Planning to upgrade the BlackBerry Domain when moving to new hardware
If your organization has a distributed BlackBerry® Enterprise Server environment, you can move to new hardware for the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances during the upgrade process.
You can consider this upgrade option if one or
more of the following conditions applies to your
organization's environment:
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You want to upgrade the
existing BlackBerry Configuration Database.
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You want to move the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances to new hardware.
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You are not a database
administrator and you do not have permissions to upgrade the
BlackBerry Configuration Database using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server setup application.
- 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
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Verify that your organization's environment meets the system requirements for the latest BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version.
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"System requirements" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide
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Prepare the BlackBerry Domain for the upgrade process.
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"Preupgrade tasks" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide
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Stop all administration of the BlackBerry Domain.
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Upgrade the BlackBerry Configuration Database using the CreateDB script.
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"Upgrade the BlackBerry Configuration Database" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide
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On a computer that is separate from the computers that host the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances, install the BlackBerry Administration Service and, if required, the BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager.
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"Installing the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Software" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Installation Guide
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Create administrative roles and administrator accounts.
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"Creating administrator accounts" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Administration Guide
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Resume administration of the BlackBerry Domain
using the BlackBerry Administration Service.
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| On new hardware, install the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server version.
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"Installing the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Software" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Installation Guide.
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Using the BlackBerry Administration Service, move user accounts from an existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance that you installed.
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"Move a user account from one BlackBerry Enterprise Server to another" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Administration Guide.
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Install BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances on new hardware and move user accounts until all BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances are running the latest software version.
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