Let’s learn the process of the SCCM Secondary Site Server Upgrade to the Latest Version. I have already explained how to start the upgrade of the primary server to the 2006 version. Make sure you have all the prerequisites in place.
The upgrade of secondary servers is very important to avoid any replication issues. My recommendation is to install a secondary site at the earliest possible.
Related Posts – How to Install Secondary server & How to FIX SCCM secondary server installation failure.
Start SCCM Secondary Site Server Upgrade
You can start the installation of the secondary server once the parent primary server is upgraded to the latest version of ConfigMgr. Let’s start the upgrade of the SCCM Secondary Site Server Upgrade.
- Navigate to \Administration\Overview\Site Configuration\Sites.
- Select the Secondary server.
- Click on the Upgrade option to kick start the upgrade process.
NOTE! – You have chosen to upgrade secondary site HS0. This action will:
- 1. Upgrade the database
- 2. Upgrade server components on secondary server MEMCMSecondary.memcm.com
- 3. Uninstall and reinstall all site system roles within site HS0.
- Click on Yes from the popup window.
Progress of Secondary Site Upgrade
- The secondary site state is changed from Site Active to Upgrade.
Show Install Status
You can check the Configuration Manager secondary site server upgrade status from the primary server console.
- Navigate to \Administration\Overview\Site Configuration\Sites.
- Select the Secondary server.
- Click on Show Install Status from the ribbon menu.
SMStsvc.log @ Secondary Server
Once the prerequisite checks are completed, the secondary server starts the upgrade process. You can check the details about the initial upgrade process using SMStsvc.log.
try to open file \MEMCMSecondary.memcm.com\admin$\smstsvc_test_5.ini Enforced using sql native client to talk to SQL server. INFO: NONLBSUPS: Database:. INFO: NONLBSUPS: return 1. try to open file \MEMCMSecondary.memcm.com\admin$\smstsvc_test_6.ini Enforced using sql native client to talk to SQL server. INFO: Parameter SQL Server MEMCMSecondary.memcm.com, Database master. INFO: SQLADMIN return 1 try to open file \MEMCMSecondary.memcm.com\admin$\smstsvc_test_7.ini Enforced using sql native client to talk to SQL server. INFO: Getting Integrated Security Status from local SQL Server, DB: master INFO: Retrieved Integrated Security Status <1> try to open file \MEMCMSecondary.memcm.com\admin$\smstsvc_test_8.ini Enforced using sql native client to talk to SQL server. INFO: Getting case sensitivity status from local SQL Server, DB: master INFO: Retrieved case sensitivity info <23> try to open file \MEMCMSecondary.memcm.com\admin$\smstsvc_test_9.ini Enforced using sql native client to talk to SQL server. INFO: Product not found. INFO: CCM client installed = 0, Major version = 0. try to open file C:\windows\smstsvc_test_1.ini Enforced using sql native client to talk to SQL server. Sucessfully unloaded ConfigMgr WMI providers. Successfully write the result file C:\windows\smstsvc_test_1.rst (1)
SMS_Bootstrap.log @ Secondary Server
You can see the SCCM 2006 source files being copied from the primary to the secondary server through the SMS_Bootstratp.log file in the C:\ drive. You can also notice that the SMS setup started running.
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager v5.00 (Build 9012) Starting SMS_BOOTSTRAP. Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager v5.00 (Build 9012) Copyright (C) 2011 Microsoft Corp. Set current directory to C:. INFO:Action:. Successfully read C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.ini. Started for the first time. Current time: Sat Aug 08 08:40:03 2020 Looking for the .PKG file… Found C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.pkg. Elapsed time since startup: Processing the .PKG file… Validating C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.pkg… C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.pkg passed validation check. There is enough disk space: 4267MB required, 102979MB available. Temp directory is C:\56ncl3v3.TMP. Decompressing C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.pkg… Decompression successful. Elapsed time since startup: 0 days, 00 hours, 02 minutes, 23 seconds. Running SMS Setup… Successfully parsed C:\56ncl3v3.TMP\SMSSETUP\install.map. C:\56ncl3v3.TMP\SMSSETUP\install.map build number "9012" is correct. Started "C:\56ncl3v3.TMP\SMSSETUP\bin\x64\setup.exe /upgrade /nouserinput /push" as PID 6584. Waiting for PID 6584 to terminate…
ConfigMgrSetup.Log @ Secondary Server
The ConfigMgrSetup.log at the secondary server to confirm the upgrade of the ConfigMgr secondary server.
INFO: SQL Connection succeeded. Connection: SMS ACCESS, Type: Secure INFO: send message 0x00050051 to parent INFO: Removing byte order marker after reading from file (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\X64\secondarysiteupdatepackage.xml) Successfully update secondary site update package status from file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\X64\secondarysiteupdatepackage.xml INFO: Successfully begin Automatic Updates detection task INFO: Configuration Manager Setup - secondary site upgrade completed. INFO: send message 0x00050002 to parent Exiting ConfigMgr Setup Bootstrapper
Results
You can verify the successful upgrade of the SCCM CB 2006 secondary server from the Primary server showing the install status button.
- Navigate to \Administration\Overview\Site Configuration\Sites.
- Select the Secondary server.
- Click on Show Install Status from the ribbon menu.
[Passed]:Secondary site server bootstrap installation service succeeded [Passed]:ConfigMgr Setup - Upgrading ConfigMgr secondary site successfully. [Passed]:Installation of secondary site server component manager service succeeded [Passed]:Upgraded site component manager successfully
- You can check the state of the secondary site server. The state changed from Upgrade to Site Active.
- And the Secondary Site Server version is 5.00.9012.1000.
- Successfully completed the upgrade of the Secondary server.
Video Experience
Resources
- How to Check ConfigMgr Task Sequence Size | SCCM
- Possible Issues with SCCM 2012 to CB Current Branch Upgrade
Does it required downtime/server reboot for secondary servers ?
Yes downtime is required
Does it require downtime only on secondary server or complete SCCM infrastructure. I hope Primary server will not have impact while the upgrade is running on secondary server.
Yes, it does require downtime for the secondary server. And yes, the primary server is not impacted.
Thanks Anoop.