Server Migration Center:View and run the SMC client

View the SMC client

• If you use the SMC console or the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) console to automatically import the information about a migration source, the SMC client is installed in a default directory specific to your operating system:

  • For Linux, the SMC client is installed in /smc/go2aliyun_client*/ by default.

    In the actual directory, the asterisk (*) is replaced by the version number of the SMC client, such as 2.7.3.

  • For Windows, the SMC client is installed in C:\smc\go2aliyun_client*\ by default.

• If you manually import the information about a migration source by using the SMC client, the SMC client is in a directory that you specify. After you download the SMC client package, you need to only decompress the package to use the SMC client. No installation operation is required.

Run the SMC client

1. Go to the installation directory of the SMC client. For more information about the installation directory of the SMC client, see the View the SMC client section of this topic.

2. Run the SMC client.

   • For Linux, run the following commands:

     chmod +x ./go2aliyun_client
     ./go2aliyun_client

   • For Windows, perform the following operations:

     Double-click the go2aliyun_gui.exe file, or run the go2aliyun_client.exe file by using Command Prompt.

3. Check the status of the SMC client.

   • If no error is reported, the system prompts that the migration source is imported, as shown in the following figure. The migration source returns to a normal state.

     

     • If no migration job related to the migration source exists, the status of the migration source changes to Online.

     • If a migration job related to the migration source exists, the status of the migration source changes to Migrating. If a migration job is in the Error state, click Retry Migration Job in the Actions column to resume the migration job.

   • If an error is reported, the system returns an error code. The following figure shows an example. Troubleshoot the error based on the error code and try again. For more information, see Troubleshooting.

     

     Note

     To stop a migration job or modify the configurations of the SMC client, exit the SMC client by performing the following operations:

     • Linux

       By default, the SMC client for Linux runs in the background. You can run the following command to stop the SMC client process in the background:

       ./go2aliyun_client --abort

     • Windows

       The SMC client for Windows runs in the foreground. You need to only exit the go2aliyun_gui.exe or go2aliyun_client.exe program.