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RDS for MySQL

Migrating data

Overview of data migration solutions

This article mainly introduces the data sources supported by RDS for MySQL, as well as an overview of migration solutions via database transmission service (DTS).

Supported data sources

Source database Version	Target database	Configuration Guide
MySQL 5.7 MySQL 8.0	MySQL	Synchronizing to Volcano Engine RDS for MySQL Synchronizing to Volcano Engine veDB for MySQL Synchronizing to MySQL connected over public network Synchronizing to MySQL connected over express network
MySQL 5.7 MySQL 8.0		Elasticsearch	Synchronizing to BytePlus Cloud Search Synchronizing to Elasticsearch connected over express network Synchronizing to Elasticsearch connected over public network

Overview of data migration solutions

Use advantages

Wide range of applications

Applicable to a diverse range of instance types: Data center, third-party cloud, self-managed ECS instances;

Applicable to multiple network scenarios: Internet, VPC, and other network types.

No-downtime migration

No-downtime migration Incremental migration will not interrupt the services while data updates are synced in real time, with the shutdown time reduced to only several minutes.

Data migration process

Data Migration Process For data migration by DTS, follow the steps below

Preparation: Before using DTS for data migration, you must make some preparations for the source or destination database to meet the environment requirements of DTS. For more information, refer to Preparations.

With several simple operations in the console, you can easily create a migration task. For more information, refer to Creating and initiating a migration task.

Migration task management: You can view metrics such as Full migration, RPS for incremental migration, and Incremental migration of BPS of the current task. For more information, refer to Viewing Progress of a Migration Task.

Ending a data migration task: If you do not need a migration task after data migration and service switch, you can end the data migration task. For more information, refer to Ending a migration task.

Last updated: 2026.08.21 16:00:28