Overview
This best practice describes the detailed procedure and precautions for migrating servers from Alibaba Cloud to Huawei Cloud.
The key steps include:
- Making Preparations: Ensure that the migration accounts are available and the accounts have required permissions.
- Installing the MgC Agent (formerly Edge): Download and install the MgC Agent, a tool provided by MgC.
- Discovering Resources: Collect information about the Alibaba Cloud ECSs to be migrated.
- Assessing Migration Readiness: Check the configuration of the Alibaba Cloud ECSs to be migrated, test their network connectivity, and gather them into groups.
- Assessing Target Servers: Get recommendations for Huawei Cloud resources and configure target servers for source servers.
- Creating a Workflow: Create a migration workflow to migrate your source servers.
Precautions
Before creating a server migration workflow, read and understand the precautions below.
Item |
Precaution |
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Source download bandwidth |
Used to download SMS-Agent to source servers.
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Migration bandwidth |
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CPU and memory requirements |
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OS compatibility |
See Supported OSs. |
Server migration statements |
For details about the important statements you need to understand before the migration, see What Are the Important Statements of SMS? |
Constraints |
For details, see Notes and Constraints. |
Billing |
For details about the fees that may be incurred during the migration, see Billing. |
Permissions configuration |
For details, see Permissions Management. |
Migration network and ports |
For details about the requirements for the migration network and ports, see How Do I Set Up a Secure Migration Network for Using SMS? |
Changes in server configurations before and after migration |
For details about the configurations that may change after the migration, see What Are the Differences Between the Source and Target Servers After the Migration? |
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