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Connecting Edge to MgC

You need to connect the Edge device to MgC, so that Edge can receive commands from MgC for discovering resources and executing migration tasks.

After the connection is set up, you can perform the following operations on the MgC console:

  • Create resource discovery tasks to discover multiple types of source resources over the Internet. You can also perform deep collection for the discovered resources, such as servers, containers, object storage, and databases.
  • Create server migration workflows using the template provided by MgC. Before that, you can get target server recommendations based on the collected performance data of the source servers.
  • Create big data migration tasks. Currently, migrating data from Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute to Huawei Cloud DLI is supported.
  • Create big data verification tasks to verify data consistency.

Prerequisites

You have installed Edge and registered an account.

Procedure

  1. Use the registered account to log in to the Edge console.
  2. On the Overview page, click Connect in the upper right corner. The Connect to MgC page is displayed on the right.

  3. In Step 1: Enter Credential, enter the AK/SK pair of the Huawei Cloud account used to access MgC and click List Migration Projects. After edge is authenticated using the entered AK/SK pair, you can go to the next step. If the AK/SK-based authentication fails, rectify the fault by referring to What Can I Do If AK/SK Verification Fails?

    If your source servers need to be migrated, the entered AK/SK pair must have permissions to use SMS. For details, see SMS Custom Policies.

    Determine whether to save the entered AK/SK pair as the target credential which will be used for migrating your workloads to Huawei Cloud.

    • If you select No, the entered AK/SK pair will be deleted after the Edge device is connected to MgC.
    • If you select Yes, the entered AK/SK pair will be encrypted and saved locally after the connection to MgC is successfully. The AK/SK pair will be delivered to the migration Agent for migrating your workloads to Huawei Cloud.

  4. In Step 2: Select MgC Migration Project, select a migration project from the project drop-down list. Edge will report the collected information about your source resources to this project.
  5. In Step 3: Preset Display Name for Edge, specify a name for the Edge device, which will be displayed on the MgC console, and click Next. Confirm the connection to MgC, and click OK.

    After the Edge device is connected to MgC, the name you specified here cannot be modified.

  6. If Connected shows up on the overview page, the connection to MgC is successful.
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