Installation Scenarios for the Upgrade Assessment Tool

You can install the System Center Configuration Manager Upgrade Assessment Tool on either a standalone site or in a site hierarchy. Choose the installation scenario that applies to your environment:

• Standalone Site: You can install the Upgrade Assessment Tool on any computer; the tool does not have to be installed on the site server.

• Site Hierarchy: You can use the Upgrade Assessment Tool to connect to either the central administration site or to one of the primary sites. This lets you set the scope of the upgrade assessment to the entire hierarchy or to clients that are assigned to a single primary site. If the Upgrade Assessment Tool connects to a central administration site and the SQL Server distributed view Hardware inventory configuration option is enabled for any of the replication links between a primary site and the central administration site, you must install the Upgrade Assessment Tool on the computer that runs the central administration site database.

  Warning

  As soon as the Upgrade Assessment Tool is configured to connect to a site and synchronize, connecting the Upgrade Assessment Tool to a different site in the hierarchy is not supported.

For information about how to install the Upgrade Assessment Tool, see How to Install and Configure the Upgrade Assessment Tool