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Server Migration Center:Release notes

Last Updated:Oct 31, 2024

This topic describes the release notes for Server Migration Center (SMC) and provides links to the relevant references.

October 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Workgroup migration

In a workgroup, you can manage the lifecycle of multiple migration tasks simultaneously. You can batch migrate servers through a workgroup. This helps improve the efficiency of server migration.

2024-10-24

Migration template

A migration template is used to preset migration parameters. During server migration, the system will automatically fill in migration parameters based on the migration template. This helps enhance migration efficiency.

2024-10-24

Disk partition structure configuration

During migration settings, the following features are configured for the destination disk:

  • Drag-and-drop operations on mount points are supported.

  • When migrating a disk to the destination instance, if the disk partition size does not meet the migration requirements, the system will automatically adjust the mount point location. If the adjusted size still fails to meet the requirements, an error prompt will be displayed.

  • The LVM feature is added to the disk.

2024-10-21

June 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Migration test

The migration test feature is supported for server migration.

2024-06-03

March 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Operating system migration

SMC can be used to migrate the following operating systems to Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition 64-bit:

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition/Datacenter Edition 64-bit

  • Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition/Datacenter Edition 64-bit

2024-03-25

Data migration from VMware without an agent

SMC allows you to migrate VMware VMs to Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances without agents.

2024-03-22

Operating system migration

SMC can be used to migrate a CentOS 7 or 8 operating system to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or 8.

2024-03-05

Migrate a Linux operating system

February 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Migration test

SMC can be used to perform a migration test on the Linux operating system. This improves the migration efficiency.

2024-02-19

January 2024

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Quick migration across cloud platforms

SMC supports quick migration of servers from Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to Alibaba Cloud in the SMC console. This improves the server migration efficiency.

2024-01-26

Migrate servers across platforms

Operating system migration

SMC can be used to migrate a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or 8 operating system to Alibaba Cloud Linux 3.

2024-01-26

Migrate a Linux operating system

December 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Migration test

  • The UI for migration tests is updated.

  • The retry test feature is added.

  • The following migration test items of source environments are added:

    • Windows:

      • PowerShell Version

      • VSS Storage Space Limit

    • Linux: File System Type

2023-12-14

Quick migration across cloud platforms

Tencent Cloud Lighthouse instances can be migrated to Alibaba Cloud by using quick migration in the SMC console. This improves the server migration efficiency.

2023-12-10

Migrate servers across platforms

Operating system migration

SMC can be used to migrate a source Windows Server 2012 operating system to Windows Server 2016 of the same language.

2023-12-07

Migrate a Windows operating system

November 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Operating system migration

SMC can be used to migrate a source Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system to Windows Server 2012 R2 of the same language.

2023-11-20

Migrate a Windows operating system

Migration test

The test item Network Performance Test is added. This helps you estimate the amount of data to be migrated, migration speed, and amount of time required for migration in advance.

2023-11-20

October 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Quick migration across cloud platforms

SMC supports quick migration of servers from Tencent Cloud to Alibaba Cloud in the SMC console. This improves the server migration efficiency.

2023-10-26

Migrate servers across platforms

September 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Migration test

You can perform a migration test to simulate and verify a migration solution before you perform an actual migration. The migration test feature helps you fully understand the feasibility and risks of a migration solution before you perform an actual migration. This reduces the issues and losses that may occur during the actual migration.

2023-09-08

Lightweight server migration

SMC can be used to migrate lightweight servers provided by other vendors, such as TencentCloud Lighthouse, Amazon Lightsail, and Huawei Hyper Elastic Cloud Server (HECS), to Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server.

2023-09-08

August 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Operating system migration

SMC can be used to migrate a source Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 operating system to Alibaba Cloud Linux 3.

2023-08-11

July 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Updates of SDK examples

SDK examples are provided to show you how to use OpenAPI Explorer to call API operations and how to obtain and use the sample code of SMC SDK for Java or Python.

2023-07-04

June 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Data migration from VMware without an agent

A Server Migration Connector can be deployed on VMware ESXi to help you migrate VMware VMs without agents.

2023-06-07

Image check

The image check feature is provided to check whether an image is valid and whether the image can be used to create full-featured ECS instances. You can enable the image check feature when you create a server migration job or an agentless migration job for a VMware VM. This feature helps you identify potential issues in images or on ECS instances after the migration job is complete, and provides solutions to the identified issues. This helps you improve the success rate of starting ECS instances.

2023-06-07

March 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Data migration from VMware without an agent

VMware ESXi 7.0 and vCenter Server 7.0 are supported when you migrate VMware VMs without agents.

2023-03-21

Desktop migration

SMC can be used to migrate a Windows server to Alibaba Cloud Elastic Desktop Service (EDS). EDS allows you to create cloud desktops with ease and supports centralized management and efficient O&M. You can quickly create easy-to-use, secure, and efficient cloud desktops without the need to invest a large amount of money and time in deployment.

2023-03-20

February 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Cross-version migration of operating systems

SMC can be used to migrate a source CentOS 7 operating system to Alibaba Cloud Linux 3.

2023-02-13

Migrate a Linux operating system

Tutorial on importing the information about a migration source

Tutorials are provided to show you how to import the information about a migration source by using the SMC client or by configuring a Server Migration Connector without agents in the SMC console.

2023-02-07

January 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Cross-zone migration

SMC can be used to migrate ECS instances across zones in a specific region and change the types of the ECS instances at the same time.

2023-01-09

Cross-zone ECS instance migration

December 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Migration from an x86- or ARM64-based operating system to another operating system

SMC can be used to smoothly migrate an x86- or ARM64-based source CentOS 7 or CentOS 8 operating system to Alibaba Cloud Linux or Anolis OS.

2022-12-26

Migrate a Linux operating system

Data migration from VMware without an agent

SMC can be used to migrate a VMware VM without an agent. The migration does not modify the operating system settings of the migration source and does not consume the computing resources of the operating system in the migration source. This ensures high security and performance.

2022-12-02

Import of the information about a Windows server based on its public IP address

SMC can be used to import the information about a Windows server based on the public IP address of the Windows server. This improves import efficiency.

2022-12-02

Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC console

September 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Import of a migration source by using the SMC console

The SMC console can be used to import the information about a migration source in a convenient and visualized manner.

2022-09-13

Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC console

June 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

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Operating system migration

CentOS has announced the end of life (EOL) for CentOS Linux versions including CentOS 7 and CentOS 8. If you need future technical support for your CentOS operating system, you must migrate your CentOS operating system to another Linux operating system that provides long-term support (LTS). SMC can be used to migrate a source CentOS 7 or CentOS 8 operating system to Alibaba Cloud Linux or Anolis OS.

2022-06-17

Migrate a Linux operating system

October 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Migration of Linux ARM64 servers

SMC can be used to migrate Linux ARM64 servers to ECS instances or ECS images.

2021-10-25

October 2020

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Migration to ECS instances

SMC can be used to migrate servers to ECS instances. After you purchase an ECS instance, you can migrate your server to the ECS instance.

2020-10-23

Migrate servers to ECS instances

June 2020

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Migration to Container Registry

SMC can be used to migrate servers to Container Registry. You can use SMC to migrate containerized applications to Container Registry in a cost-effective manner.

2020-06-22

Migrate a server to Container Registry

May 2020

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Block-level replication

During a migration job, SMC automatically obtains the partitioning scheme of a source disk and replicates the partitioning scheme to the destination disk. This feature ensures that the destination disk has the same partitioning scheme as the source disk.

2020-05-14

Migrate a server to an ECS instance

October 2019

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Tag management

SMC resources can be managed based on tags. You can specify and manage tags for SMC resources in the SMC console or by calling API operations.

2019-10-21

List of operations by function

September 2019

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Incremental migration

SMC can be used to migrate incremental data from source servers to Alibaba Cloud. You can specify the time interval between incremental migration jobs. Incremental migration reduces the service downtime and the total duration of migration.

2019-09-28

Migrate incremental data from a server

August 2019

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Network type settings

A network type can be specified when you create a migration job in SMC to migrate data from a source server to an intermediate instance. You can migrate data over a virtual private cloud (VPC) or the Internet.

2019-08-30

Migrate a server to an ECS instance

June 2019

Feature

Description

Release date

References

Public preview version of Server Migration Center

Server Migration Center is a server migration platform developed by Alibaba Cloud. SMC allows you to migrate one or more source servers to Alibaba Cloud.

2019-06-17

What is SMC?