Hello, I am working on one scenario and I need some suggestion before upgrading from CRM 2013(SP1) on-premise to CRM 2016 on-premise.
There is one CRM environment with below infrastructure -
1. CRM Server
2. SQL Server
3. Reporting Server
4. Email Router Server
Now, I want to upgrade CRM 2013(SP1) to CRM 2016.
Phase 1 : I know first I have to migrate to CRM2015.
In current environment, it has all separate boxes. And I have created one CRM 2015 of Trial version.
Now, using which method I shall do upgrade\migration to CRM 2015 version ? Will Database restore method will work? Just restoring SQL (Config, content) databases would migrate everything?
Phase 2 : Target 2016 environments are again separate with 4 Boxes. Will Database Restore work from One Single Box to Multiple boxes?
Will it require some special configuration before Database Restore? How will this work?
Can anyone please help me understand this? I have already did dry run for Single Box upgrade process. It ran fine. I have confusion due to separate boxes.
Please suggest.
Thank you