Launching the Target Server

If you set Continuous Synchronization to Yes when configuring the migration settings, after the full replication is complete, you will need to manually launch the target server to complete the migration.

If you set Continuous Synchronization to No, skip this section as the system will automatically launch the target server after the full replication is complete.

Scenarios

You can launch the target server when the migration is in the Continuous sync status, and continuous synchronization will be interrupted. After the target server is launched, you can start an incremental synchronization by clicking Sync in the operation column.

Before launching the target server, you can clone the target server for service testing, and only launch the target server after tests confirm there are no issues.

The cloned server must be in the same AZ as the target server, but can be in a different VPC.

Procedure

Log in to the SMS console.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose Servers.
Locate the target server you want to launch, and click Launch Target in the Migration Stage/Status column.

Alternatively, select the server you want to launch, and click Launch Target above the server list.
Figure 1 Launch Target
In the displayed Launch Target dialog box, click Yes.

Figure 2 Confirmation
Check whether Finished is displayed in the Migration Stage/Status column. If it is, the target server has been launched and the migration is complete.

Figure 3 Migration completed