Migration Flow

IBM Live Migration Service enables customer to follow 5 simple steps to perform the migration of workloads. Before the Migration , there are important pre-requisites to be completed. They are:

1. Creating the credentials for the cloud (Refer steps furnished for each cloud).
2. Network connectivity between the source and target cloud platform.

Now Lets talk about the 5 easy steps of migration

• Create project
  • Create project in the IBM live migration service by selecting the target cloud, License details.
  • Configure the credentials of the cloud platform.
  • Configure the replication settings of the project.
• Add Machine
  • Install the agent by following the instructions in the add machine.
  • Review the replication of the server until We see continuous replication for that source machine.
• Configure Blueprint
  • Blueprint is the menu to configure the machine details of the target machine which will be launched for the source machine.
  • It would include details like Instance, Subnet, Security groups, etc.,
• Test Mode
  • The Test Mode action launches a Target machine in the Target infrastructure.
  • The Test Mode action can be performed after the Initial Sync stage has been completed.
• Cut-over Mode
  • Once you have completed all of your testing and ready to fully transition your machines to the Target cloud, you should perform the Cutover Mode action.
  • Every time you perform the Cut-over mode action , IBM live migration service deletes the previously launched target machine and creates a new machine that is up to date.