Upgrade Planning GuidePlanning to upgrade the BlackBerry Domain and test the latest version during the upgrade process
Task | Resource |
Upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances one | "Upgrading the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software |
at a time using the | by overwriting the existing version" in the BlackBerry |
| Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide |
Upgrade distributed BlackBerry Enterprise Server | "Upgrading the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software |
components using the | by overwriting the existing version" in the BlackBerry |
| Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide |
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Planning to upgrade the BlackBerry Domain and test the latest version during the upgrade process
If your organization has a distributed BlackBerry® Enterprise Server environment, you can test the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server version during the upgrade process before you upgrade the existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances that have user accounts assigned to them.
You can consider using the phased upgrade process to test the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server version if one or more of the following conditions applies to your organization's environment:
•You want to upgrade the existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and the BlackBerry Configuration Database.
•You want to test the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server version before you upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances that have user accounts assigned to them.
•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 computers that host the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances.
•Test user accounts and extra computers are available for testing the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server version.
During the phased upgrade process that includes testing the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server version, you install a temporary BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance with test user accounts. A database administrator backs up and upgrades the BlackBerry Configuration Database using the database upgrade scripts. You install the BlackBerry Administration Service, upgrade the temporary BlackBerry Enterprise Server, test the user accounts on the temporary BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and BlackBerry Enterprise Server components one at a time.
Tasks for upgrading the BlackBerry Domain and testing the latest version
Task | Resource |
Install a temporary instance of BlackBerry® Enterprise | "Installing the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software" in |
Server 4.1 SP7 or later. | the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 Installation Guide |
Move test user accounts to the temporary instance of | "Move a user account from one BlackBerry Enterprise |
the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. | Server to another" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server |
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