Installation guide

You can create the BlackBerry Configuration Database by installing a BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance or BlackBerry

Administration Service instance, or by running the CreateDB executable. You can create the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service

database or BlackBerry Monitoring Service database during the installation processes for the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service

or BlackBerry Monitoring Service respectively.

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server, BlackBerry Monitoring Service, and BlackBerry MDS Integration Service can connect to the

databases on the Microsoft® SQL Server® using Windows® authentication or database authentication. By default, the BlackBerry

Enterprise Server, BlackBerry Monitoring Service, and BlackBerry MDS Integration Service log in to the databases using the

Windows account that you use to complete the installation process, or the database credentials you provided during the installation

process.

To support Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database mirroring with the BlackBerry Configuration Database or BlackBerry MDS

Integration Service database, you must use Windows authentication. The BlackBerry Monitoring Service does not support database

mirroring.

Specifying permissions when connecting to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases using

Windows authentication

During the installation process, if you connect the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, BlackBerry MDS Integration Service, and

BlackBerry Monitoring Service to the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server databases using Windows® authentication, the Windows

account that you specify must have database permissions on the database server. The type of permissions depends on the setup

option that you select, and whether you create the BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases on the same computer as the BlackBerry

Enterprise Server components or on another database server.

Specifying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express permissions for the Windows account

If you install Microsoft® SQL Server® 2005 Express during the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server installation process, you do not

need to specify additional permissions. When you select Windows® authentication during the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

installation process, the setup application automatically assigns the required permissions to the Windows account that you use

to complete the installation process.

Assign Microsoft SQL Server permissions to the Windows account

Perform one of the following actions:

• If you create the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server databases on the same computer as the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

and require the setup application to install Microsoft® SQL Server® Express during the installation process, you do not

need to assign Microsoft SQL Server permissions to the Windows® account . If you want the setup application to install

the BlackBerry database notification system, assign the system administrator permission to the Windows account.

Upgrade Guide

Configuring connections for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases