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Prioritize migrations

Assign a priority of High, Normal, or Low to your migration based on how time-critical the data transfer is. Higher-priority migrations are processed first, and the default priority for all migrations is Normal.

Migration processing​

LiveData Migrator for Azure processes all higher-priority migrations before moving on to migrations with the next lowest priority.

For example, if you have two High priority migrations and a Normal priority migration, LiveData Migrator for Azure processes and completes the High priority migrations before processing the Normal one.

If LiveData Migrator for Azure is processing a migration and you create and start one with a higher priority, LiveData Migrator for Azure stops processing the lower-priority migration until the higher-priority one completes.

Manage migration priority​

Create a prioritized migration​

While creating a migration in the portal, select High, Normal, or Low under Migration Priority.

View a migration priority​

  1. In the Azure Portal, navigate to the LiveData Migrator resource page.
  2. From the LiveData Migrator menu on the left, select Migrations.
  3. Select the migration.
  4. Select Properties to see the currently configured priority.

Update migration priority​

  1. In the Azure Portal, navigate to the LiveData Migrator resource page.
  2. From the LiveData Migrator menu on the left, select Migrations.
  3. Select the migration.
  4. Select Priority.
  5. From the dropdown menu, set the priority then select Submit to update.

Manage migration priority with the CLI​

Create a prioritized migration with the CLI​

Create a prioritized migration with the CLI by using the migrator migration create command with the --priority parameter.

  • --priority Enter this parameter with a value of HIGH, NORMAL, or LOW to assign a priority to the migration. Higher-priority migrations are processed first. If not specified, migration priority defaults to NORMAL.

Example​

Create a high-priority migration
az livedata migrator migration create -g myResourceGroup --migrator-name migrator --target-name myMigratorTarget --migration-name myMigrationName --path /path/to/migrate --auto-start --priority HIGH

Update migration priority with the CLI​

Update a migration's priority with the CLI by using the migrator migration set-priority command with the --priority parameter.

Example​

Update a migration's priority to 'LOW'
az livedata migrator migration set-priority -g MyResourceGroup --migrator-name migrator --migration-name myMigrationName --priority HIGH