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SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 – How to do a fresh install

As you know, Microsoft released System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2  (SCCM 2012) in the same time. You can read more here.

This release can be confusing for some people because 2012 SP2 and 2012 R2 SP1 binaries are the same. The same .exe or .iso file.

For exemple, when you want to download and install System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 (SCCM 2012 R2 SP1) from scratch, there is no more 2012 R2 SP1 iso. Only 2 files can be downloaded:

  • SC2012_SP2_Configmgr_SCEP.exe (762 MB)
  • SC2012_R2_SP1_Configmgr.exe (1,10 MB)
SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 Download

SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 Download

For migrating or for fresh install, the file to mandatory execute is SC2012_SP2_Configmgr_SCEP.exe. We only use SC2012_R2_SP1_Configmgr.exe when we want to activate R2 features.

Let’s see how to do a fresh installation of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 (SCCM 2012 R2 SP1)

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 are the same than before:

  • System Management container with full right delegation on SCCM Servers AD Account.
  • Active Directory Schema must be extended with ExtADSch.exe.
  • SCCM Servers account must be admin of SQL Server and Primary site.
  • Windows ADK 8.1 must be installed with USMT, Windows Deployment Tools and Windows PreInstallation Environment (Windows PE).
  • SQL Server must be installed, locally or remotely, with SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS collation.
  • SCCM Server must have BITS, RDC, .Net 3.5 and IIS components:
    • Application Development : ASP.NET 3.5, .NET Extensibility 3.5, ASP.NET 4.5, .NET Extensibility 4.5, ISAPI extensions.
    • Common HTTP Features : Default Document, Static Content.
    • Security : Windows Authentication.
    • IIS 6 Management Compatibility : IIS Management Console, IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility, IIS 6 WMI Compatibility, IIS Management Scripts and Tools.

Configuration Manager 2012 SP2

Once prerequisites are installed, we need to install SCCM 2012 SP2, even if we want SCCM 2012 R2 SP1. It can be strange, but steps are:

  1. Installation SCCM 2012 SP2.
  2. Enabling 2012 R2 features.
  • To install System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2, we need to start Splash.hta in the SC2012_SP2_Configmgr_SCEP folder:
SCCM 2012 SP2 Splash

2012 SP2 Splash

  • Click on Install:
SCCM 2012 SP2 Install

2012 SP2 Install

  • Fill information asked by the Wizard:
SCCM 2012 SP2 Finish Page

SCCM 2012 SP2 Finish Page

When installation is finished

  • Run SCCM Console and start About Information:
SCCM 2012 About Console

SCCM 2012 About Console

  • You will find that SCCM version installed is System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2:
SCCM 2012 SP2 About page

2012 SP2 About page

SCCM 2012 R2 SP1

Now, we have a SCCM 2012 SP2 primary server, we need to active R2 features. To do this, execute SC2012_R2_SP1_Configmgr.exe and store uncompressed files in a temporary folder.

  • Start Splash.hta in the SC2012_R2_SP1_Configmgr folder:
SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 splash

2012 R2 SP1 splash

  • Click on Upgrade:
SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 Upgrade

2012 R2 SP1 Upgrade

  • Follow the Wizard to upgrade SCCM 2012 R2 SP1
SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 Wizard

2012 R2 SP1 Wizard

SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 Wizard

2012 R2 SP1 Wizard

  • If you check the version in the About Page:
2012 R2 SP1 version

2012 R2 SP1 version

Now, we have a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 fresh install !

When to use what

You can find a table below to sum up which file is used when you want to install or migrate:

[table]
Final,From,Files needed
2012 R2 SP1,Fresh,2012 SP2 + 2012 R2 SP1
2012 R2 SP1,2012 R2,2012 SP2
2012 R2 SP1,2012 SP1,2012 SP2 + 2012 R2 SP1
2012 R2 SP1,2012 RTM,2012 SP2 + 2012 R2 SP1
2012 SP2,Fresh,2012 SP2
2012 SP2,2012 SP1,2012 SP2
2012 SP2,2012 RTM,2012 SP2
[/table]

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You can get more information about SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 here.

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