Moving BES server

[bonvechioc]

We will be changing the server that BES runs on soon. I was looking for tips or maybe even a Whitepaper on the procedure of moving the BES service to a new server. Running on BES version 3.6.2.14, both old and new server operating system will be Windows 2003 simply upgrading to newer hardware.

Thanks

[THermes]

If you are moving your 3.6 server to another 3.6 server rim has a whitepaper on what they call a knife edge cut over. I used it when I was migrating from one server to another. I searched RIM's support site and found this. Knife Edge Cut Over (http://www.blackberry.com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/8021/728075/728850/728216/How_To_-_Do_a_knife-edge_cutover_from_BlackBerry_Enterprise_Server_4.0?nodeid=1161637&vernum=4) It is for a 4.0 server. I know that they have one for a 3.6 because I have used it, I was just not able to find it on there site. You might be able to do a better search than I. Let me know if this helps.

[bfrye]

I did a writeup on this that combined moving the server and migrating databases all in one. You could probably easily use that document to figure out a safe process. It's an older post if you search for migration msde to sql.