Updated on 2023-11-13 GMT+08:00

Migration Overview

It often becomes necessary to hide the real IP address of your database for the sake of security. Migrating data through direct connections is an option, but costly. DRS supports backup migration, which allows you to export data from your source database for backup and upload the backup files to OBS. Then, you can restore the backup files to the destination database to complete the migration. Using this method, data migration can be realized without exposing your source databases.

You can use backup migration when you want to migrate on-premises databases to the cloud.

Without connecting to your sources, DRS can help you complete data migration.

Figure 1 Backup migration process

Supported Database Types

Table 1 lists the source database and destination database types supported by DRS in backup migration.

Table 1 Migration schemes

Backup File

Destination DB

Documentation

Full backup file of RDS for SQL Server

RDS for SQL Server

Creating an RDS Backup Migration Task

Backup files o f on-premises and other cloud Microsoft SQL Server

Creating a Backup Using OBS Buckets