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Updated on 2025-07-30 GMT+08:00

How Do I Migrate an ECS from One Region to Another Using SMS?

The figure below illustrates how to migrate ECSs from one region to another.
Figure 1 Migration process
Table 1 Migration procedure

Step

Description

Make preparations.

Before using SMS to migrate servers, you need to prepare and configure accounts, permissions, and source and target servers.

Install the Agent on source servers.

Install the Agent on the source ECSs in the region you are migrating from.

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Configure target servers.

After the Agent is installed and started, configure target servers in the target region on the SMS console.

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Start a full replication.

After the target servers are configured, start the migration tasks to migrate applications and data from the source servers to the target servers.

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Launch the target servers.

After the full data migration is complete, launch the target servers to verify services.

Synchronize incremental data.

After the target servers are launched, if there are data changes on your source servers, you can synchronize the incremental data to the target servers.