This chapter is about guiding you through the requirements and steps necessary to upgrade your VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2.
Note
There is no direct upgrade path from VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2. You must first upgrade to VMM 2012 and then to VMM 2012 R2. VMM 2008 R2 SP1-> VMM 2012-> SCVMM 2012 SP1 -> VMM 2012 R2 is the correct upgrade path.
VMM 2012 cannot be upgraded directly to VMM 2012 R2. Upgrading it to VMM 2012 SP1 is required
VMM 2012 can be installed on a Windows 2008 Server
VMM 2012 SP1 requires Windows 2012
VMM 2012 R2 requires minimum Windows 2012 (Windows 2012 R2 is recommended)
Windows 2012 R2 hosts require VMM 2012 R2
System Center App Controller versions must match the VMM version
Tip
To debug a VMM installation, the logs are located in %ProgramData%\VMMLogs
, and you can use the CMTrace.exe
tool to monitor the content of the files in real time, including SetupWizard.log
and vmmServer.log
.
As discussed...