Update from Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to Micorsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is pretty simple. Yesterday I updated the SCVMM on our environment.
- Copy the SCVMM 2008 R2 on the Server
- Start the Setup.exe
- Install VMM Server, the installer check that this is an update of an existing installation
- After updating the VMM Server you have to install the new VMM Administrator Console and the new Self-Service Portal if needed.
- The installer of the VMM Administrator Console and the VMM Self-Service Portal will first uninstall the old version and then install the new version.
- After installing the SCVMM 2008 R2 you have to check for Windows Updates
- After a rebooting the SCVMM Server you have to push the new Agent Update to the Virtual Host Servers
- Now you are done
Whats new in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2:
- Support for Live Migration
- Hot addition/removal of Storage
- New optimized networking technologies
- Cluster Shared Volumes
- SAN migration
- Expanded Support for iSCSI SANs
- Storage Migration
- Rapid Provisioning
- Support for third party CFS
- Support for Veritas Volume Manager
- Added Maintenance Mode
- Support of disjoint domains
- Use of defined port groups with VMware Virtual Center
- Queuing of Live migrations
- Host Compatibility checks