Installation guide

Item Requirement

• MSDE 2000 SP4

• Microsoft® SQL Server® 2000 SP3 or SP4

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard, Enterprise, or Express

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (64-bit)

For all versions of the Microsoft SQL Server earlier than Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3,

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-004 (for more information, visit http://

technet.microsoft.com to read article KB960082).

collation setting The following conditions on the database server:

• collation set to default case-insensitive

• BlackBerry® Configuration Database collation set to default case-insensitive

remote database conditions Named pipes and TCP/IP network protocols turned on

database mirroring To support database mirroring for the BlackBerry Configuration Database or BlackBerry

MDS Integration Service database, the following conditions:

• the database server must be Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)

• the database server that hosts the mirror database must use the same version and

build as the principal database

• a separate database server for the mirror database

• static port with the same port number for both database servers

• Microsoft SQL Server Browser running on both database servers

database transactional

replication

To support database transactional replication for the BlackBerry Configuration Database

or the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service database, the following conditions:

• the database server must be Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3a or later

• the database server that hosts the replicated database must use the same version

and build as the primary database

• if your organization's database server is Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3a, the "FIX:

Distribution Agent Fails with 'Violation of Primary Key Constraint' Error Message"

hotfix installed. For more information about installing the hotfix, visit

www.support.microsoft.com to read article 813494.

Upgrade Guide

System requirements: BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases