Migrating Bigfix from 2008r2 to 2012r2

Please see the following link for documentation/guidance on migrating the BigFix Server:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Server%20Migration

As far as Virtual Machines, you can certainly do so. I’d recommend reviewing the performance and capacity planning guide: