This document describes how to migrate data from an AWS Aurora MySQL instance to a TencentDB for MySQL instance using Data Transmission Service (DTS). DTS supports structural migration, full data migration, and incremental data migration, allowing you to migrate data to TencentDB for MySQL without service interruption.

Prerequisites

• You have created a TencentDB for MySQL instance. Supported versions: MySQL 5.6 and MySQL 5.7.
• You need to create a migration account on the target TencentDB for MySQL instance. Account permissions required: all the read/write permissions for objects to be migrated.
• The source AWS Aurora MySQL instance to be migrated can be accessed via public network. The Public accessibility in Network & Security configuration should be set to Yes.
• . You need to create a migration account on the source AWS Aurora MySQL instance. Account permissions required are as follows:

  CREATE USER ‘migration account’@‘%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘migration password’;  
  GRANT RELOAD,LOCK TABLES,REPLICATION CLIENT,REPLICATION SLAVE,SHOW DATABASES,SHOW VIEW,PROCESS ON *.* TO ‘migration account’@‘%’;  
  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `__tencentdb__`.* TO ‘migration account’@‘%’;  
  GRANT SELECT ON `mysql`.* TO ‘migration account’@‘%’;
  

• Partial table migration: GRANT SELECT ON database to be migrated.* TO ‘migration account’;
• Full instance migration: GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO ‘migration account’;

Notes:

• When DTS performs full data migration, it will occupy certain source instance resources, which may increase the load of the source instance and the database pressure. If your database has low configurations, we recommend that you migrate data during off-peak hours.
• Only tables with primary keys on the source MySQL instance can be migrated. During the full data migration process, no locks are needed and write operations are not blocked, so your business will be less impacted. We recommend that you add primary keys to the data tables of the source MySQL instance before data migration.
• DDL operation may cause failure of lock-free full data migration. Therefore, please avoid DDL operations during the migration.
• The storage capacity of TencentDB for MySQL instance must be at least 1.2 times of the AWS Aurora MySQL instance.
• If the source AWS Aurora MySQL instance is not GTID-based, DTS will not support the HA (Highly Available) switchover of the source instance. Once the HA switchover occurs on the source AWS Aurora MySQL instance, the DTS incremental sync may be interrupted.

Supported Migration Types

• Structural migration: DTS allows you to migrate the structure definition of migration objects to the target instance. Currently, DTS supports the structural migration of databases, data tables, and views.
• Full migration: DTS allows you to migrate the full data of the source MySQL instance to the target TencentDB for MySQL instance.
• Incremental sync: DTS reads and parses the binlog information of the source AWS Aurora MySQL instance based on full data migration, and synchronizes the incremental data of the AWS Aurora MySQL instance to the target TencentDB for MySQL. In this way, incremental data can be smoothly migrated to Tencent Cloud in a non-stop manner.

SQL Operations Supported by Incremental Sync

Preparation

• Log in to the AWS Aurora for MySQL instance, set the binlog retention period, and run the following command:

  call mysql.rds_set_configuration('binlog retention hours', 24);
  

  The command above sets the binlog retention period as 24 hours, and the maximum retention period can be 168 hours, namely 7 days.
• The binlog of the AWS Aurora MySQL instance should be in the “enabled” status, and binlog_format needs to be set as row. For MySQL 5.6 and later versions, binlog_row_image needs to be set as full.

Precheck

You need to perform precheck before starting a data migration task. The main check content and points are shown below:

Directions

1. Log in to the DTS console and click Create Migration Task to enter the migration task creation page.
2. Select the region of the target instance and click Free Trial. Currently, DTS data migration services are free of charge.
3. Complete task configuration, source database settings, and target database settings on the “Set source and target databases” page. After the connectivity test for the source and target databases is passed, click Create.

   Note：

   If the connectivity test fails, follow the prompts to resolve the problem and try again.

   Category	Item	Description
   Task	Task Name	Set a name that is easy to remember
   	Running Mode	Immediate execution and Scheduled execution supported. For immediate execution, the task is started immediately after the task is verified. For scheduled execution, you need to set the task execution time so that the task can be started upon the execution time.
   	Tag	The tag is used to manage resources by category from different dimensions. If the existing tags do not meet your requirements, please go to Manage Tags.
   Source Database	Source Database Type	Select MySQL.
   	Service Provider	Select AWS.
   	Database Version	Select Aurora MySQL 5.6 or Aurora MySQL 5.7.
   	Access Type	Select Public Network.
   	Region	Select the nearest region to the source AWS Aurora MySQL instance. This region will be set as the outbound region of DTS.
   	Host Address	The access IP of the AWS Aurora MySQL instance. You can obtain this address on the basic information page of AWS Aurora MySQL instance.
   	Port	The access port of AWS Aurora MySQL instance, which is 3306 by default.
   	Account	The database account of AWS Aurora MySQL instance. Make sure that the account has all the required permissions.
   	Password	The password of the AWS Aurora MySQL database account.
   Target Database	Target Database Type	Select MySQL.
   	Access Type	Select TencentDB
   	Region	The region you select in the previous step.
   	Database Instance	Select the target TencentDB instance ID.
   	Account	The account of the target TencentDB database. Make sure that this account has obtained all required permissions.
   	Password	The password of the target TencentDB database account.

4. On the Set migration options and select migration objects page, set the migration type and objects, and click Save.

   Configuration Item	Description
   Migration Type	Choose Full + Incremental migration to implement data migration without service interruption. You can also choose Structural Migration or Full Migration as needed
   Migration Object	Select entire instance if you need to migrate the entire instance, but system databases such as `information_schema`, `mysql`, `performance_schema`, and `sys` won’t be migrated Select Specified Object if you need to migrate specified tables.
   Specified Object	Select the object to be migrated in the Source database object box, and drag it to the Selected object box.

5. Verify the migration task on the Verify task page. After the task is verified, click Start.

• If the task is verified, start the migration task according to the running mode you select.
• If task verification fails, you can view the verification items and troubleshoot. Verify the task again after the problem is solved.

6. Return to the data migration task list, and the task will be in the “Creating” status. After running for 1-2 minutes, the data migration task will be started.

• For Structural Migration and Full migration, the task will automatically end when it is completed. If you cancel the task manually during the migration, the migrated data will be lost.
• For Full + Incremental Migration, after the full migration task is completed, the incremental migration starts automatically, but it will not end automatically. You need to click Complete to end incremental data sync.
  • Please manually complete incremental data sync and business switchover at appropriate time.
  • When the migration task is in the incremental sync stage and is in the “no delay” status. If so, stop writing data to the source database for a few minutes.
  • Manually complete incremental sync when the data gap between the target and the source databases is 0 MB and the time delay between them is 0 seconds.

7. (Optional) You can also click the task ID to enter the task details page, and then view migration task details and the migration object list.