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Upgrade Process Flow Diagrams

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Operations Manager

Before you upgrade to System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, you must first determine whether all servers in your System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 management group meet the minimum supported configurations for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager. For more information, see Supported Configurations for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager. You can use a set of process flow diagrams to determine your upgrade path and visualize the process.

Upgrade Process Flow Diagram

Upgrade process flow diagram

Note

You can click the appropriate process box to open and review the content for any step in the process.

The following table lists the process flow diagrams available, along with a description of when each upgrade path should be used.

Condition

Process flow diagram

When you have a single-server or distributed management group that already meets the minimum supported configuration requirements for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager.

Single-Server and Distributed Upgrade (Simple) Process Flow Diagram

When your single-server management group does not yet meet the minimum supported configuration requirements for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, and requires new hardware.

Single-Server Upgrade (Complex) Process Flow Diagram

When your distributed management group has one or more servers that do not meet the minimum supported configuration requirements for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, and might require new hardware.

Distributed Upgrade (Complex) Process Flow Diagram