Installation guide

Backing up the BlackBerry Enterprise

Server databases

You must back up the BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases so that you can restore them if the BlackBerry Enterprise

Server

upgrade process does not complete.

If your organization's environment includes Microsoft SQL Server, use the backup and restore tools that Microsoft provides

to back up the BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases.

If your organization's environment includes Microsoft SQL Server Express, you can use the BlackBerry Configuration

Database Backup Tool that is included with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server installation media to back up the BlackBerry

Enterprise Server

databases to a file. By default, the backup file is named <database_name><YYYYMMDDHHMMSS>.bak.

Back up the BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases

1. Copy the BlackBerry Enterprise Server installation files to the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

database that you want to back up.

2. Extract the installation files to a folder on the computer.

3. At the command prompt, navigate to the Tools folder in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server installation files.

4. Run BlackBerryDbBackup.exe.

Example

To back up a BlackBerry Configuration Database that is named BESMgmt to a folder that is named

DB_backup_folder, when you use the database credentials sqlusername and sqlpassword, type

BlackBerryDBBackup.exe -d BESMgmt -f C:\DB_backup_folder -U sqlusername -P sqlpassword.

BlackBerry Configuration Database Backup Tool parameters

The parameters listed in brackets are optional.

Parameter Description

-d <database _name> This parameter specifies the name of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server database (for

example, BESMgmt).

[-f] <folder> This parameter specifies the folder that you want to save the backup file in.

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