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Migration Journeys

Migration Journeys is built based on a proven cloud migration methodology. It breaks down complex migration processes into multiple phases and tasks and provides capabilities such as task management and personnel coordination. It offers ready-to-use templates for migrating complex databases and large language models (LLMs). These templates represent clear and professional guidance to help you migrate databases and large models from other clouds or IDCs to Huawei Cloud. Migration Journeys also provides comprehensive migration guidance, Huawei Cloud migration tool tutorials, and migration partner resources to help you efficiently complete cloud migration.

Creating a Migration Journey

  1. Sign in to the MgC console. In the navigation pane, under Project, choose a project from the drop-down list.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Overview > Migration Journeys.
  3. Click Create Migration Journey.

  4. Set parameters in the Basic Information area. The default journey name format is <template-name>-<current-time>. You can also specify a name.
  5. In the Template area, select the desired template type. Click Select Scenario in the Migration Scenario area.

    Table 1 Template types

    Template Type

    Description

    Database migration

    This template is crafted from the Huawei Cloud CAF framework and aims to help you quickly and easily migrate databases from third-party clouds or IDCs to Huawei Cloud. The template provides migration guidance, migration tool instructions, and introduction to Huawei Cloud migration partners, guiding you through the migration process step by step.

    LLM model migration

    This template is crafted from the Huawei Cloud CAF framework and aims to help you migrate large models from third-party clouds or IDCs to Huawei Cloud. It provides migration guidance and migration tool instructions to guide you through the migration process step by step.

  6. In the Select Source and Target dialog box, select the source and target locations based on your requirements. You can filter the locations by attribute. Click Confirm.
  7. If needed, click Select Again to update the source and target locations.

  8. Click Confirm in the lower right corner.

    • On the Overview tab, you can update the journey name and review the summary of included phases and tasks.
    • On the Phases tab, you can review the phases of the migration journey and the tasks and steps in each phase. A phase consists of steps and tasks. You can update task statuses. Changes are automatically saved.

    • On the Tasks tab, you can filter tasks by phase and step. You can drag a task to the desired column to update its status.

Parent Topic: New Edition