[LonghornKrackBerry]

Just a little paranoid about my planned upgrade and wanted to get feedback. I have a 4.0.6 server who's DB is on a sql 2005 server. I also have a 4.1.5 BES server pointed to no DB. I plan on doing the following.

1. Upgrade ONLY 4.0.6 DB (sql 2005) by running the setup from my 4.0.6 server.

I will not upgrade the BES 4.0.6 server itself just the db & I will not move any users to the 4.1.5 (just yet)

2. I will then verify the 4.0.6 server still functions
3. then I will point my 4.1.5 server to this just upraded DB.

I think this should work just fine. Will my BB users get a new service book/IT policy if I just upgrade the DB without moving them to the 4.1.5 server?

Just a little paranoid since most BB users are all VIP's...

thanks for your feedback...

[penguin3107]

Wirelessly posted (Breaking Ball)

Go to blackberry.com and do a search for Knife-Edge cutover.

It's fairly simple and will explain in great detail what you need to do.

[hdawg]

Not sure why you'd doing the upgrade this way.

Are you looking to go to new hardware?

Why no upgrade to 4.1 SP5 in place; get a steady state and then do a phase 2 of the upgrade to new hardware?

You could do it the way you described (oddly enough I think this is how RIM does their ugprades where they upgrade the DB separately and then do server upgrades) ... I just think its a process less people follow.

[LonghornKrackBerry]

We are looking to go to new hardware. But the problem is that the new 4.1.5 hardware is in a new Datacenter in Ohio. Our current 4.0.6 hardware is in DFW, TX with our Exchange 2003 system.

Sometime in the next 4 months we will migrate the Exchange 2003 system to Ohio. During that time I would like to gradually move 4.0.6 users to the 4.1.5 server. But I will need to have (if my db ugrade thoughts are valid) my 4.1.5 server pointed to the same DB "domain".

I would to a knife-cutover but asper best practice (i believe) BES & Exchange should reside close together. Forgot to mention this important factor.