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Upgrading a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise
Server
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If your organization includes fewer than 500 BlackBerry® device users and you manage the BlackBerry® Enterprise
Server from a central location, it is possible that you installed a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server with its own
BlackBerry Configuration Database.
Before you upgrade a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server, consider the following questions:
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Before you upgrade a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server, consider the following questions:
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Do you expect the number of BlackBerry device users to increase beyond 500?
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Do you plan to add BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server environment?
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Do you plan to consolidate the standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server with another BlackBerry Domain in your
organization's environment?
To consolidate multiple BlackBerry Domain instances in your organization's environment (for example, to make
management of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server easier or permit multiple BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances to
use distributed BlackBerry Enterprise Server components), you can use the BlackBerry Enterprise Transporter to
move user accounts from one BlackBerry Configuration Database to another.
You can consider the following infrastructure variations as you plan the upgrade process for your organization's
You can consider the following infrastructure variations as you plan the upgrade process for your organization's
environment.
Variation
Description
MSDE or Microsoft® SQL Server®
used to host the BlackBerry
Configuration Database
used to host the BlackBerry
Configuration Database
If your organization's environment includes MSDE, you must upgrade to a
later version of Microsoft SQL Server.
later version of Microsoft SQL Server.
You can upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server Express if your organization's
environment does not include many BlackBerry device users and you do not
plan to add any more.
environment does not include many BlackBerry device users and you do not
plan to add any more.
You can upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server if you expect the number of
BlackBerry device users to increase to more than 500.
BlackBerry device users to increase to more than 500.
You can upgrade the database server that hosts the BlackBerry
Configuration Database before you upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server.
Configuration Database before you upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server.
BlackBerry Configuration Database
installed locally or on a separate
computer
installed locally or on a separate
computer
If you expect the number of BlackBerry device users to increase, you might
want to install the BlackBerry Configuration Database on its own computer.
When you install the BlackBerry Configuration Database on its own
computer, you increase the system resources that are available to the
BlackBerry Configuration Database and BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and
make it easier to configure features such as high availability.
want to install the BlackBerry Configuration Database on its own computer.
When you install the BlackBerry Configuration Database on its own
computer, you increase the system resources that are available to the
BlackBerry Configuration Database and BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and
make it easier to configure features such as high availability.
For information about maintaining the existing infrastructure and upgrading a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise
Server, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide.
Upgrade Planning Guide
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