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System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook

You're reading from   System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook Design, configure, and manage an efficient virtual infrastructure with VMM in System Center 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881480
Length 562 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO
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Roman Levchenko Roman Levchenko
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. VMM 2016 Architecture FREE CHAPTER 2. Upgrading from Previous Versions 3. Installing VMM 2016 4. Installing a Highly Available VMM Server 5. Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM 6. Configuring Guarded Fabric in VMM 7. Deploying Virtual Machines and Services 8. Managing VMware ESXi hosts 9. Managing Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and New Features of VMM 2016 10. Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2016 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction

This chapter is about guiding you through the requirements and steps to upgrade older VMM versions to VMM 2016. We will start from the VMM 2008 R2 SP1 and end on current VMM 2016.

There is no direct upgrade path from VMM 2008 R2 SP1 or VMM 2012 to VMM 2016. You must first upgrade VMM 2008 R2 to VMM 2012, and then to VMM 2012 R2. VMM 2008 R2 SP1 -> VMM 2012 -> SCVMM 2012 SP1 -> VMM 2012 R2 -> VMM 2016 is the correct upgrade path.

The main reasons for upgrading might be different:

  • Evaluation copy has expired and you need to re-install or upgrade VMM:
  • New functionality and the necessity of managing hosts running on a newer version of Windows Server or ESXi. You can't manage, for instance, Windows Server 2016 hosts in VMM 2012 R2.
  • Product life cycle is coming to an end. Knowing the life cycle of your existing VMM helps you plan the upgrade and other...
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