migration

See also Relocation Migration refers to the process of moving a para-virtualized guest images from one Red Hat Virtualization server to another. This other server could be on the same server or a different server, including servers in other locations.

Migration refers to the movement of a software entity between two nodes in a NUMA system. For instance, page migration is the process by which pages of physical memory can be moved from one node to another.

Moving files to another computer application or platform; may require conversion to a different format.

The process of moving an existing messaging system to another system by copying the existing mailboxes, messages, and other data, and importing that information into a new messaging system. [Exchange 2003]

In Exchange Server documentation, this is the scenario in which you upgrade to Exchange Server 2007 by migrating data from a non-Exchange messaging system to Exchange Server 2007 or from an existing Microsoft Exchange organization to a completely new Exchange organization, without retaining any of the Exchange configuration data in the first organization. Example: When merging with another company, you can perform a migration. In this scenario, you move mailboxes and data to the other company's Exchange organization, without retaining any of the configuration data from your existing Exchange organization. Example: When upgrading from Lotus Notes to Exchange Server 2007, you perform a migration. In this scenario, you must move mailboxes and data to the new Exchange Server 2007 organization, without retaining any of the data from the Lotus Notes organization. [Exchange 2007]

The act of transferring a user’s infrastructure to AWS so that they can take advantage of many features offered such as scalable capacity, computing and storage.

process of moving data from one information system or storage medium to another Note: Migration is done to ensure continued access to the information as the system or medium is replaced, becomes obsolete, or degrades over time. See also backfile conversion, conversion, and file conversion.