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Parameter Description
If you specify a folder, it must already exist.
The default folder is the current folder location.
[-S] <database_server> This parameter specifies the name of the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server database.
[-E] This parameter specifies that you want to use Windows authentication instead of
database authentication to connect to the database server.
Your login account must have the database owner permission.
The default value is false (Windows authentication).
[-U] <user_name> This parameter specifies the user name that you use for database authentication.
To use a login account that is different from the default login account, the account must
have database owner permission.
The default user name is sa.
[-P] <password> This parameter specifies the password that you use for database authentication.
[-p] <percentage> This parameter specifies the interval, as a percentage, that you want the BlackBerry
Configuration Database Backup Tool to report progress at.
The default percentage is 10.
[-?] This parameter specifies information about the BlackBerry Configuration Database
Backup Tool. You do not require any other parameters when you use this parameter.
Removing the BlackBerry MDS Integration
Service
The BlackBerry MDS Integration Service is no longer in production. If you installed the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service,
you must remove it before you can upgrade to BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP4 or later.
You can choose one of the following options to remove the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service:
• You can perform the following actions:
1. Run setup.exe from the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP1 or 5.0 SP2 installation files and clear the check box
for the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service
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