PacktLib: BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 Implementation Guide

BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 Implementation Guide

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Introduction to BES 5

New features of BES 5.0

BES version 5.0 architecture

BES network requirements

BESAdmin account

Lab 1—installing BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0

Creating the service account—besadmin

Installing BES version 5

Applying the Maintenance pack

Summary

Understanding and Administrating BES 5

Delivering messages

Setting security options

Logging into the BlackBerry Administration Service

Lab 2

Settings for the BlackBerry Administration Service

Activating the Enterprise policy

Summary

Activating Devices and Users

Creating users on the BES 5.0

Creating a user-based group

Preparing to distribute a BlackBerry device

Activating users

Understanding enterprise activation

Messaging environment

Lab 3

Summary

IT Policies

IT policies

Lab 4

Summary

Software Configuration and Java Applications

Overview of the process

Software configurations

Lab 5

Summary

MDS Applications

Understanding and setting up our MDS environment

Running MDS services

Installing MDS runtime platform

Logging in to the MDS console

Summary

High Availability

Understanding high availability

Using the BlackBerry monitoring website

Setting up SNMP on the BES Server

Summary

Upgrades

Upgrading from supported versions

Upgrading your BES environment using the End Transporter tool

Migrating users to the new BES server

Summary