you can also use simply upgrade your current site to R2, then use the Migrate functionality to do an migration to another site (the new one on the new OS)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682006.aspx "With System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, you can migrate an existing Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 infrastructure *or an existing System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager infrastructure to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.*" Use the following topics to help you migrate Configuration Manager hierarchies: - Introduction to Migration in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699364.aspx> - Planning for Migration to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg681981.aspx> - Configuring Source Hierarchies and Source Sites for Migration to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712307.aspx> - Operations for Migrating to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682026.aspx> - Security and Privacy for Migration to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712336.aspx> related > http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4926-using-sccm-2012-rc-in-a-lab-part-14-performing-a-side-by-side-migration-from-configuration-manager-2007/ On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife < [email protected]> wrote: > Todd, > > > > Thanks for the response. Your notes are pretty much what I’ve been > reading, so at least there’s consistency, and I have access to someone that > has done it. > > > > My only question is when you say to reprovision the VM. Are you saying to > create a new, separate VM, or are you saying to upgrade the OS ony? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mote, Todd > *Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2015 7:56 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] RE: Want to make upgrades in my SCCM environment > > > > I did this in the summer of 2014 on the same piece of hardware. You can > either upgrade SCCM then take a backup, or take the backup, reinstall > everything, then upgrade. The basic steps are: > > > > 1. Backup sccm someplace off server (hopefully you’re already doing > that, and back up content sources if you need to, or leave the data > partitions/vdisks alone) > > 2. Re provision the VM with windows 2012 R2 on the OS > partition/disk (if you have that) give it the same name as before. And > yes, disks and partitions will need to match, at least the letters, size > doesn’t matter much, but if you have sccm installed on D: then it has to go > back on D: > > 3. Install sccm and patch it to match the level of the backup > (you’ll have to give it a new site code, but that will be overwritten by > the SCCM site recovery) > > 4. Restore backup > > 5. Upgrade/patch sccm to desired level. > > > > As I mentioned you could make #5, #1 and upgrade/patch first, it’s up to > you, but I thought upgrading the OS was better first too. you’re not > backing up a potentially broken sccm server that way. The way it is now is > operational and working. The backup and site restore after will at least > get you back to where you were before just on a new OS, and you can pause > there and make sure everything is working before moving on to the upgrade > of sccm. > > > > Todd > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife > *Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2015 9:17 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] Want to make upgrades in my SCCM environment > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >
