Well, the time has came to upgrade VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 RC. You probably has heard that VMM 2012 has officially release as Release Candidate (RC) .
To download and know more on the latest changes, click
EVALVHD – Click here
Install package – Click here
Let start your journey to upgrade VMM 2012 RC to start enjoying the entire cool features which we have recently presented during Microsoft Tech-Ed New Zealand 2011.
Let walk through on some common scenario on the upgrade.
Pre-requisite:-
- 1. WAIK for Windows 7.
- 2. Minimum SQL Server 2008 with SP2
- 3. Minimum Windows Server 2008 R2
- 4. .Net Framework 3.5.1
- 5. WinRM
- 6. SQL Command Line Utilities
Note (apply to all scenario):-
- Perform full backup on VMM and SQL before perform upgrade.
- Close VMM Console & VMM Command Shell. No running jobs, patching and restart VMM Server before upgrade.
- Remove integration with SCOM
- Remove integration with Vmware
- Make sure VMM Library is running Windows Server 2008 (minimum)
- Remove Virtual Server 2005 R2. It no longer supported in VMM 2012.
- Uninstall older version of WAIK and Install WAIK for Windows 7.
Scenario:-
a) Upgrade VMM 2008 R2 SP1 when database is SQL Server 2008 with SP2
- Follow above NOTE
- Upgrade VMM components
Upgrading Video (Scenario A):-
Upgrade VMM 2008 R2 SP1 to VMM 2012 RC from Yoong Seng Lai on Vimeo.
b) Upgrade VMM 2008 R2 SP1 when using SQL Express 2005.
- Follow above NOTE
- Uninstall VMM Server with retain data
- Uninstall Administrator Console and Self Service Portal
- Uninstall WAIK
- Uninstall SQL Express with retain database
- Install SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition
- Install WAIK
- Attach the VMM Database using SQL Studio
- Install VMM Server, Administrator Console and Self Service Portal with using existing VMM Database
- Select Upgrade VMM Database
- Upgrade Hyper-V Host with latest VMM Agents
Good luck on your upgrading process…
