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Migration process

The following figure shows how to use SMC to perform migration. fg-dc-smc-2.1-1 Procedure:

  1. Prepare for the migration.Create an Alibaba Cloud account, complete real-name verification, activate Resource Access Management (RAM), and then activate the snapshot service.
  2. Import the information about a migration source.SMC supports multiple methods to import the information about a migration source. You can select one of the following methods based on your business requirements:
    1. Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC console.
    2. Import the information about a migration source by using the CLI.
    3. Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC client.
    4. Import the information about a migration source by configuring the Server Migration Connector without agents.
  3. Create and start a migration job.SMC supports multiple migration scenarios. You can create migration jobs based on your business requirements.
    1. Create a server migration job.
    2. Create an operating system migration job.
    3. Create a cross-zone migration job.
    4. Create a desktop migration job.
    5. Create a job to migrate VMware VMs without agents.