I currently have a single SEPM 12.1.4 server with a off box database on a separate SQL server. We need to replace the old hardware SEPM server with two new servers. I have done plenty of reading and it seems like there are multiple ways of getting this done.
The first is to install the first new server as a replication partner. Change the server list and priorities making the new server priority 1 and letting the clients switch over. Then decommision the old SEPM server and add the second new server as an additional SEPM server to an existing site. I'm a little concerned since I read that if I remove the original server in a replication setting, I will not be able to use replication again. Also it seems like it might make a local copy of the database on the second server? I'm not sure how this would play out with an external SQL database.
The second option might be to just add the first new server as an addicion server to an existing setup. Set the server priorities and let the clients get the new server list. Once the clients get the list decommicion the old server and bring up the new one. My concern here is that once I remove the original server, the new server won't have all of the settings and functions as the original.
Somebody out there has certainly been through this before... Any suggestions? Any help you can provide would be appreciated.