CreateReplicationJob -

Creates a migration task for a source server.

Usage notes

You can create migration tasks only for source servers that are in the Available state.
Each source server can be associated with only one migration task that is in the Ready, Running, Stopped, Waiting, InError, or Expired state.
You can create a maximum of 1,000 migration tasks within each Alibaba Cloud account.
If you migrate a source server to an image, you must specify the ImageName, SystemDiskSize, and DataDisk parameters.
If you use a virtual private cloud (VPC) to migrate data, the VSwitchId parameter is required and the VpcId parameter is optional.
Server Migration Center (SMC) allows you to migrate source servers to Docker container images. This allows you to migrate containerized applications in a cost-effective way.

Request parameters


Parameter	Type	Required	Example	Description
Action	String	Yes	CreateReplicationJob	The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to CreateReplicationJob.
RegionId	String	Yes	cn-hangzhou	The ID of the Alibaba Cloud region to which you want to migrate the source server. For example, if you want to migrate the source server to the China (Hangzhou) region, set this parameter to `cn-hangzhou`. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the latest regions.
ClientToken	String	No	123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000	The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. You can use the client to generate the token, but you must make sure that the token is unique among different requests. The token can contain only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see How to ensure idempotence.
Name	String	No	testMigrationTaskName	The name of the migration task. The name must meet the following requirements: The name must be unique. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length, and can contain digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name must start with a letter, but cannot start with `http://` or `https://`.
Description	String	No	This_is_a_migration_task	The description of the migration task. The description must be 2 to 128 characters in length, and can contain digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The description must start with a letter, but cannot start with `http://` or `https://`.
SourceId	String	Yes	s-bp1e2fsl57knvuug****	The ID of the source server.
TargetType	String	No	Image	The type of destination to which you want to migrate the source server. Valid values: Image: After the migration task is complete, SMC generates an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) image for the source server. ContainerImage: After the migration task is complete, SMC generates a Docker container image for the source server. TargetInstance: After the migration task is completed, SMC migrates the source server to the destination instance. If you set this parameter to TargetInstance, you must set the `InstanceId` parameter.
ScheduledStartTime	String	No	2019-06-04T13:35:00Z	The time when you want to run the migration task. The time must meet the following requirements: The time must be specified in the ISO 8601 standard in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format. For example, 2018-01-01T12:00:00Z specifies 20:00:00 on January 1, 2018 (UTC+8). The value must be within 30 days after the current time. Note If you do not specify this parameter, you must manually start the migration task after the task is created. You can call the StartReplicationJob operation to start the migration task.
ValidTime	String	No	2019-06-04T13:35:00Z	The time when the migration task expires. You can schedule the migration task to expire 7 to 90 days after the task is created. The time must be specified in the ISO 8601 standard in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format. For example, 2018-01-01T12:00:00Z specifies 20:00:00 on January 1, 2018 (UTC+8). If you do not specify this parameter, the migration task does not expire. After a migration task expires, the task state changes to Expired. SMC retains the migration task for seven days after the task expires. After the task is retained for seven days, SMC deletes the migration task. By default, a migration task is valid for 30 days after it is created.
ImageName	String	No	testAliCloudImageName	The name of the destination image. The name must meet the following requirements: The name must be unique within an Alibaba Cloud region. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length, and can contain digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name must start with a letter, but cannot start with `http://` or `https://`. Note If you specify an image name that already exists in the destination region, the migration task ID is appended to the image name as a suffix. Example: ImageName_j-2zexxxxxxxxxxxxx.
InstanceId	String	No	i-bp1f1dvfto1sigz5****	The ID of the destination ECS instance.
SystemDiskSize	Integer	No	80	The system disk size of the destination ECS instance. Unit: GiB. Valid values: 20 to 2048. Note The value must be greater than the used space of the system disk on the source server. For example, if the total size of the source disk is 500 GiB and the used space is 100 GiB, the value of this parameter must be greater than 100 GiB.
VpcId	String	No	vpc-bp1vwnn14rqpyiczj****	The ID of a VPC for which you have configured an Express Connect circuit or a VPN gateway.
VSwitchId	String	No	vsw-bp1ddbrxdlrcbim46****	The ID of the vSwitch in the specified VPC. You must set this parameter if you use a VPC to migrate data.
ReplicationParameters	String	No	{"bandwidth_limit":0,"compress_level":1,"checksum":true}	The parameters of the replication driver. The parameters must be specified as key-value pairs in the JSON format. The keys are fixed for each type of replication driver. The JSON string can be up to 2,048 characters in length. A replication driver is a tool that is used to migrate a source server to an intermediate instance. The parameters vary based on the replication driver type. If you use a Server Migration Tool (SMT) driver, you can specify the following parameters: bandwidth_limit: the maximum bandwidth for data transmission. compress_level: the compression ratio of data to be transmitted. checksum: specifies whether to enable checksum verification. For more information about replication drivers, see the response parameter `SourceServers.ReplicationDriver` of the DescribeSourceServers operation.
