Upgrade Planning Guide | Planning to upgrade an existing BlackBerry Domain to a new BlackBerry Domain |
You can consider this upgrade process if one or more of the following conditions applies to your organization's environment:
•You want to consolidate multiple BlackBerry Domain instances or create a BlackBerry Domain.
•You need to move the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and BlackBerry Configuration Database to new hardware.
•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 existing BlackBerry Domain to a new BlackBerry Domain
Task | Resource |
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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Create a BlackBerry Configuration Database using the | "Create a BlackBerry Configuration Database" in the |
database upgrade scripts. | 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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On new computers, install the BlackBerry Enterprise | "Installing the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software" in |
Server instances. During the installation process, select | the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Installation Guide |
the BlackBerry Configuration Database that you created |
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using the database upgrade scripts. |
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Prepare the new BlackBerry Domain for the migration | "Preparing the target BlackBerry Domain for the |
process. | migration process" in the BlackBerry Enterprise |
| Transporter Administration Guide |
Prepare the existing BlackBerry Domain for the | "Preparing the target BlackBerry Domain for the |
migration process. | migration process" in the BlackBerry Enterprise |
| Transporter Administration Guide |
Install the BlackBerry Enterprise Transporter. | "Preparing the target BlackBerry Domain for the |
| migration process" in the BlackBerry Enterprise |
| Transporter Administration Guide |
Configure the BlackBerry Enterprise Transporter to | "Preparing the target BlackBerry Domain for the |
move user accounts. | migration process" in the BlackBerry Enterprise |
| Transporter Administration Guide |
Stop all administration of the BlackBerry Domain. | — |
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