Page 3 - Contents
Contents 1 Overview: BlackBerry Enterprise Server........................................................................................................... 3 2 Upgrading a BlackBerry Enterprise Server environment.................................................................................. 4 Su...
Page 5 - Overview: BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Overview: BlackBerry Enterprise Server 1 The BlackBerry® Enterprise Server is designed to be a secure, centralized link between an organization's wireless network, communications software, applications, and BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server integrates with your organization's exis...
Page 6 - Supported BlackBerry Enterprise Server versions that you; Deployment implications of upgrading a BlackBerry
Upgrading a BlackBerry Enterprise Server environment 2 The latest BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version contains new features and components (for example, high availability and a new administrative client named the BlackBerry Administration Service) that impact how you can upgrade an existing BlackB...
Page 7 - Upgrading a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and a BlackBerry
The following table explains the upgrade implications of each deployment type. Deployment type Description standalone BlackBerry EnterpriseServer If you deploy a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server, only one BlackBerryEnterprise Server connects to the BlackBerry Configuration Database. If youpla...
Page 8 - Upgrading the BlackBerry Enterprise Server in a Wi-Fi
recovery, you can upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and configure high availability instead. When you configure high availability, you can also configure automatic failover, which permits a standby BlackBerry Enterprise Server to take over from a primary BlackBerry Enterprise Server...
Page 13 - Upgrade implications for the BlackBerry Collaboration; Upgrade implications for the BlackBerry MDS Connection
• You can use the BlackBerry Administration Service to view BlackBerry Attachment Service version 4.1 settings for the BlackBerry Messaging Agent, BlackBerry MDS Connection Service, and BlackBerry Collaboration Service, but you cannot change the settings. • You can continue to configure BlackBerry A...
Page 17 - Upgrading a BlackBerry Domain; Planning to upgrade the BlackBerry Domain when your
Upgrading a BlackBerry Domain 5 If you upgrade a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server environment that includes more than one BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance, you can choose from a variety of upgrade processes, depending on the existing architecture of the BlackBerry Domain and how you expect the arc...
Page 18 - infrastructure is in one location
During the in-place upgrade process, you upgrade one of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances, install a BlackBerry Administration Service, and upgrade the BlackBerry Configuration Database. After you upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance and the BlackBerry Configuration Database, y...
Page 19 - Planning to upgrade the BlackBerry Domain in phases; Tasks for upgrading the BlackBerry Domain in phases when your
Task Resource Upgrade the remaining BlackBerry Enterprise Serverinstances using the in-place upgrade process. "Upgrading the BlackBerry Enterprise Server softwareby overwriting the existing version" in the BlackBerryEnterprise Server Upgrade Guide Planning to upgrade the BlackBerry Domain in...
Page 20 - Planning to upgrade the BlackBerry Domain and test the
Task Resource Upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances oneat a time using the in-place upgrade process. "Upgrading the BlackBerry Enterprise Server softwareby overwriting the existing version" in the BlackBerryEnterprise Server Upgrade Guide Upgrade distributed BlackBerry Enterpris...
Page 21 - Planning to upgrade the BlackBerry Domain when moving
Task Resource Verify that your organization's environment meets thesystem requirements for the latest BlackBerryEnterprise Server version. "System requirements" in the BlackBerry EnterpriseServer Upgrade Guide Prepare the BlackBerry Domain for the upgrade process. "Preupgrade tasks" ...
Page 22 - Planning to upgrade an existing BlackBerry Domain to a
• Your analysis indicates that you must install the BlackBerry Administration Service on a computer that is separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Tasks for upgrading the BlackBerry Domain when moving to new hardware Task Resource Verify that your organization's envi...
Page 23 - Domain
You can consider this upgrade process if one or more of the following conditions applies to your organization's environment:• You want to consolidate multiple BlackBerry Domain instances or create a BlackBerry Domain. • You need to move the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and BlackBerry Confi...
Page 25 - Glossary
Glossary 6 AES Advanced Encryption Standard BlackBerry Domain A BlackBerry Domain consists of the BlackBerry Configuration Database with its users and any BlackBerry®Enterprise Server instances that connect to it. BlackBerry MDS BlackBerry® Mobile Data System LAN local area network messaging server ...
Page 26 - Provide feedback
Provide feedback 7 To provide feedback on this deliverable, visit www.blackberry.com/docsfeedback . Upgrade Planning Guide Provide feedback 24
Page 27 - Legal notice
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