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System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho, EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO
Book Image

System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho, EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Upgrading to VMM 2012 R2


This recipe will guide you through the tasks required to upgrade VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012, showcasing the possible options and actions. It will then highlight the upgrade path to VMM 2012 R2.

Note

To upgrade from VMM 2012 to 2012 R2, refer to the Upgrading from VMM 2012 SP1 to VMM 2012 R2 section in the Reviewing the upgrade options recipe.

Getting ready

Go through the Checking the VMM system requirements and preparing for the upgrade recipe after deciding the upgrade method (an in-place upgrade or upgrade to another server), and make sure you've installed all of the prerequisites.

If you're planning an in-place upgrade of VMM 2008 R2 SP1 running on a server with an OS other than the supported version, first upgrade the OS and then carry out the steps to upgrade to VMM 2012, as described in this recipe.

How to do it...

To upgrade to VMM 2012 R2 from VMM 2008 R2, you first need to carry out the following steps:

  1. On the VMM 2008 R2 SP1 console, click on General in the Administration...