NetMode	Integer	No	0	The network mode for data transmission. Valid values: 0: Data is transmitted over the Internet. Make sure that the source server can access the Internet. 2: Data is transmitted over a VPC. If you specify this value, you must specify the VSwitchId parameter. You do not need to specify the VpcId parameter because the value of the VpcId parameter can be retrieved based on the value of the VSwitchId parameter. Default value: 0
RunOnce	Boolean	No	true	Specifies whether to disable incremental migration for the source server. Valid values: true: creates a migration task that runs only once. This is the default value. Incremental data of the source server is not synchronized. false: creates an incremental migration task. In this case, you must specify the `Frequency` parameter. SMC synchronizes incremental data of the source server to Alibaba Cloud at the specified frequency. You can use an incremental migration task to synchronize incremental data from the source server to Alibaba Cloud without the need to interrupt your business. A full data image is generated for the source server when the task is running. Note You can specify this parameter only when you create a migration task. The parameter value cannot be changed after the task is created.
Frequency	Integer	No	12	The interval at which SMC synchronizes incremental data to Alibaba Cloud. Unit: hours. Valid values: 1 to 168. This parameter is required if you set the `RunOnce` parameter to false. This parameter is empty by default.
MaxNumberOfImageToKeep	Integer	No	10	The maximum number of images retained for the incremental migration task. Valid values: 1 to 10. This parameter is required if you set the `RunOnce` parameter to false. This parameter is empty by default.
InstanceType	String	No	ecs.c6.large	The type of the intermediate instance. You can call the DescribeInstanceTypes operation to query the ECS instance types. If you specify this parameter, SMC creates an intermediate instance of the specified instance type. If the specified instance type is unavailable, the migration task fails to be created. If you do not specify this parameter, SMC selects an available instance type in a specific order to create an intermediate instance. For more information, see SMC FAQ.
LaunchTemplateId	String	No	lt-bp16jovvln1cgaaq****	The ID of the launch template.
LaunchTemplateVersion	String	No	1	The version number of the launch template.
InstanceRamRole	String	No	SMCAdmin	The name of the RAM role that is assigned to the instance.
ContainerNamespace	String	No	testNamespace	The namespace of the destination Docker container image. For more information about Docker container images, see Terms.
ContainerRepository	String	No	testRepository	The repository that stores the destination Docker container image. For more information about Docker container images, see Terms.
ContainerTag	String	No	CentOS:v1	The tag of the destination Docker container image. For more information about Docker container images, see Terms.
LicenseType	String	No	BYOL	The license type. Valid values: An empty value specifies no license. A value of BYOL specifies Bring Your Own License (BYOL). For more information, see SMC FAQ.
DataDisk.N.Index	Integer	No	1	The index of data disk N on the destination ECS instance. Data disks on a destination ECS instance are arranged in a sequential order that starts from 1. Valid values: 1 to 16. Note To create a destination data disk for a source server, make sure that the source server has data disks.
DataDisk.N.Part.N.SizeBytes	Long	No	254803968	The size of partition N in the destination data disk. Unit: bytes. The default value is equal to the corresponding partition size of the source data disk. Note The total size of all partitions in a destination data disk cannot exceed the size of the destination data disk. You must set both the `DataDisk.N.Part.N.Device` and DataDisk.N.Part.N.SizeBytes parameters or leave both parameters empty.
DataDisk.N.Part.N.Block	Boolean	No	true	Specifies whether to enable block replication for partition N in the destination data disk. Valid values: true false Default value: true.
DataDisk.N.Part.N.Device	String	No	0_1	The device ID of partition N in the destination data disk. The partitions in the destination data disk are arranged in the same sequential order as those in the source data disk. Note You must set both the DataDisk.N.Part.N.Device and `DataDisk.N.Part.N.SizeBytes` parameters or leave both parameters empty.
DataDisk.N.Size	Integer	No	100	The size of the data disk on the destination ECS instance. Unit: GiB. Valid values: 20 to 32768. Note The size of a destination data disk must be larger than the size of data in the source data disk. For example, if the size of the source data disk is 500 GiB and the used space is 100 GiB, you must set this parameter to a value greater than 100.
Tag.N.Key	String	No	TestKey	The key of the tag for the migration task. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag key cannot be an empty string. The tag key can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot start with `aliyun`, `acs:`, `http://`, or `https://`.
Tag.N.Value	String	No	TestValue	The value of the tag for the migration task. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag value can be an empty string. The tag value can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot start with `aliyun`, `acs:`, `http://`, or `https://`.
SystemDiskPart.N.SizeBytes	Long	No	254803968	The size of the partition N in the destination system disk. Unit: bytes. The default value is equal to the partition size of the source system disk. Note The total size of all partitions in the destination system disk cannot exceed the size of the destination system disk. You must set both the `SystemDiskPart.N.Device` and SystemDiskPart.N.SizeBytes parameters or leave both parameters empty.
SystemDiskPart.N.Block	Boolean	No	true	Specifies whether to enable block replication for partition N in the destination system disk. Valid values: true false Default value: true.
SystemDiskPart.N.Device	String	No	0_1	The ID of partition N in the destination system disk. The partitions in the destination system disk are arranged in the same sequential order as those in the source system disk. Note You must set both the SystemDiskPart.N.Device and `SystemDiskPart.N.SizeBytes` parameters or leave both parameters empty.
JobType	Integer	No	0	The type of the migration task. Valid values: 0: server migration 1: operating system migration 2: cross-zone migration 3: agentless migration for a VMware VM
ResourceGroupId	String	No	rg-acfmw3ty5y7****	The ID of the resource group.

Response parameters


Parameter	Type	Example	Description
RequestId	String	C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9	The ID of the request.
JobId	String	j-bp17bclvg344jlyt****	The ID of the migration task.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://smc.aliyuncs.com/?Action=CreateReplicationJob
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&ClientToken=123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000
&Name=testMigrationTaskName
&Description=This_is_a_migration_task
&SourceId=s-bp1e2fsl57knvuug****
&TargetType=Image
&ScheduledStartTime=2019-06-04T13:35:00Z
&ValidTime=2019-06-04T13:35:00Z
&ImageName=testAliCloudImageName
&InstanceId=i-bp1f1dvfto1sigz5****
&SystemDiskSize=80
&VpcId=vpc-bp1vwnn14rqpyiczj****
&VSwitchId=vsw-bp1ddbrxdlrcbim46****
&ReplicationParameters={"bandwidth_limit":0,"compress_level":1,"checksum":true}
&NetMode=0
&RunOnce=true
&Frequency=12
&MaxNumberOfImageToKeep=10
&InstanceType=ecs.c6.large
&LaunchTemplateId=lt-bp16jovvln1cgaaq****
&LaunchTemplateVersion=1
&InstanceRamRole=SMCAdmin
&ContainerNamespace=testNamespace
&ContainerRepository=testRepository
&ContainerTag=CentOS:v1
&LicenseType=BYOL
&DataDisk=[{"Index":1,"Part":[{"SizeBytes":254803968,"Block":true,"Device":"0_1"}],"Size":100}]
&Tag=[{"Key":"TestKey","Value":"TestValue"}]
&SystemDiskPart=[{"SizeBytes":254803968,"Block":true,"Device":"0_1"}]
&JobType=0
&ResourceGroupId=rg-acfmw3ty5y7****
&Common request parameters

Sample success responses

XML format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<CreateReplicationJobResponse>
    <RequestId>C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9</RequestId>
    <JobId>j-bp17bclvg344jlyt****</JobId>
</CreateReplicationJobResponse>

JSON format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "RequestId" : "C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9",
  "JobId" : "j-bp17bclvg344jlyt****"
}

Error codes


HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	SourceServerState.Invalid	The specified source server status is invalid.	The error message returned because the migration source is in an invalid status and the operation is not supported.
400	ReplicationJobDataDiskIndex.Invalid	The specified replication job contains data disk index not found in source server.	The error message returned because the migration task specifies one or more data disk indexes that are not found in the source server.
400	VSwitchIdVpcId.Mismatch	The specified VSwitchId and VpcId does not match.	The error message returned because the specified values of the VSwitchId and VpcId parameters do not match.
400	InvalidSecurityGroupId.IncorrectNetworkType	The network type of the specified security group does not support this action.	The error message returned because the operation is not supported by the network type of the security group.
400	InvalidSecurityGroupId.VPCMismatch	The specified security group and the specified virtual switch are not in the same VPC.	The error message returned because the specified security group and vSwitch are not connected to the same VPC.
400	QuotaExceeded.ReplicationJob	The maximum number of replication jobs is exceeded. Please submit a ticket to raise the quota.	The error message returned because the maximum number of migration tasks was reached. Submit a ticket to request a quota increase.
400	ReplicationJobName.Duplicate	The specified replication job name already exists.	The error message returned because the specified migration task name already exists. Specify another name for the migration task.
500	InternalError	An error occurred while processing your request. Please try again. If the problem still exists, please submit a ticket.	The error message returned because an internal error had occurred. Try again later. If the error persists, submit a ticket.

For a list of error codes, see Service error codes.