James, You are doing the most important thing possible anyway, which is to back up the DB.
Should be a painless exercise. I'm sure I've done this before with no issues. Check your site status post upgrade after it's bedded in. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Daniel Ratliff <[email protected]> wrote: > I just upgraded my lab at home, did nothing special before the upgrade. > The only issue I had was the SUP role stopped synchronizing, I had to > remove and re-add it. > > > > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682077.aspx#BKMK_UpgradeInfrastructure > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Beardsley, James > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2014 9:05 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] Server 2012 to Server 2012 R2 > > > > I’m planning on upgrading my primary site server to WS2012 R2. From what > I’m reading it’s pretty straightforward. Question is, is there anything > from a CM perspective that I need to look out for? I’m going to snapshot > the server and backup up the database but are there any other steps I need > to perform beforehand. Disable services? Disable Site Maintenance tasks? > > > > Thanks, > > James > ------------------------------ > > *Confidentiality Notice:* This e-mail is intended only for the addressee > named above. It contains information that is privileged, confidential or > otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, or > dissemination of this transmission, or taking of any action in reliance on > its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this transmission in error, please reply to the sender listed above > immediately and permanently delete this message from your inbox. Thank you > for your cooperation. > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed > and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this > material/information in error, > please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. > >
