None of my BES users are requiring MDS ... yet and I just started messing with it....while trying setup webmessenger on my blackberry which requires MDS/BES - When i start the service on our BES server it immidiately goes to a stopped state with no information posted in the event viewer or in the log folders.

Anyone have any ideas? or can point me in a direction?

Our BES is 4.1 sp2

Thanks

Is this server upgraded from v4.0 to v4.1?

If so, check if the following will resolve your issue:

Run the following SQL query via the Query Analyzer (SQL) or OSQL (MSDE) onto your BES database. Make sure to create a backup first if anything fails:

/*
* correct any existing values
*/
UPDATE MDSConfig Set ACLAuthorizationDatastore = 'net.rim.shared.service.authorization.JDBCAuthoriz ationDatastore'
where ACLAuthorizationDatastore = 'net.rim.bmds.shared.service.authorization.JDBCAut horizationDatastore'
go

/*
* change the default for new values
*/
declare @DF sysname
set @DF = (select object_name(cdefault) from syscolumns
where object_name(id) = 'MDSConfig' and name = 'ACLAuthorizationDatastore')

if @DF is not null
begin
declare @value nvarchar(4000)
set @value = (select text from syscomments where object_name(id) = @DF)

if @value = '(''net.rim.bmds.shared.service.authorization.JDBC AuthorizationDatastore'')'
begin
exec('alter table MDSConfig drop constraint ' + @DF)

alter table MDSConfig add default('net.rim.shared.service.authorization.JDBC AuthorizationDatastore') for ACLAuthorizationDatastore
end
end

go