Help Center/ Server Migration Service/ Best Practices/ Best Practice for Migrating Amazon Linux EC2 to Huawei Cloud ECS/ Preparations/ Checking Source System Compatibility
Updated on 2026-01-29 GMT+08:00
Checking Source System Compatibility
This section describes how to check OSs of the source servers. To confirm their compatibility with SMS, see Linux OSs Supported for File-Level Migration.
The procedure is as follows.
- On a source server, press Ctrl, Alt, and T to open the Terminal window.
- Enter one of the following commands in the Terminal window, and press Enter:
- Run the following command to check the OS release information, including the vendor, version number, and code:
lsb_release -a

- Run the following command to check the OS information, including the OS version, kernel version, server name, and system status:
hostnamectl

- Run the following command to check the brief OS version:
cat /etc/issue

- Run the following command to check the OS release information, including the vendor, version number, and code:
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