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  • 1.  Upgrade of OS from 2008 Std to Win 2012 Std on SEP Manager

    Posted May 10, 2017 05:05 AM

    WHat is the default procerdure to follow for a step by step upgrade of OS to 2012 for a Live Production Symantec Manager . SEPM 12.1.6 MP6

     

    Environment:

    Single site - 2 servers

    Users 7000++

    Can we follow an in-place upgrade? 

    What precautions should we take before? We have taken Backup of database, Recoveryfile and SQL database.



  • 2.  RE: Upgrade of OS from 2008 Std to Win 2012 Std on SEP Manager

    Posted May 10, 2017 05:58 AM

    Yes you need to process DR process
    Best practices when upgrading your operating system with Symantec Endpoint Protection already installed
    Article:TECH197095|Created: 2012-09-21|Updated: 2013-12-16|Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH197095

    Disaster recovery best practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1
    Article:TECH160736|Created: 2011-05-24|Updated: 2014-10-09|Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH160736



  • 3.  RE: Upgrade of OS from 2008 Std to Win 2012 Std on SEP Manager

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted May 10, 2017 06:00 AM

    Process would be take a disater recovery of your existing SEPM infrastructure, then upgrade the OS, then follow disater recovery process on link below. 

    https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH160736.html



  • 4.  RE: Upgrade of OS from 2008 Std to Win 2012 Std on SEP Manager

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted May 10, 2017 06:01 AM

    Also found this similar thread if it helps

    https://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/need-upgrade-current-server-where-sepm-installed