In-place poller upgrade from 2008 R2 to 2012 - any gotchas?

Good point. I may do that....

Attempted an in-place upgrade to a clone and everything looked okay, but half of the SW services wouldn't start. Bogus dependency failures, etc.

Guess I'll have to do it the new-build way after all. My main gripe is having to re-install all of the modules...that takes a while!

I assume I'll want to deactivate the licenses on the old box before I shut it down, correct?

Thanks again!

Any difference in how you'd approach this if you want the new server to have the same IP/name as the old one?

For simplicity's sake, I'd like to leave all the pieces in place that allow the IP of our poller/web box to talk to our stuff, so I want the upgraded server to at least have the same IP as the old (and probably the name for documentation's sake, too).

I can't think of any big differences here...just mulling over my chronology. Take old server offline, rename/address the new box, install the stuff, point it to the DB, move licenses, etc.

Of course, I'll have to deactivate the licenses on the old box first, won't I?

Boy, it goes to show you how rusty stuff can get when you don't do it very often!

Thanks for any info.