Commands menu

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

Add wave

To add a wave, click the Add wave button. You will then see the Add wave prompt that includes the following parameters:

• Wave name – Select a wave name. The name must be unique per account per region. Note that uniqueness verification for wave name in Migration Application Service is case-insensitive.

• Description (optional) – Add a description of the wave according to your preferences.

• Associate applications (optional) – You can add up to 200 applications to a single wave. Checking an application in the dropdown list will associate it with the wave.

• Add tags (optional) – You can up to 50 tags according to your preferences.

Click Add wave to create the wave.

Edit wave

To edit a wave, click Edit wave. You will see the Edit wave prompt, which allows you to edit the following parameters:

• Wave name – Select a wave name. The name must be unique per account per region. Note that uniqueness verification for wave name in Migration Application Service is case-insensitive.

• Description (optional) – Add a description of the wave according to your preferences.

• Associate applications (optional) – You can add up to 200 applications to a single wave. Checking an application in the dropdown list will associate it with the wave.

• Add tags (optional) – You can up to 50 tags according to your preferences.

After you edit the parameters as required, click the Save changes button to save your changes.

Delete wave

To delete a wave, click the Delete wave button and the Delete wave prompt will open. You will need to verify that you want to delete the selected wave.

When you delete the wave, all associated applications will disassociate from the wave but will not be deleted.

Click Delete to confirm the deletion.

Actions menu

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

Note

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

Use this menu to perform the following actions:

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

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

  Once 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 wave if you want to run additional 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 wave 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 wave 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 wave if you encounter any issues or want to reverse the cutover for any reason.

• Start data replication – Choose this option to start replication of the wave source servers.

  Note

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

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

  Important

  A wave can be archived only if all servers that are part of in one of these states: archived, cutover or disconnected. If that is the case, the wave and its associated applications will be archived. The servers that are not yet archived (but can be) will also be archived.

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