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Connection profiles capture identifiers for your data sources and
destination databases. Each connection profile contains the
minimum required amount of information Database Migration Service needs to facilitate
data movement between the data source and destination.
That information includes:
Connection profile name: A human-readable name for your
connection profile. This value is displayed in Database Migration Service in
the Google Cloud console.
Connection profile ID: A machine-readable identifier for your connection
profile. This value is used when you work with connection profiles by using
Database Migration Service Google Cloud CLI commands or API.
Region: The region where your connection profile is saved.
Database Migration Service is a fully-regional product, meaning all entities
related to your migration (source and destination connection profiles,
migration jobs, destination databases) must be saved in a single region.
For more information on region requirements in Database Migration Service,
see
Product overview in the main
Database Migration Service documentation set.
For source connection profiles: Backup files location: The
Cloud Storage bucket where you upload the SQL Server backup and transaction
log files that Database Migration Service transfers to your destination database.
For destination connection profiles:
Destination instance ID: The identifier of your Cloud SQL for SQL Server
destination instance where Database Migration Service transfers the data from the backup
files stored in the Cloud Storage bucket.
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