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Step 1: Download and Install the MgC Agent (Formerly Edge)

The MgC Agent is a migration tool provided by MgC. It is used to discover source resources and execute migration commands from MgC.

Procedure

  1. Prepare a Windows server in the source intranet environment and install the MgC Agent on the server. For details about the requirements for the server and how to install the MgC Agent, see Installing the MgC Agent for Windows.

    Do not install the MgC Agent on a source server to be migrated.

    • High resource consumption: The MgC Agent consumes CPU and memory resources during collection and migration. If a large number of migration tasks are performed by the MgC Agent, services on the source server may be affected.
    • Port occupation: The MgC Agent occupies some ports on the server, which may affect services running on it.

  2. Register an account for logging in to the MgC Agent console and connect the MgC Agent to MgC. For details, see Connecting the MgC Agent to MgC.
  3. After the connection is successful, add the credentials of the source servers to be migrated to the MgC Agent. For details, see Adding Resource Credentials. Correctly configure Resource Type based on the source servers when you add their credentials.