SCOM rehome agents to another management server via powershell?

EE,

I have an issue where a management server keeps crashing and we need to get the agents off.

I'm trying to do it with an article from 2007 but I'm running 2012R2 and the commands are different.

Can someone assist?

$serverfrom = Get-ManagementServer | ? {$_.name -eq "FQDN of the Server you are moving the agents from"}
$agents = Get-Agent -ManagementServer $serverfrom
$serverto = Get-ManagementServer | ? {$_.name -eq "FQDN of the Server you are moving the agents to"}
Set-ManagementServer -AgentManagedComputer:$agents -PrimaryManagementServer:$serverto

$agent = Get-Agent -ManagementServer $serverfrom | ? {$_.name -eq "FQDN of the agent"}

<#
#########================================================================================================#########
# 
# 
# **  Name: MoveAgentSCOMMgmtServer.ps1
# **  Author: System Center MVP - Steve Buchanan
# **  Date: 5/20/2015
# **  Version: 1.1
# **  Website: www.buchatech.com
# 
# **  Description:
# **  This script can be used to move agents from one management server or gateway server to another. 
# **  There is a common issue "Cannot change SCOM agents Primary Management via the GUI (SCOM Console)".
#
# **  Problem Referneces:
# **  http://www.systemcentercentral.com/forums-archive/topic/moving-agents-from-one-gateway-server-to-another/
# **  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/c5214222-0cc3-4da5-a40e-64cbeff91573/r2-cannot-change-primary-management-server?forum=operationsmanagergeneral
#
# **  This script requires PowerShell version 3.0 or hire. To check PowerShell version run $PSVersionTable from a PowerShell window.
# **  This script should be run in an administrative PowerShell console on a SCOM management server. 
# **  You can run this script using: powershell.exe -executionpolicy unrestricted -command .\MoveAgentSCOMMgmtServer.ps1
#
#########================================================================================================#########
#>

###########################
## General Script Settings
###########################

# Error Handling
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

####################################
## Begin Script
####################################

Import-Module -Name OperationsManager
$SCOMMS = Read-Host "Enter SCOM Management Server FQDN"
$PrimaryMgmtServer = Get-SCOMManagementServer -Name "$SCOMMS"
$SelectedSCOMAgents = (Get-SCOMagent | Out-GridView -Title "Select the SCOM agents you want to set the management server for." -PassThru)
Set-SCOMParentManagementServer -Agent ($SelectedSCOMAgents) -PrimaryServer ($PrimaryMgmtServer)

Write-Host SCOM agents $SelectedSCOMAgents.DisplayName had their Primary Management set to $SCOMMS. -ForegroundColor Green

# Variable cleanup
Remove-Variable -Name *

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David Johnson, CD, MVPRetiredCommented: 2017-04-09

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snyderkvAuthor Commented: 2017-04-09

You're the man, thanks

SCOM rehome agents to another management server via powershell?

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