[ronaiz]

Hi.
I have couple of BES 4.1 servers. One of the server running out of free Licenses.
My question if it possible to move license from one server to another?
What will happen if i will use copy past license from one server to another- i am afraid that i will use active license.Called telus but they told me that the diler of the licenses can help me.
Thanks for help.

[hdawg]

you can remove a license from one database and use it in another. You could also consolidate your databases and share licenses

[ronaiz]

Is it possible to describe the process in more detail way ?
I am not sure how to do it. And afraid do destroy two databases.
Thank you very much.

[TChachra]

Originally Posted by ronaiz

Is it possible to describe the process in more detail way ?
I am not sure how to do it. And afraid do destroy two databases.
Thank you very much.

Actually its quite easy. You go to your bes server b and point the database to where the database is for bes server a. Just make sure you note down the license keys on bes server B so you can re-add them to bes server A.

I am not near my bes server, other wise I would give you exact direction.....

But it is as simple as telling the BES server which database to use through the Bes Configuration Icon.

[ronaiz]

Thanks.
And how can i now if the license are not active ?I mean if this license in not used by a user.
Or it doesn't meter?
Thanks.

[Logvin]

It doesnt matter. You can have 2 BES with the same lisence keys no issue... just make sure you done go over your user count.

[hdawg]

Originally Posted by ronaiz

Is it possible to describe the process in more detail way ?
I am not sure how to do it. And afraid do destroy two databases.
Thank you very much.

Follow Share the BlackBerry Configuration Database between two existing BlackBerry Enterprise Servers, How to merge BlackBerry Configuration Databases, and Prerequisites for DBMerge articles.

The key is creating a 3rd new database so you don't damage your currently existing ones. Also, make sure you take backups too.

[hdawg]

Originally Posted by TChachra

Actually its quite easy. You go to your bes server b and point the database to where the database is for bes server a. Just make sure you note down the license keys on bes server B so you can re-add them to bes server A.

I am not near my bes server, other wise I would give you exact direction.....

But it is as simple as telling the BES server which database to use through the Bes Configuration Icon.

No, not at all ... the users will have to reactivate as this will remove them from BES b.

[hdawg]

Originally Posted by ronaiz

Thanks.
And how can i now if the license are not active ?I mean if this license in not used by a user.
Or it doesn't meter?
Thanks.

Licenses don't have a 1 to 1 relationship with a BES but rather with a database

databases have a 1 to 1 or 1 to many relationship with BES's ... hence you can have 1 license file that 2 (or more) BES's share.

[ronaiz]

I will look into it next week.

[Teamtingler]

Can two servers use the same license but point to different databases? For example, I have a 20 CAL license and have 10 users on server A and 10 users on Server B. I'm in the process of moving all the users from Server A to Server B and want to make sure I can use the same 20 CAL license on both servers at the same time until the user move is complete. Any idea's?

[hdawg]

nope, can't do it. You could try merging the configuration databases and then you can share licenses ...

[Teamtingler]

Thanks for the quick response, any particular reason why you can't do it? I want to shut the one server down after I move the users, can you do this with a db merge?

If you can't do it this way, could I just keep adding users even if I'm over my 20 CAL's. Then once I've moved all the users I could shut down the other server and add the additional CAL's? We are running release 4.1 on Server A which will stay running and we have 4.0 in our UK office that will be shut down once the users are moved off.

Thanks, Matt

[hdawg]

You can't add users past 20 and stay in line with the license agreement ... that said I've seen environments with -1500 free CALs functioning properly; take it for what you will.

Licenses have a one to one relationship with databases; so one license belongs in only one database; just the model that is setup.

If you merge the two databases you can change the servers config to use this newly created db, share the license, and if everything is 4.x (handhelds at 4.0.2 or > ) you can drag and drop the users from one BES to another and they won't have to re-cradle or anything. ... they'll get updated service books / encryption keys wirelessly.

unfortunately you need 4.1 SP2 or > to do the merge, so you'd be out of luck with this I guess.