About Application Migration add-on

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
The Application Migration add-on allows you to migrate applications that are under Cluster Server (VCS) management from one cluster to another. The application migration operation is less complex and can be accomplished with minimal manual intervention. Application migration can be across operating systems, architectures, or virtualization technologies. You can migrate data using:
  • VxVM Mirroring
  • VVR Replication
You can migrate an application between different:
  • Platforms - AIX, Linux, and Solaris
  • Environments - Physical-to-physical, physical-to-virtual, virtual-to-virtual, and virtual-to-physical, on-premise to AWS cloud
  • InfoScale versions
From Application Migration add-on version 7.3.1 onwards, you can migrate your applications from an on-premise cluster to a cluster on AWS EC2 instance. You need to select data-migration type as VVR Replication in order to migrate your VCS workload to AWS. For more information about VVR and to understand the basic concepts, refer to the InfoScale InfoScale Replication Administrator's Guide.
See Supported versions and platforms.
To migrate an application, you must create an application migration plan using the Create Migration Plan wizard. After you create a plan, you must execute the migration plan.
See Creating an application migration plan.
See Executing the application migration plan.
The add-on also allows you to:
  • Pause and resume the operation for manual verification and correction, if required.
  • Integrate custom scripts in the operation as per application requirements.
  • Migrate application dependencies.
  • Understand source cluster configuration and create target cluster configuration.
  • Perform endian changes to the data as per architecture requirements.
  • Rehearse the steps before the actual migration operation.
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Before installing the Application Migration add-onInstalling the Application Migration Add-onBefore uninstalling the Application Migration add-onUninstalling the Application Migration add-onSupported versions and platformsUser privilegesPrerequisites for creating an application migration planVVR Replication- Environment variables used in application migrationCreating an application migration planUnderstanding user-defined tasksUnderstanding application migration operationsUnderstanding the cleanup operationUnderstanding the tasks executed in each operationValidations performed before migration plan executionExecuting the application migration planEditing an application migration planDeleting application migration plan(s)Exporting application migration plan(s)Importing application migration plan(s)Viewing historical runsViewing properties of an application migration planApplication migration logs