Upgrade Planning Guide | Planning to upgrade an existing BlackBerry Domain to a new BlackBerry Domain |
•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" in the BlackBerry Enterprise |
system requirements for the latest BlackBerry® | Server Upgrade Guide |
Enterprise Server version. |
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Prepare the BlackBerry Domain for the upgrade process. | "Preupgrade tasks" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server |
| Upgrade Guide |
Stop all administration of the BlackBerry Domain. | — |
Upgrade the BlackBerry Configuration Database using | "Upgrade the BlackBerry Configuration Database" in the |
the CreateDB script. | BlackBerry Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide |
On a computer that is separate from the computers that | "Installing the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Software" in |
host the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances, install | the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Installation Guide |
the BlackBerry Administration Service and, if required, |
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the BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager. |
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Create administrative roles and administrator accounts. | "Creating administrator accounts" in the BlackBerry |
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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 | "Installing the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Software" in |
Enterprise Server version. | the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Installation Guide. |
Using the BlackBerry Administration Service, move user | "Move a user account from one BlackBerry Enterprise |
accounts from an existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server | Server to another" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server |
instance to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance | Administration Guide. |
that you installed. |
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Install BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances on new | — |
hardware and move user accounts until all BlackBerry |
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Enterprise Server instances are running the latest |
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software version. |
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Planning to upgrade an existing BlackBerry Domain to a new BlackBerry Domain
If your organization's environment includes more than one BlackBerry® Domain that you want to consolidate, or if you want to create a BlackBerry Domain for the latest BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version during the upgrade process, you can use the BlackBerry Enterprise Transporter to move user accounts from one BlackBerry Domain to another BlackBerry Domain.
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