Thursday, February 24, 2011

System center configuration manager Upgrade to R3 version

R3 requirement and upgrade steps:
·         SP2 and R2 installation
·         Take the snapshot of Site Server if running as VM or backup the server files.
·         Check the health status of site server and verify the unresolved operational issues
·         Install critical updates on Site Server and site system
·         Install critical SQL server updates on Site Server
·         Disable SQL server database replication – To disable SQL replication
·         Install R3 hotfix for console on Site Server, site system and client computers - Download
·         Site Server and site system to ensure no actions are pending
·         Run R3 setup first on Primary site server
·         Reconfigure SQL server database replication - To enable SQL replication
·         To verify successful installation- Verify installation
Enhancements in R3:
·         Major enhancement in R3 is Power management. We can monitor, plan, apply and check the power management policy on systems
·         Improved efficiency of Active directory communication
·         Faster discovery of Active Directory changes to users or machines
·         Fast evaluation of new systems for rapid collection and population of newly discovered devices
·         Improved Administrator Console response times
·         Increased the number of supported clients to 300,000 per site
·         Managing Mobile devices through System center Mobile Device Manager
For detailed information of any step, please refer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff977048.aspx

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