To enable migration of data to your System Center 2012
Configuration Manager environment, you must configure a
supported Configuration Manager source hierarchy and one or more
source sites in that hierarchy that contain data that you want to
migrate.
 Note |
| Operations for migration are run at the top-level site in the
destination hierarchy. If you configure migration when you use a
Configuration Manager console that is connected to a primary child
site, you must allow time for the configuration to replicate to the
central administration site, to start, and to then replicate status
back to the primary site to which you are connected. |
Use the information and procedures in the following sections to
specify the source hierarchy and to add additional source sites.
After you complete these procedures, you can create migration jobs
and start to migrate data from the source hierarchy to the
destination hierarchy.
Specify a Source Hierarchy for
Migration
To migrate data to your destination hierarchy, you must
specify a supported source hierarchy that contains the data that
you want to migrate. By default, the top-level site of that
hierarchy becomes a source site of the source hierarchy. If you
migrate from a Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy, you can then
configure additional source sites for migration. If you migrate
from a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
hierarchy, you do not have to configure additional source sites
because the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
shared database available at the top-level site of the source
hierarchy contains all the information that you can migrate.
Use the following procedures to specify a source
hierarchy for migration and to identify additional source sites in
a Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy.
Perform this procedure with a Configuration Manager
console that is connected to the central administration site or to
any primary site of the destination hierarchy.
To configure a source hierarchy
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In the Configuration Manager console, click
Administration.
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In the Administration workspace, expand
Migration, and then click Source Hierarchy.
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On the Home tab, in the Migration group,
click Specify Source Hierarchy.
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In the Specify Migration Source dialog box,
select New source hierarchy.
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Enter the name or IP address of the site server at the
top site of the supported source hierarchy.
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To access the top site of the source hierarchy, specify
source site access accounts that have the following
permissions:
- Source Site Account: Read permission
to the SMS Provider for the specified top-level site in the
source hierarchy.
- Source Site Database Account: Read and
Execute permission to the SQL Server database for the
specified top-level site in the source hierarchy.
If you use the computer account of the top-level site
of the destination hierarchy, ensure that this account is a member
of the security group Distributed COM Users in the domain
where the top-level site of the source hierarchy resides.
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To share distribution points between the source and
destination hierarchies, select the Enable distribution point
sharing for the source site server check box. If you do not
enable distribution point sharing at this time, you can do so after
data gathering completes by editing the credentials of the source
site.
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Click OK to save the configuration. This opens
the Data Gathering Status dialog box, and data gathering
starts automatically.
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When data gathering finishes, click Close to
close the Data Gathering Status dialog box and complete the
configuration.
 Tip |
| The Windows PowerShell cmdlet, Set-CMMigrationSource, performs
the same function as this procedure. For more information, see
Set-CMMigrationSource in the
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
Cmdlet Reference documentation. |
Identify Additional Source Sites of
the Source Hierarchy
When you configure a supported source hierarchy, the
top-level site of that hierarchy is automatically configured as a
source site, and data is automatically gathered from that site. The
next action that you take depends on the version of Configuration
Manager that is run by the source hierarchy:
- For a Configuration Manager 2007 source
hierarchy, after the data gathering finishes for the initial source
site, you can configure additional source sites from the source
hierarchy, or begin migration from only that initial source
site.
- For a System Center 2012
Configuration Manager source hierarchy, you do not need to
configure additional source sites. This is because
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager hierarchies
use database replication to share information between sites. This
results in the data you can migrate being available from the
top-level site of the source hierarchy.
For Configuration Manager 2007 source sites, when you
configure additional source sites, you must configure source sites
from the top of the source hierarchy to the bottom. You must
configure a parent site as a source site before you configure any
of its child sites as source sites.
Use the following procedure to configure additional
source sites for Configuration Manager 2007 source hierarchies.
To identify additional source sites in
the source hierarchy
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In the Configuration Manager console, click
Administration.
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In the Administration workspace, expand
Migration, and then click Source Hierarchy.
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Click the site that you want to configure as a source
site.
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On the Home tab, in the Source Site
group, click Configure (Configuration Manager with no
service pack) or Configure Credentials (Configuration
Manager SP1).
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In the Source Site Credentials dialog box, for
the source site access accounts, specify accounts that have the
following permissions:
- Source Site Account: Read permission
to the SMS Provider for the specified top-level site in the
source hierarchy.
- Source Site Database Account: Read and
Execute permission to the SQL Server database for the
specified top-level site in the source hierarchy.
If you use the computer account of the top-level site
of the destination hierarchy, ensure that this account is a member
of the security group Distributed COM Users in the domain
where the top-level site of the source hierarchy resides.
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To share distribution points between the source and
destination hierarchies, select the Enable distribution point
sharing for the source site server check box. If you do not
enable distribution point sharing at this time, you can do so after
data gathering completes by editing the credentials for the source
site.
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Click OK to save the configuration. This opens
the Data Gathering Status dialog box, and data gathering
starts automatically.
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When data gathering finishes, click Close to
complete the configuration.
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