I'm currently running SCCM2012 SP1 CU3, on Server 2008R2, in a VMWare environment. I have a single primary, and 14 secondaries. I want to do a couple of things. I want to upgrade to SCCM2012 R2, then to the latest CU there, and I want to move from 2008R2 to Server 2012 R2. I've found some documentation on moving the install to a new server, but that talks about creating the new server with the same name, partitions, drive letters, etc, and doing a backup/restore to move. Will that work when going from on OS to another? Also, in doing that, how do you balance having two machines with the same name on the domain? Finally, my thought is to move the existing environment to Server 2012R2 first, then upgrade to SCCM 2012 R2. I'm sure it doesn't really matter, but that seems the cleanest way to me.
The documentation I have now: Planning to Upgrade System Center 2012 Configuration Manager - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/jj822981.aspx#BKMK_PlanningR2Upgrade Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 - Russ Rimmerman's blog post - http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgr_geek_speak/archive/2013/10/19/upgrading-to-system-center-configuration-manager-2012-r2.aspx Backup and Recovery in Configuration Manager - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712697.aspx Any other documentation that I should look at? Any advice, tips, tricks, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joe Heaton Enterprise Server Support Information Technology Operations Branch Data and Technology Division CA Department of Fish and Wildlife 1700 9th Street, 3rd Floor Sacramento, CA 95811 Desk: 916-323-1284
