Upgrade Planning Guide | Upgrading a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and a BlackBerry Configuration Database that are |
| configured for replication |
The following table explains the upgrade implications of each deployment type.
Deployment type | Description |
standalone BlackBerry Enterprise | If you deploy a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server, only one BlackBerry |
Server | Enterprise Server connects to the BlackBerry Configuration Database. If you |
| plan to upgrade a standalone BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you must |
| consider future growth of your organization or consolidations with other |
| organizations. |
| If you expect future growth of your organization, you should plan whether |
| you want to locate the BlackBerry Configuration Database on a computer |
| that is separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise |
| Server. |
| If you expect disaster recovery or high availability of the BlackBerry |
| Enterprise Server to become more important, you should consider whether |
| to install the BlackBerry Configuration Database on a computer that is |
| separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server |
| and whether to acquire additional hardware or virtual machine resources |
| to host a standby BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance. |
BlackBerry Domain | If you deploy a BlackBerry Domain, two or more BlackBerry Enterprise |
| Server instances connect to a shared BlackBerry Configuration Database. |
Before you upgrade the BlackBerry Domain, consider the following information:
•upgrade options for the BlackBerry Configuration Database and whether you require new software or hardware
•performance of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and BlackBerry Administration Service in relation to their network proximity to the BlackBerry Configuration Database
•in an environment with more than one BlackBerry Domain, limits for sharing BlackBerry Enterprise Server services and administrative flexibility
•scope and size of the BlackBerry Domain
•upgrade process that you want to use (for example, a phased approach, or a
Upgrading a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and a BlackBerry Configuration Database that are configured for replication
If you configured previous BlackBerry® Enterprise Server versions for disaster recovery as documented in BlackBerry Enterprise Server Disaster Recovery Guide, you installed a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and a replicated BlackBerry Enterprise Server. When you upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances that are configured for disaster
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