Server Migration Center (SMC) migrates desktop systems from physical servers, local VMs, and third-party cloud platforms to Alibaba Cloud Elastic Desktop Service (EDS), helping you quickly set up a secure, flexible cloud desktop environment.
Scenarios
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Migrate desktop systems from physical servers to EDS.
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Migrate desktop systems from local VMs to EDS. Supported VMs include VMware, Xen, KVM, and Hyper-V.
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Migrate desktop systems from Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances to EDS.
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Migrate desktop systems from third-party cloud platforms to EDS. Supported platforms include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Tencent Cloud.
Benefits
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Migration without service interruption
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Simple and flexible configuration
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Secure data transmission
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Resumable upload
Migration process
The migration process for desktop systems from physical servers to EDS is illustrated below:
Limits
Source server version limitations
Only Windows source servers can be migrated to EDS. The following versions are not supported:
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Windows 8.1 and earlier
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Windows 11
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Windows Server 2016 and earlier
Disk size limitations
SMC limits the size of disks that can be migrated from a source server. Disks that exceed the maximum supported size cannot be migrated. To transfer data from larger disks, use other methods such as cp or sftp.
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System disk: The maximum supported size is 2 TiB.
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Data disks: Data disks cannot be migrated; only the system disk is migrated.
Procedure
For more information, see Migrate desktop servers to Elastic Desktop Service.