Responsibilities

IBM Cloud services provide interfaces and instructions to guide you through the process of copying and storing service customer content, including the related configuration, in your selected location.

You're responsible for the use of the exported data and configuration for data portability to other infrastructures, which includes:

• The planning and execution for setting up alternative infrastructure on different cloud providers or on-premises software that provide similar capabilities to the IBM services.
• The planning and execution for the porting of the required application code on the alternative infrastructure, including the adaptation of your application code, deployment automation, and so on.
• The conversion of the exported data and configuration to the format that's required by the alternative infrastructure and adapted applications.

For more information about your responsibilities for projects, see Understanding your responsibilities when using projects.

Data export procedures

The IBM Cloud Projects service provides the mechanisms to export your content that's uploaded, stored, and processed when you use the service. In addition, the IBM Cloud Projects service provides mechanisms to export settings and configurations that are used to process your content. You can do so by exporting the project JSON.

Exported data formats

The exported data for a project is stored as a JSON file called project.json. For more information about this file and its contents, go to Project JSON.

Data ownership

All exported data is classified as customer content. Apply the full customer ownership and licensing rights, as stated in the IBM Cloud Service Agreement.