Installation guide

BESMgmt.cfg properties
Property Description
CMD This property specifies the type of action that the CreateDB executable must complete (for
example, whether to install or upgrade the BlackBerry Configuration Database).
DATABASE_NAME This property specifies the name of the BlackBerry Configuration Database.
SERVER This property specifies the name of the database server that hosts the BlackBerry
Configuration Database. If a database instance hosts the BlackBerry Configuration
Database, follow the format database_server_name\database_instance_name.
USERID If you use database authentication, this property specifies the user name of the database
account that has server administrator permission and database creator permission.
PASSWORD If you use database authentication, this property specifies the password for the database
account.
SCRIPT_ROOT This property specifies the path to the DBInstallScripts folder.
By default, this folder is in the same root folder that the CreateDB.exe file is located in.
LOG_DIR This property specifies the path to the folder that you want to create log files in.
By default, this folder is in the same root folder that the CreateDB.exe file is located in.
DBMS This property specifies the database management system that your organization uses.
DB_FILE_DIR This property specifies an existing folder that you want to save the database files in.
By default, this folder is in the same root folder that the CreateDB.exe file is located in.
BACKUP_DIR This property specifies an existing folder where you want to save the database backup in.
By default, this folder is located in the same root folder that the CreateDB.exe file is located
in.
BES_TYPE This property specifies the messaging server that your organization uses.
Upgrade implications for VoIP profiles
For BlackBerry Enterprise Server versions that are earlier than version 5.0 SP3, you can use the BlackBerry Administration
Service to configure VoIP profiles and IT policy rules from the VoIP policy group only for BlackBerry 7270 smartphones. In
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP3 and later, VoIP profiles and VoIP IT policy rules are no longer available in the
Upgrade Guide Preupgrade tasks
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