Migrating Live Workloads¶
UForge AppCenter offers the capability to migrate a live system using two different methods:
- using
Re-platform
. In this case there are three steps to migration: scan, generate and publish. Each step is done seperately by the user. When using scan to migrate, you can modify the appliance prior to the final migration. - using
Lift & Shift
. This automated process is only possible for Linux and certain target platforms.
In both cases, UForge will “deep scan” a live system and report back the meta-data of every file and package that makes up the running workload.
The following sub-sections describe in detail the different steps, requirements and limitations of migrating your system, for each of the methods possible: