I think it would depend on your WAN link the remote DPs you are targeting for OS upgrade. If you can easily redistribute all needed content, I would deploy a fresh install of Windows 2012 R2. I'm not a huge fan of in-place upgrades, unless absolutely necessary.
One thought to consider, since these are VMs, would be to deploy a new Windows 2012 R2 server in each location and provision it as a DP, and when all the content is available, just retire the old DPs. You would have multiple DPs in each location for a short time, but it might be less impactful. Jerry Jerry Bradnan | Solution Architect | Blue Chip Consulting Group | e: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | m: 440.679.8204<tel:440.679.8204> | f: 440.348.2390<tel:440.348.2390> | http://www.bluechip-llc.com<http://www.bluechip-llc.com/> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Martin Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 8:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] sccm distribution point operating system upgrade Hi Guys, My distribution points are running 2008 r2 and I was considering moving them to 2012 r2. They are simply branch cache enabled sccm 2012 r2 sp1 with the only role being dp, no PXE or multicast, and they are hyper-v guests. Would you consider an in-place upgrade to 2012 r2? Are there any gotchas if you have done it? Jimmy Martin | Engineer | Information Technology | BMHCC - CORPORATE Phone: (901) 227-8209 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of Baptist. This message and any files transmitted with it may contain legally privileged, confidential, or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are not permitted to use, copy, or forward it, in whole or in part without the express consent of the sender. Please notify the sender of the error by reply email, disregard the foregoing messages, and delete it immediately. P Please consider the environment before printing this email...
