Moving your data to a new gateway instance - Amazon Storage Gateway
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Moving your data to a new gateway instance

You can move data between gateways as your data and performance needs grow, or if you receive an Amazon notification to migrate your gateway. The following are some reasons for doing this:

  • Move your data to better host platforms or newer Amazon EC2 instances.

  • Refresh the underlying hardware for your server.

Important

Data can only be moved between the same gateway types.

The following migration instructions can only be used for gateway appliances running version 2.x. You can't use them to migrate gateway appliances running lower versions.

The migration process differs depending on whether you use stored volumes or cached volumes. These two gateway types require different migration steps. Choose the procedure that matches your gateway type: