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 This document describes how to migrate data from MySQL to TiDB using [TiDB Data Migration (DM)](/dm/dm-overview.md). This guide is a quick demo of DM features and is not recommended for any production environment.
 
+> **Note:**
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+> If your target machine's operating system supports SELinux, make sure that SELinux is **disabled**.
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 ## Step 1: Deploy a DM cluster
 
 1. Install TiUP, and install [`dmctl`](/dm/dmctl-introduction.md) using TiUP: