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Statuses of homogeneous data migrations in AWS DMS

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Statuses of homogeneous data migrations in AWS DMS - AWS Database Migration Service

For each data migration that you run, AWS DMS displays the Status in the AWS DMS console. The following list includes the available statuses.

  • Creating – AWS DMS is creating the data migration.

  • Ready – The data migration is ready to start.

  • Starting – AWS DMS is creating the serverless environment for your data migration. This process takes up to 15 minutes.

  • Load running – AWS DMS is performing the full load migration.

  • Load complete, replication ongoing – AWS DMS completed the full load and now replicates ongoing changes. AWS DMS uses this status only for data migrations of the full load and change data capture (CDC) type.

  • Replication ongoing – AWS DMS is replicating ongoing changes. AWS DMS uses this status only for migrations of the change data capture (CDC) type.

  • Reloading target – AWS DMS is restarting a data migration and performs the specified migration type.

  • Stopping – AWS DMS is stopping the data migration. AWS DMS sets this status after you choose to stop the data migration on the Actions menu.

  • Stopped – AWS DMS has stopped the data migration.

  • Failed – The data migration has failed. For more information, see the log files.

    To view the log files, choose your data migration on the Data migrations tab. Next, choose View CloudWatch logs under Homogeneous data migration settings.

    Important

    You can view log files if you select the check box for Turn on CloudWatch logs when you create your data migration.

  • Deleting – AWS DMS is deleting the data migration. AWS DMS sets this status after you choose to delete the data migration on the Actions menu.

  • Maintenance – AWS DMS puts a task in maintenance mode status when new image is deployed on the underlying serverless container associated with your data migration task.

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