This recipe will guide you through the steps required to check whether your current VMM installation meets the requirements for an upgrade to a newer VMM. The recipe will also help you with the initial steps that need to be carried out in order to prepare the environment for a VMM in-place upgrade.
Confirm that your system meets the requirements. If you have VMM 2012 R2 and your target is VMM 2016, see the Supported OS and Servers section of the Specifying the correct system requirements for a real-world scenario recipe in Chapter 1, VMM 2016 Architecture.
Note
If you have two or more upgrades in a row, check the requirements for each VMM before going to the next upgrade:
- VMM 2012 and 2012 SP1 requirements: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610562(v=sc.12).aspx
- VMM 2012 R2 requirements: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn281925(v=sc.12).aspx