Migrate data from a Qdrant database to OceanBase Database Community Edition

This topic describes how to use OceanBase Migration Service (OMS) Community Edition to migrate data from a Qdrant database to OceanBase Database Community Edition.

Background information

Qdrant is an open source vector search engine with high performance. It can process and store a large amount of high-dimensional vector data and supports similarity-based quick search. For more information, see Qdrant documentation.

Limitations

• Limitations on the source database

  Do not perform DDL operations that modify database or table schemas during schema migration or full migration. Otherwise, the data migration task may be interrupted.

• At present, OMS Community Edition supports only full migration from a Qdrant database to OceanBase Database Community Edition.

• The data source identifiers and user accounts must be globally unique in OMS Community Edition.

• OMS Community Edition supports the migration of only objects whose database name, table name, and column name are ASCII-encoded without special characters. The special characters are line breaks and | " ' ` ( ) = ; / &.

• The vector dimensions must be consistent with the dimensions in the vector type of OceanBase Database Community Edition.

• To ensure the performance of a data migration task, we recommend that you migrate no more than 1,000 tables at a time.

Procedure

1. Create a data migration task.

   1. Log in to the console of OMS Community Edition.

   2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Data Migration .

   3. On the Data Migration page, click Create Migration Task in the upper-right corner.

2. On the Select Source and Target page, configure the parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Data Migration Task Name	We recommend that you set it to a combination of digits and letters. It must not contain any spaces and cannot exceed 64 characters in length.
   Tag (Optional)	Click the field and select a tag from the drop-down list. You can also click Manage Tags to create, modify, and delete tags. For more information, see Use tags to manage data migration tasks.
   Source	If you have created a Qdrant data source, select it from the drop-down list. If not, click New Data Source in the drop-down list and create one in the dialog box that appears on the right. For more information about the parameters, see Create a Qdrant data source.
   Target	If you have created an OceanBase-CE data source, select it from the drop-down list. If not, click New Data Source in the drop-down list and create one in the dialog box that appears on the right. For more information about the parameters, see Create an OceanBase-CE data source.

3. Click Next .

4. On the Select Migration Type page, select Full Migration .

   After a full migration task is started, OMS Community Edition migrates the existing data of tables in the source database to corresponding tables in the target database.

5. Click Next . On the Select Migration Objects page, select the migration objects and migration scope.

   You can select Specify Objects or Match Rules to specify the migration objects. The following procedure describes how to specify migration objects by using the Specify Objects option. For information about the procedure for specifying migration objects by using the Match Rules option, see Configure matching rules for migration objects.

   Notice

   • The names of tables to be migrated, as well as the names of columns in the tables, must not contain Chinese characters.

   • If a database or table name contains double dollar signs ("$$"), you cannot create the migration task.

   

   1. In the Select Migration Objects section, select Specify Objects .

   2. In the Specify Migration Scope section, select the objects to be migrated from the Source Object(s) list. You can select tables and views of one or more databases as the migration objects.

   3. Click > to add the selected objects to the Target Object(s) list.

   When you migrate data from a Qdrant database to OceanBase Database Community Edition, OMS Community Edition allows you to import objects from text, rename objects, and remove one or all migration objects.

   Operation	Description
   Import objects	In the list on the right of the Specify Migration Scope section, click Import Objects in the upper-right corner. In the dialog box that appears, click OK . Notice This operation will overwrite previous selections. Proceed with caution. In the Import Objects dialog box, import the objects to be migrated. You can import CSV files to rename databases/tables and set row filtering conditions. For more information, see Download and import the settings of migration objects. Click Validate . After the validation succeeds, click OK .
   Rename objects	OMS Community Edition allows you to rename migration objects. For more information, see Rename a database table.
   Remove one or all objects	OMS Community Edition allows you to remove a single object or all objects to be migrated to the target database during data mapping. To remove a single migration object: In the list on the right of the Specify Migration Scope section, move the pointer over the target object and click Remove . To remove all migration objects: In the list on the right of the Specify Migration Scope section, click Remove All in the upper-right corner. In the dialog box that appears, click OK .

6. Click Next . On the Migration Type page, configure the parameters.

   Notice

   The following parameters are displayed only if you have selected Full Migration on the Select Migration Type page.

   Parameter	Description
   Concurrency Speed	Valid values: Stable , Normal , Fast , and Custom . The amount of resources to be consumed by a full migration task varies based on the migration performance. If you select Custom , you can set Read Concurrency , Write Concurrency , and JVM Memory as needed.
   Handle Non-empty Tables in Target Database	Valid values: Ignore and Stop Migration . If you select Ignore , when the data to be inserted conflicts with the existing data of a target table, OMS Community Edition retains the existing data and records the conflict data. Notice If you select Ignore, data is pulled in IN mode for full verification. In this case, the scenario where the target contains more data than the source cannot be verified, and the verification efficiency will be decreased. If you select Stop Migration and a target table contains data, an error is returned during full migration, indicating that the migration is not allowed. In this case, you must clear the data in the target table before you can continue with the migration. Notice After an error is returned, if you click Resume in the dialog box, OMS Community Edition ignores this error and continues to migrate data. Proceed with caution.
   Writing Method	Valid values: SQL (specifies to write data to tables by using INSERT or REPLACE) and Direct Load (specifies to write data through direct load). At present, you cannot write vector data by using direct load.

   To view or modify parameters of the full migration component Full-Import, click Configuration Details in the upper-right corner of the Full Migration section. For more information about the parameters, see Component parameters. The following table describes the parameters of the Qdrant data source.

   Parameter	Description
   qdrantId	The ID column of the Qdrant data source mapped to OceanBase Database Community Edition. The default value is id.
   qdrantVector	The vector column of the Qdrant data source mapped to OceanBase Database Community Edition. The default value is vec.
   qdrantCollectionName	By default, this parameter is left empty. If you specify this parameter, enter the target column name.

7. Click Precheck to start a precheck on the data migration task.

   During the precheck, OMS Community Edition checks database network connectivity and other items as needed. A data migration task can be started only after it passes all check items. If an error is returned during the precheck, you can perform the following operations:

   • Identify and troubleshoot the problem and then perform the precheck again.

   • Click Skip in the Actions column of the failed precheck item. In the dialog box that prompts the consequences of the operation, click OK .

8. Click Start Task . If you do not need to start the task now, click Save to go to the details page of the data migration task. You can start the task later as needed.

   OMS Community Edition allows you to modify the migration objects when the data migration task is running. For more information, see View and modify migration objects. After the data migration task is started, it is executed based on the selected migration types. For more information, see the Migration Details section in the View details of a data migration task topic.

References

• Create a Qdrant data source

• Create an OceanBase-CE data source

• Component parameters

• View and modify migration objects

• View details of a data migration task