Tips for deploying SCVMM 2012 R2 Rollup 2
Apr 30, 2014Last week Update Rollup 2 (UR2) for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is released. UR2 contains important fixes for SCVMM2012 R2. Here are some deployment tips for UR2:Wait a least. . .
Apr 30, 2014Last week Update Rollup 2 (UR2) for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is released. UR2 contains important fixes for SCVMM2012 R2. Here are some deployment tips for UR2:Wait a least couple of weeks before deploying Update Rollups in your production environment. It happens that new Update Rollups contains huge bugs and are pulled back!Make sure you have a backup of the SCVMM database before installing UR2Install the UR2 by download the VMM management server and VMM admin console packageslink(or use Windows Update /WSUS to install both packages). Older packages such as UR1 does not need to be removed. In a SCVMM HA environment install UR2 first on the passive node, perform a failover and install UR2 on the other node. After installing UR2 update execute the SQL script listed in the KB2932926 article on the SCVMM databaseIn the VMM console check the version by selecting help. The UR2 must be3. 2. 7634. 0. This step is often forgotten. In the VMM admin console perform a cluster refresh (Fabric-Cluster-Refesh). After the refresh job completes the host status is changed in “Needs Attention”. This means that the VMM agent must be updated on all the hosts. Update the VMM agent by right click on the host en choose “Update Agent”. No reboot of the host is required. Using PowerShell theUpdate-VMMManagedComputercmdlet can be used to update the agentAfter the VMM agent is updated on the host check the version of the agent on the general tab on the host. The UR2 agent version must be3. 2. 7634. 0. With PowerShell you can list all the agent versions by using:Get-VMMMangedComputer | Select Name, AgentVersionSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 R2 builds and versionsBuildVersion3. 2. 7510. 0System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager RTM3. 2. 7620. 0Update Rollup 1 (UR1)3. 2. 7634. 0Update Rollup 2 (UR2)3. 2. 7672. 0Update Rollup 3 (UR3)3. 2. 7768. 0Update Rollup 4 (UR4)3. 2. 7895. 0Update Rollup 5 (UR5)3. 2. 8002. 0Update Rollup 6 (UR6)3. 2. 8071. 0Update Rollup 7 (UR7)3. 2. 8117. 0Update Rollup 8 (UR8)3. 2. 8145. 0Update Rollup 9 (UR9)3. 2. 8169. 0Update Rollup 10 (UR10)3. 2. 8224. 0Update Rollup 11 (UR11)3. 2. 8228. 0Update Rollup 11 (Hotfix 1)3. 2. 8292. 0Update Rollup 12 (UR12)