Using Replication for Data Transfer
Learn how to use File Storage replication to copy data from one availability domain to another.
You can use replication for a one-time data transfer between availability domains or regions. For example, to move data from File System A to File System B:
- Create a file system (File System B) in the availability domain or region where you want to copy data to. Be sure that it's a targetable (unexported) file system.
- Create a replication in the source file system (File System A) and specify the target as File System B.
- Wait for the replication cycle to complete and bring File System B up to date with File System A. You can check that the file systems are in sync by verifying that the initial replication snapshot appears in both File System A and File System B.
- If the source and destination have to be identical, which is most often the case for data migration scenarios, stop writing to the source file system and delete its exports.
- Delete the replication resource using the "replicate and delete" or
one_more_cycle
method. - (Optional) Create an export in File System B.
- (Optional) Mount File System B so applications can access it.