Commands menu

Use the command menu to add applications, perform a variety of actions, and manage your testing and cutover for one or more applications.

You can either Add application or select one or more applications from the Applications page and then manage them using the Actions menu, Edit, or Delete buttons.

Add application

To add an application, click Add application. When the Add application prompt opens, configure the application name, add a description (optional), associate source servers (optional), and add tags (optional).

• Application name – Application name is mandatory, with a limit of 256 characters. The name must be unique per account per region. Uniqueness verification for application name in Migration Application Service is case-insensitive.

• Description – Application description is optional, with a limit of 600 characters.

• Servers – You can add up to 200 servers to an application. Checking a server in the drop-down list will associate it with the application.

• Tags – You can add up to 50 tags to an application.

When you are done configuring your application settings, click Add application to create the application.

Edit application

To edit an application, click Edit. When the Edit application prompt opens, edit the application name, description, and tags, as well as associate or disassociate source servers.

• Application name – Application name is mandatory, with a limit of up to 256 characters. The name must be unique per account per region. Uniqueness verification for application name in Migration Application Service is case-insensitive.

• Description – Application description is optional, with a limit of 600 characters.

• Servers – You can add up to 200 servers to an application. Checking a server in the dropdown list will associate it with the application. Unchecking an associated server will disassociate it from the application.

• Tags – You can add up to 50 tags to an application.

To finalize your changes, click Save changes.

Delete application

To delete an application, click Delete. When the Delete application prompt opens, verify that you want to delete the selected application.

Deleting the application will disassociate the servers from the application, but will not delete them.

Click Delete to confirm the deletion.

Actions menu

The Actions menu allows you to perform actions on selected applications.

Note

An application must have all of its associated servers in the correct lifecycle for the desired action, otherwise it will be excluded.

The Actions menu allows you to perform the following actions:

• Launch test instances – Choose this option to launch test instances for this application servers.

• Mark as "Ready for cutover" – Choose this option to finalize testing for this application after you have completed all the necessary tests in preparation for cutover.

  The Mark servers as "Ready for cutover" dialog will appear. Select whether you want to terminate the launched instances used for testing. It is recommended to terminate these instances, as you will be charged for them even though you will no longer need them. Check the Yes, terminate launched instances (recommended) box and choose Continue.

• Revert to "ready for testing" – Choose this option to revert a finalized test for this application if you want to run further tests prior to initiating a cutover.

  The Revert testing dialog will appear. Select whether you want to terminate the launched instances used for testing. It is recommended to terminate these instances, as you will be charged for them even though you will no longer need them. Check the Yes, terminate launched instances (recommended) box and choose Revert.

• Launch cutover instances – Choose this option to launch cutover instances for this application servers after you have finalized all of your testing and are ready to initiate a cutover.

• Finalize cutover – Choose this option to finalize the cutover for this application servers after you have successfully performed a cutover.

  Note

  This action does not uninstall the AWS Replication Agent from the source servers. When you have completed the migration and want to uninstall the agent from your source servers, go to Source servers page and select the relevant servers. Use the Disconnect from service option under the Actions menu.

• Revert to "ready for cutover" – Choose this option to revert a finalized cutover for this application if you encounter any issues or want to reverse the cutover for any reason.

• Start data replication – Choose this option to start replicating the application source servers.

  Note

  This action is applicable if all the application associated servers are Agentless snapshot based and are in Discovered lifecycle state.

• Add applications to wave – Choose this option to associate the selected applications to a wave.

• Archive applications – Choose this option to archive the selected applications. You should only archive applications for which you have already performed a cutover.

  Important

  An application can be archived only if all servers that compose it are in one of these states: archived, cutover, or disconnected. If that is the case, the application will be archived and the servers that are not yet archived (but can be) will also be archived.

  Archived applications will be removed from the main applications page, but can still be accessed through the selector options.