Huawei Cloud SMS Host Migrator

The Huawei Cloud SMS Host Migrator skill automates and guides the full lifecycle of host migration from on-premise IDCs or third-party clouds (Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, AWS) to Huawei Cloud ECS or Flexus X instances using the Huawei Cloud Server Migration Service (SMS).

Overview

The migration process supports file-level replication (MIGRATE_FILE) for Linux source hosts and block-level replication (MIGRATE_BLOCK) for Windows Server source hosts.

Key capabilities provided:

• Guided Agent Deployment: Generate installation instructions for Linux and Windows Server source machines.
• Pre-migration Compatibility Diagnostics: Automatic checks for OS version, firmware (BIOS/UEFI), disk partition table (MBR/GPT), file system, and required network ports.
• Target Specification Modeling: Provision migration templates targeting Huawei Cloud standard ECS or cost-effective Flexus X instances.
• Replication Orchestration: Track replication tasks, remaining time (remain_seconds), throttling limits, progress percentages, and subtask states.
• Cutover and Validation: Execute incremental sync windows, detach migration drivers, and verify target host boot status.

Prerequisites