Starting a Full Replication

Scenarios

A full replication replicates all data from the source server to the target server. The replication speed depends on the outbound bandwidth of the source server or the inbound bandwidth of the target server, whichever is smaller.

Constraints

After a full replication starts, do not restart the source server or Agent, or the migration will fail.

Prerequisites

You have configured a target server. For details, see Configuring a Target Server.
The migration task is in the Full Replication stage and the status is Ready.

Procedure

Log in to the SMS console.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose Servers.
Locate the source server to be migrated and click Start in the Migration Stage/Status or Operation column. In the displayed Start Migration dialog box, click Yes to start a full replication.

You can also select the source server to be migrated and click Start above the server list. In the displayed Start Migration dialog box, click Yes.
Figure 1 Starting a full replication

Figure 2 Confirmation

During the full replication, the target server is locked by default and you are not allowed to perform any operations on it. After the migration is complete, SMS automatically unlocks the target server. If you need to perform operations on the target server during the replication, unlock the target server first by referring to Unlocking a Target Server.
In the server list, click the name of the source server to view the migration progress.
Wait for the full replication to complete.
- If you set Continuous Synchronization to No when you configure the migration settings, after the full replication is complete, the system puts the migration to a Target Launch stage and launches the target server to complete the migration automatically.
- If you set Continuous Synchronization to Yes when you configure the migration settings, after the full replication is complete, the system puts the migration to a Continuous sync status. You will need to manually launch the target server to complete the migration. For details, see Launching a Target Server.