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The following table explains the upgrade implications of each deployment type.
Deployment type
Description
standalone BlackBerry Enterprise
Server
Server
If you deploy a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server, only one BlackBerry
Enterprise Server connects to the BlackBerry Configuration Database. If you
plan to upgrade a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you must
consider future growth of your organization or consolidations with other
organizations.
Enterprise Server connects to the BlackBerry Configuration Database. If you
plan to upgrade a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you must
consider future growth of your organization or consolidations with other
organizations.
If you expect future growth of your organization, you should plan whether
you want to locate the BlackBerry Configuration Database on a computer
that is separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server.
you want to locate the BlackBerry Configuration Database on a computer
that is separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server.
If you expect disaster recovery or high availability of the BlackBerry
Enterprise Server to become more important, you should consider whether
to install the BlackBerry Configuration Database on a computer that is
separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
and whether to acquire additional hardware or virtual machine resources
to host a standby BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance.
Enterprise Server to become more important, you should consider whether
to install the BlackBerry Configuration Database on a computer that is
separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
and whether to acquire additional hardware or virtual machine resources
to host a standby BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance.
BlackBerry Domain
If you deploy a BlackBerry Domain, two or more BlackBerry Enterprise
Server instances connect to a shared BlackBerry Configuration Database.
Server instances connect to a shared BlackBerry Configuration Database.
Before you upgrade the BlackBerry Domain, consider the following
information:
•
information:
•
upgrade options for the BlackBerry Configuration Database and
whether you require new software or hardware
whether you require new software or hardware
•
performance of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and
BlackBerry Administration Service in relation to their network
proximity to the BlackBerry Configuration Database
BlackBerry Administration Service in relation to their network
proximity to the BlackBerry Configuration Database
•
in an environment with more than one BlackBerry Domain, limits for
sharing BlackBerry Enterprise Server services and administrative
flexibility
sharing BlackBerry Enterprise Server services and administrative
flexibility
•
scope and size of the BlackBerry Domain
•
upgrade process that you want to use (for example, a phased approach,
or a one-time, in-place upgrade)
or a one-time, in-place upgrade)
Upgrading a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and a BlackBerry
Configuration Database that are configured for replication
If you configured previous BlackBerry® Enterprise Server versions for disaster recovery as documented in BlackBerry
Enterprise Server Disaster Recovery Guide, you installed a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and a replicated BlackBerry
Enterprise Server. When you upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances that are configured for disaster
Upgrade Planning Guide
Upgrading a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and a BlackBerry Configuration Database that are
configured for replication
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