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Steps to upgrade
BEMS
 and change to an alternate
JRE

When you upgrade
BEMS
 and change from
Oracle
JRE
8 to an alternate
JRE
 (for example,
Azul Systems
 or
Zulu
), you perform the following actions. For more information about switching to an alternate JRE, visit http://support.blackberry.com/community to read article 57053. 
Before you upgrade
BEMS
, make sure that the
BEMS
 debug logging level is not set to ALL. If the logging level is set to ALL, the upgrade or repair of the
BEMS
 instance fails. For more information, visit http://support.blackberry.com/community to read article 42408.
If you have multiple
BEMS
 instances in your environment, repeat these steps on each instance.
Step
Action
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Download and install a supported OpenJDK.
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On the computer hosting the
BEMS
 instance, stop the following
BEMS
 services. For example,
  • Good Technology Connect
  • Good Technology Presence
  • Good Technology Common Services
  • Good Technology .NET Services Manager
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Optionally, uninstall the
Oracle
JRE
8.
Optionally, verify the JAVA version using the command prompt. In the command prompt, type
java -version
. Press
Enter
.
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Import any custom certificates into the new lib\security\cacerts keystore. For instructions, see "Importing CA certificates for BEMS" in the Configuring BEMS-Core content.
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Start the
Good Technology Common Services
.
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