The document outlines a webinar presentation by Kingson Jebaraj on migrating to Alibaba Cloud, detailing various scenarios, stages of migration, and available tools. It covers the Alibaba Cloud Migration Tool (ACMT), data transport services, and Data Transmission Service (DTS) for effective migration solutions. The presentation concludes with steps for post-migration verification to ensure all services operate as expected.

1. Migration to
Alibaba Cloud
Presenter: Kingson Jebaraj
Alibaba Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Solutions

2. About Me
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• Solutions Architect at YVOLV LLC – Dubai
(A Joint Venture of Alibaba Cloud and Meraas)
• Alibaba Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Solutions
• Former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Messaging
• Alibaba Cloud & AWS Certified Professional
• Author, Blogger, Speaker
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingsonmvp/
Blog
www.cloudexchangers.com

3. What You Will Learn From This Webinar
Migration
Explained
Scenarios Tools Q&A
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4. Scenarios
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On-premise (IDC)
to Alibaba Cloud
Traditional
virtualization
platform to Alibaba
Cloud
Other public cloud
to Alibaba Cloud
One region of
Alibaba Cloud to
another region of
Alibaba Cloud

5. Stages
• 1 Cloud-ready assessment (involves infrastructure
assessment to decide which workloads can be moved to
the cloud)
• 2 Migration kick-off meeting (listing servers,
applications, down time preparation, cutover and other
requirements)
• 3 Creating a backup plan – A migration plan is
incomplete without a backup plan. There is always a
probability of error and damage can be irreversible.
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• 4 Schedule migration, notify users if there is any
down time expected during cutover.
• 5 Make a checklist of functions.
• 6 Post migration testing before moving to
production, to ensure fully-working operations.

6. The Migration Process
Seamless integration is what
we all expect when it comes
to information technology, and
especially for migration.
However, this is easier said
than done.
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Cloud migration is complicated
as it involves many elements;
from picking a suitable operating
system to selecting the best
geographical region for
deployment.
Migration also involves
numerous standard processes
and considerations that is no
small feat.

7. Data TransmissionData Transport
Alibaba Migration Tools & Methodologies
ACMT
(Alibaba Cloud
Migration Tool)
01 02 03
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8. Migration Types
Application
Level Migration
VM
Migration
Data
Migration
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9. 1) ACMT: Alibaba Cloud Migration Tool
Irrespective of the source platform, the Alibaba Cloud Migration Tool can
be used to perform migration to create new Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
instances.
Alibaba Cloud invests resources into various categories of image migration
to carry out the process with ease and effectiveness.
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Data
Transmission
Data
Transport
ACMT
(Alibaba Cloud
Migration Tool)
01
02
03

10. ACMT - Process
Request for
migration tool
JSON Script needs to have the
value of AccessID, secret key,
region ID, image name,
System disk size & Data disk
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Following approval,
decompress the folder at
source and modify the
JSON Script as needed

11. Extract Folder, Locate JSON & Open with Notepad
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12. Modify as Shown
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13. Save File & Run go2aliyun_client Tool as an Administrator
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14. You May Notice it Creates VPC, Vswitch, Security Group All By Itself
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15. Done!
• During migration you can see that it creates a new
instance named "INSTANCE_FOR_GOTOALIYUN
• Post sync the same will be exported with image name
that you specified in JSON and the same instance
will be released.
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16. ACMT
(Alibaba Cloud
Migration Tool)
01
03
2) Data Transport
Alibaba Cloud Data Transport is a PB-level, point-to-point, offline data migration
service. You can use secure equipment to upload large amounts of data to Alibaba
Cloud.
Data Transport can help you resolve common problems associated with data
migration to Alibaba Cloud.
Common issues include expensive dedicated lines, lengthy transmission times,
and potential security risks. Data Transport allows you to upload large amounts of
data securely and efficiently all while reducing costs.
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Data
Transmission
Data
Transport
02
03

17. What is Data Transport?
A secure solution to migrate TB-level or
PB-level data to Alibaba Cloud
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18. Data Transport Architecture
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19. 3) DTS: Data Transmission Service
Data Transmission Service (DTS) is a data exchange service that
streamlines data migration, data synchronization, and data
subscription.
It is applicable for databases running through Alibaba Cloud and is
compatible widely used open-sourced databases, including
RDBMS and NoSQL.
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ACMT
(Alibaba Cloud
Migration Tool)
01
Data
Transport
02
03
03
Data
Transmission
03

20. DTS
DTS supports a multitude of database
engines, including: Relational
databases, e.g. Oracle, MySQL,
SQLServer, and PostgreSQL
NoSQL,
such as Redis
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21. DTS Features
Data
Migration
Data
Subscription
Data
Synchronization
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22. DTS Data Migration
- Data migration helps you quickly and easily migrate data between different databases.
- DTS is applicable to scenarios such as on-premises data to cloud migration, Alibaba Cloud cross-
instance migration, and database split and expansion. Both homogeneous migration, such as
MySQL to MySQL, and heterogeneous migration, and Oracle to Alibaba Cloud RDS
MySQL, are also attainable.
- DTS provides basic ETL functions, including multi-level object mapping and data filtering.
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23. DTS Data Synchronization
• Data synchronization helps you replicate data between two databases in real time. It is applicable to scenarios
such as off-site disaster recovery, cross-region data synchronization, and data synchronization between OLTP
and OLAP.
• Real-time data synchronization between two RDS instances.
• Data synchronization between a RDS instances in a classic network and a RDS instances in a VPC network.
• Data synchronization between two RDS instances under different Alibaba Cloud accounts.
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24. Real Time Replication
• Choose an Alibaba Cloud trusted cloud partner
• Choose migration service from Marketpalce image or through Alibaba Cloud
Professional Migration Team
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25. Post Migration
• Ensure all services are functioning as expected.
• Make comparison using functions check list.
• Ensure that the Windows license is activated by running slmgr.vbs /dlv command in command prompt.
• Ensure to do all DNS redirection to Alibaba Cloud instance public IP (If required).
• Make sure to restart servers from cloud portal and monitor the events to confirm if any issues needs an
attention.
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26. Q&A

27. Thank You!