Updated on 2026-09-17 GMT+08:00

Launching a Target Server

If you set Enable 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 Enable Continuous Synchronization to No, skip this section as the system will automatically launch the target server after the full replication is complete.

You can launch the target server when the migration is in the Continuous sync status. Then continuous synchronization will be interrupted. After the target server is launched, you can start an incremental synchronization by clicking Sync in the Operation column.

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 server clone must be in the same AZ as the target server, but can be in a different VPC.

Launching a Target Server

  1. Sign in to the SMS console.
  2. In the navigation pane, click Servers.
  3. Locate the target server you want to launch, and click Launch Target in the Migration Stage/Status column.

    Alternatively, select the server that has been replicated and continuously synchronized, and click Launch Target above the server list.
    Figure 1 Launch Target

  4. 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

  5. Click the server name in the Target column to review the server details and status.