[Hatchy]

Here's a scenario I want to run by anyone who's familiar with BES DR planning...

There are 2 BES' running concurrently (BES for Domino version 4.0, HF4, Domino version 6.5.4, Windows 2003). Each BES has its own SRP. BES1 is the Production BES, BES2 is the failover BES. All the users (50) are on BES1, 0 users on BES2. BES2 is pointing to the configuration database on BES1 (MSDE) using SQL Authentication. The MSDE database is being backed-up on schedule. The State databases on BES1 are replicating to BES2 (15 minute replication interval). This environment is all fine, and up and running. User moves between the two servers works fine.

Should BES1 go down, we simply restore the MSDE database on BES2, run the BES Server Configuration and point BES3 to the now LOCAL database (using Windows Trusted authentication). Then, through the BlackBerry Manager we can move users from BES1 (down) to BES2. There would be a very small window of outtage for the users, and redirection would continue without user interaction (new service books sent to the users when they are moved). Because the State databases are already on BES2, users would have the ability to forward and reply-with-history to messages already on their device.

Is this an effective Failover/DR architecture for BES?

Thanks!