How to Upgrade System Center Products

How to Upgrade System Center Products? If you’re using two or more System Center products, you must follow the correct sequence to upgrade those products or Components to System Center 2012 SP1.

This is important; otherwise, you may encounter integration or communication issues between System Center 2012 components.

We only need to upgrade the OS for VMM to Windows Server 2012. No other System Center Components require operating system upgrades before or during System Center SP1 Upgrades.

You need to upgrade VMM and App Controller components to SP1 simultaneously. This post provides all the details on upgrading System Center products. The guide offers clear, step-by-step instructions to help you successfully update your System Center components.

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How to Upgrade System Center Products - fig.1
How to Upgrade System Center Products – fig.1

How to Upgrade System Center Products

The list of components is presented in order of upgrade priority: System Center 2012 (In which Order you need to upgrade System Center 2012 Components/products)

How to Upgrade System Center Products
1. Orchestrator
2. Service Manager
3. Data Protection Manager (DPM)
4. Operations Manager (SCOM/OpsMgr)
5. Configuration Manager (SCCM / ConfigMgr)
6. Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)
7. App Controller
How to Upgrade System Center Products – Table 1

You can upgrade System Center Components or Products in the given sequence and upgrade the Operating System afterwards to get additional features of System Center Service Pack 1.

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According to the Microsoft TechNet documentation, you can upgrade to SQL Server 2012 once you have upgraded System Center components.

Resources

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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 10 years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career etc…

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