System information
Contents
1 Planning to upgrade your BlackBerry environment.......................................................................................9
Upgrading to BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 4.1.4..........................................................................9
Confirm the version from which you are upgrading ............................................................................9
Changes to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 2.2 environment...........................................9
Changes to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 4.0 environment ..........................................9
Choosing a BlackBerry Enterprise Server upgrade option ........................................................................10
Upgrading to BlackBerry Device Software Version 4.1 and later.............................................................12
Choosing a BlackBerry Device Software upgrade option..........................................................................12
Additional upgrade resources........................................................................................................................14
2 System requirements ..........................................................................................................................................15
Hardware requirements..................................................................................................................................15
System requirements for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server......................................................................15
Checklist: Operating system requirements .........................................................................................16
Checklist: Messaging and collaboration server software requirements .........................................17
Checklist: Security support requirements ............................................................................................17
Checklist: Multidomain support requirements ....................................................................................18
Checklist: Multilanguage support requirements.................................................................................18
Checklist: Virtual machine support requirements...............................................................................18
Checklist: Additional software requirements.......................................................................................18
System requirements for your corporate environment ..............................................................................18
Checklist: Network environment settings ............................................................................................19
Checklist: Messaging and collaboration environment settings........................................................19
Checklist: Instant messaging environment settings..........................................................................20
Checklist: Terminal service settings .....................................................................................................20
Checklist: Database environment settings...........................................................................................21
System requirements for remote components ........................................................................................... 22
Checklist: BlackBerry MDS Services system requirements .............................................................. 23
Checklist: BlackBerry Enterprise Server with the BlackBerry MDS Services system requirements
23
Checklist: BlackBerry Attachment Service system requirements ....................................................25
Checklist: BlackBerry Manager system requirements .......................................................................26
Checklist: BlackBerry Router system requirements ........................................................................... 27