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copyright: years: 2019, 2024

lastupdated: "2024-10-21"

keywords: migration strategies, AIX, NIM, savevg, mksysb, AIX migration

subcollection: power-iaas

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Migration strategies for AIX

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Learn about the various AIX migration strategies for {{site.data.keyword.powerSysFull}}.

Migrating an AIX-based Oracle database

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To migrate an AIX-based Oracle database from IBM Power to Power Virtual Server, see Oracle technical migration procedure{: external}.

Migrating Db2 on AIX to {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}}

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See the use case on Migrating Db2 on AIX to {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}} for complete information.

Migrating your on-premises environment to {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}}

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See the Move data from your on-premises environment to {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}} topic for complete information.

Migrating by using NIM on {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}}

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You can configure your Network Installation Management (NIM) server on a {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}} and migrate an AIX virtual server instance from AIX 7.1 to AIX 7.2 or 7.3, and other operations.

See Migrating by using NIM on {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}}{: external} for more information.

Migration by using MKSYSB

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You can migrate your data by using the mksysb command:

  1. Back up the on-premises OS with the alt_disk_mksysb command and transfer it to Cloud Object Storage.
  2. Create a {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}} and import the image.
  3. Restore the on-premises image.

For more information, see Restoring an AIX mksysb image onto a {{site.data.keyword.powerSys_notm}} instance.

Alternative AIX migration strategies

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Some alternative AIX migration strategies include:

  • rsync for nondatabase files
  • Log shipping for databases