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Originally Posted by hdawg
Again, you're incorrect. Most environments I work in have multiple BES servers (same version) sharing the same configuration database.
This minimizes user impact when there are extended maintenance windows / outages of a server ... it also lets you share CALs.
Keeping up a mirror BES may be easier to some; but definitely not always.
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i'm sorry to those who might get confused.
i work on many servers and do installations as well, but never encountered this setup.
i've asked RIM to elabored on this setup for me, because i sure delieve you when you say it's possible and have it like this.
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I found the following.
1. Identify the name of the centralized BlackBerry Enterprise Server database computer: _________________.
2. On the BlackBerry Enterprise Server computer that you want to consolidate, open the BlackBerry Enterprise Management console.
3. On the left pane, click BlackBerry Server Management.
4. On the Action menu, click Properties. The BlackBerry Server Management Properties window appears.
5. Click the Database tab.
6. In the Database Server field, type the name of the computer that you identified as the centralized BlackBerry Enterprise Server Management database server.
7. Click OK.
8. Close the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Management console.
Note: You must restart the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Management console (close and reopen the console) for the change to take effect.
9. On the centralized BlackBerry Enterprise Server Management database server, open the central BlackBerry Enterprise Server Management console. The Tree view expands automatically and displays a list of BlackBerry Server site/routing groups.
10. Click the plus sign next to a BlackBerry Server site/routing group to expand the item and view its servers, if any exist.
11. Right-click and select New BlackBerry Server. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server System Info window appears.
12. Add the BlackBerry Enterprise Server that you want to consolidate by entering the appropriate values in the Server Name, SRP Identifier, SRP Authentication Key, Host routing Information (if provided on the CD), and Administration Mailbox fields. Verify that the SRP Identifier and SRP Authentication Keys are unique to this BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
After adding the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to the centralized database, to avoid passing conflicting data between the two databases, do not run the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Management Software against the old database. Examples of conflicting data are IT policy information and peer-to-peer key data.
So this actually means that ONE BBserver defines the DB and all other BBservers point to that BBserver?