Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Upgrading Operations Manager
The general process of upgrading Operations Manager from 2012 to 2012 R2 involves doing
the following:
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If you are upgrading a single-server Management Group, you start the upgrade in the
same manner as you would start Operations Manager installation, with the installation
process detecting the existing deployment and entering upgrade mode. In upgrade
mode, the Operations Manager Upgrade Wizard will perform a prerequisite check and
offer solutions to allow you to resolve any blocking issues. If there are no blocking is-
sues, you can perform the upgrade by completing the wizard.
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If upgrading a multi-server Management Group, you must upgrade the management
servers first, followed by gateways, operations consoles, agents, the web console, re-
porting, and finally Audit Collection Services. Upgrading each server involves running
setup from the installation media as you would when performing a new installation.
As Operations Manager 2012 does not have an RMS, you don't have to upgrade any
specific management server first.
Upgrading Configuration Manager
You can't perform a direct upgrade from Configuration Manager 2012 to Configuration
Manager 2012 R2. You must instead upgrade to Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, and then
perform a second upgrade to Configuration Manager 2012 R2.
Prior to performing the upgrade you should:
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Back up the site database.
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Disable all site maintenance tasks.
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Run the prerequisite checker for the new Configuration Manager version.
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Ensure that there are no pending restarts on any servers you will upgrade.
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Perform the installation of the new Configuration Manager version.
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Upgrade Configuration Manager clients.
