After the Migration?
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Why Are the File Sizes Before and After the Migration Different?
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Why Are Data Disks not Displayed on the Target ECS After a Windows Server is Migrated?
Technical Topics
Technologies, expert opinions, and courses
Server Migration Service
Server Migration Service (SMS) provides P2V and V2V migration services to help you migrate applications and data from on-premises x86 physical servers or VMs on private or public clouds to HUAWEI CLOUD Elastic Cloud Servers (ECSs).
Progressive Knowledge
SMS knowledge for users from beginner level to expert level
01
Understand
SMS advantages and application scenarios are provided to help you migrate x86 physical servers or VMs on private or public clouds to HUAWEI CLOUD Elastic Cloud Servers (ECSs). This facilitates rapid service migration to HUAWEI CLOUD.
Service Overview
03
Be a Power User
In SMS, you can view and modify source server information, manage migration tasks, and use the Agent Batch Installer.
Permissions Management
Server Management
Template Management
02
Start
This section uses creating a migration task as an example to describe how to use SMS.
Getting Started
04
Deploy
SMS supports migration between regions of HUAWEI CLOUD ECSs and migration of physical machines or other public cloud servers to HUAWEI CLOUD ECSs.
Best Practices
05
APIs
Several SMS APIs and calling examples help you manage source servers, tasks, certificates, commands, and templates.
API Reference
FAQs
Learn more about common issues and solutions.
Typical Cases
-
Can I Migrate Physical Servers and VMs From Other Clouds to HUAWEI CLOUD Using SMS?
-
Can I Migrate HUAWEI CLOUD ECSs to Local or Other Cloud Environments Using SMS?
-
Can I Ask HUAWEI CLOUD Technical Support to Help Me Migrate Services?
-
How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Account to Another?
-
How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Region to Another?
-
How Is SMS Billed?
-
What Are Supported Source Server OSs and Migration Restrictions?
-
How Do I Obtain the AK and SK of an Account?
-
How Do I Obtain the AK and SK of an IAM User?
-
How Do I View the Remaining Migration Time?
-
Why Is a 40 GB EVS Disk Added to the Target ECS During the Migration?
Product Consultation
-
Can I Migrate Physical Servers and VMs From Other Clouds to HUAWEI CLOUD Using SMS?
-
Can I Migrate HUAWEI CLOUD ECSs to Local or Other Cloud Environments Using SMS?
-
Can I Ask HUAWEI CLOUD Technical Support to Help Me Migrate Services?
-
Does SMS Support Resumable Data Transfer?
-
How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Account to Another?
-
How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Region to Another Using SMS?
-
Will My Services Running on the Source Server Go Down During Migration?
-
How Do I Obtain the AK and SK of an Account?
-
How Do I Obtain the AK and SK of an IAM User?
Migration Network
-
How Do I Configure Network Security for SMS?
-
What Should I Do on the Target ECS Before Creating a Server Migration Task?
-
How Do I Configure the Security Group Rules for Target ECSs?
-
What Should I Do If the SSH Connection to the Target ECS Fails to Be Established?
-
What Should I Do If the Target ECS Cannot Be Accessed?
-
What Should I Do If the Source Server Failed to Connect to API Gateway Due to Busy Network?
-
How Do I Reestablish a Connection Between the Migration Agent and the SMS Service?
-
What Should I Do If the Migration Progress Is Suspended or Slow?
Disks
-
Why Is a 40 GB EVS Disk Added to the Target ECS During the Migration?
-
What Should I Do If a System Disk Cannot Be Attached to the Target ECS?
-
How Do I Move a Partition to Another Disk in Windows?
-
How Do I Compress the Disk Partitions of the Source Server Running a Windows OS?
-
What Should I Do If Snapshot Creation Failed?
-
What Should I Do If Partitions Fail to Be Mounted to Directories?
-
What Should I Do If Partitions Fail to Be Migrated or Synchronized to the Target ECS?
-
What Should I Do If the Quantity of Disks on the Target ECS Is Insufficient?
OS Compatibility and Migration Restrictions
-
What Are Supported Source Server OSs and Migration Restrictions?
-
What Should I Do If Message "The target ECS is not booted with UEFI. Create an ECS using the image whose boot mode is UEFI." Is Displayed During Migration Task Creation?
-
What Should I Do If Message "Incompatible file system of the source server" Is Displayed?
-
What Are the Important Statements of SMS?
Migration Duration
Agent Installation and Startup
-
How Do I Install the Migration Agent on Source Servers?
-
What Should I Do If The Agent Package Fails to Be Downloaded?
-
What Should I Do If the Source Server Information Is Not Displayed on the Source Management Page?
-
What Should I Do If Message "No such file or directory: 'rsync':'rsync" Is Displayed During the Linux Agent Startup?
-
What Should I Do If I/O Monitoring Fails to Be Started During Agent Startup?
-
What Should I Do If Message "INTERNAL ERROR: cannot create temporary directory!" Is Displayed During the Agent Startup?
-
What Should I Do If the AK or SK Cannot Be Pasted During the Startup of the Agent on a Source Server Running Windows 2003 or 2008?
-
What Should I Do If the Message "utf-8 codec can't decode byte 0xce in position0: invalid continuation byte" Is Displayed During the Agent Startup?
-
What Should I Do If the WMI Module Fails to Be Loaded During the Agent Startup?
-
What Should I Do If the Agent Fails to Be Started Due to Insufficient Space in Directory /tmp on the Source Linux Server?
Target ECS Configuration and Startup
-
What Are the Differences Between Target ECSs and Source Servers After the Migration?
-
What Are the Changes of Target ECS Authentication After the Migration?
-
Why Is the Used Space of C Drive on the Target Windows ECS Greater Than That on the Source Server After the Migration?
-
How Do I Uninstall the SMS-Agent on the Source Server and Target ECS After the Migration?
-
How Do I Configure the Yum Repository After the Migration?
-
Why Are the File Sizes Before and After the Migration Different?
-
Why Are Data Disks not Displayed on the Target ECS After a Windows Server is Migrated?
Technical Topics
Technologies, expert opinions, and courses
