How to Upgrade OM2012 SP1 Agents to OM2012 R2 Parallel Environments
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
This upgrade path contains an Operations Manager scenario with parallel environments, sharing agents, so that the original System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Operations Manager environment is left intact. After the upgrade, the agents have been upgraded to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and are fully capable of working with native System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager functionality. The System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager agents are also able to “talk” to the System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Operations Manager management server.
Upgrading OM2012 SP1 Agents to OM2012 R2 using Parallel Environments
If you want to maintain your System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Operations Manager environment you can install System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager in parallel and just upgrade your agents using the following process.
Retain the original System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Operations Manager environment.
Set up an additional, new System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager environment with management servers, gateway, Operations Manager Database, Operations Manager Data Warehouse, console, web console, and reporting server. See Deploying System Center 2012 - Operations Manager for more information.
Upgrade the System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Operations Manager Agents to 2012 R2 using Push-Install or Command Line options as appropriate. See How to Upgrade an Agent to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager for more information.