Launching a Target Server

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

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 a target server for a migration in the Continuous sync status, and the continuous synchronization will be interrupted. If you want to perform a continuous synchronization after you launch the target server, click Sync to synchronize the incremental data.

Before launching a 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 it can be in a different VPC.

Procedure

Sign 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 window, click OK.

If Finished appears in the Migration Stage/Status column, the target server has been launched and the migration is complete.
Figure 2 Completed migration

After the migration and service cutover are complete, you need to adjust the configurations of the target server based on service requirements. For details, see What Configuration Items Need to Be Manually Modified After a Server Is Migrated?