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:
| 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:
| 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 |
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 | |
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 |
December 2023
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Migration test |
| 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 | |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
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 | |
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 | References |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |