Database Migration Service makes it easier for you to migrate your data to Google Cloud. This service helps you lift and shift your MySQL and PostgreSQL workloads into Cloud SQL and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL. In addition, you can lift and modernize your Oracle workloads into Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL.

Database Migration Service streamlines networking workflows, manages the initial snapshot and ongoing replication, and provides a status of the migration operations.

With Database Migration Service, you can simplify your migrations. You can start migrating in just a few clicks with a single, integrated migration experience so you can get started with Cloud SQL quickly. In addition, continuous data replication results in minimal downtime while Database Migration Service migrates your data from your source to your destination.

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Supported databases

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Support and resources

Use the Database Migration Service API and gcloud

Learn best practices and setup information for how to use the Database Migration Service API and gcloud to manage connection profiles and migration jobs.

Guide

About the Database Migration Service API

In this guide, you learn best practices and setup information for using the Database Migration Service API.

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Guide

About the gcloud SDK

In this guide, you learn how to use the gcloud command-line tool to manage connection profiles and migration jobs in Database Migration Service.

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Use cases

Explore use cases, best practices, and labs for using Database Migration Service.

Article

Best practices for homogeneous database migrations

Learn tips for migrating data across compatible database engines.

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Article

Prepare PostgreSQL for migration with Database Migration Service

Learn how to setup your source PostgreSQL database so that Database Migration Service can migrate data from this database into Cloud SQL.

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Article

PostgreSQL migration with Database Migration Service

Learn how to use Database Migration Service to migrate a PostgreSQL instance and its databases to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL. Examine preparation steps and best practices for the whole migration process.

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Article

Database Migration Service connectivity: a technical introspective

Do a deep-dive into the technical aspects of how Database Migration Service connects to both a source database and a destination database to migrate data from the source to the destination.

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Article

Close the gap: Migration completeness when using Database Migration Service

Learn about what is and isn't included for Database Migration Service, and what you can do to ensure migration completeness when using Database Migration Service.

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Training

Migrate MySQL data to Cloud SQL using Database Migration Service

In this training offering, you use hands-on labs to migrate MySQL data to Cloud SQL using Database Migration Service.

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