Installation guide

• You must have permission to manage the DNS.
• If you configure DNS round robin, you must configure clients to resolve the DNS name into a list of IP addresses and
distribute traffic equally across the BlackBerry Administration Service or BlackBerry MDS Integration Service instances in
the pool.
1. Log in to the DNS server.
2. In the DNS management console, access the forward lookup zone that you want to add the BlackBerry Administration
Service instance or BlackBerry MDS Integration Service instance to.
3. To create a new host, type the following information:
• In the Name field, type the name of the BlackBerry Administration Service pool or BlackBerry MDS Integration Service
pool that you want to use.
• In the IP Address1 field, type the IP address of the computer that you want to host a BlackBerry Administration Service
instance or BlackBerry MDS Integration Service instance on.
• Select the Create associated pointer (PTR) record check box.
4. Repeat step 3 for each BlackBerry Administration Service instance or BlackBerry MDS Integration Service instance that you
want to install. When you add entries to the same pool, you must use the same pool name for all BlackBerry Administration
Service instances or BlackBerry MDS Integration Service instances.
After you finish: To remove a BlackBerry Administration Service instance or BlackBerry MDS Integration Service instance from
a pool, delete the entry for the IP address of the BlackBerry Administration Service instance or BlackBerry MDS Integration Service
instance from the DNS server.
Configuring the setup application to use a non-default static port number
for the database server
If the Microsoft® SQL Server® in your organization's environment does not use the default static port number (port 1433), the
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server setup application cannot connect to the database server. Before you run the setup application,
you must create an alias to the database server that specifies the port number that the database server is using. To configure an
alias, you can use Microsoft SQL Server Configuration Manager or the cliconfg.exe tool. You can configure the name of the alias
so that it is the same name as the Microsoft SQL Server. You must use the cliconfg.exe tool if the database server is Microsoft
SQL Server 2000.
Create an alias to the database server using the Microsoft SQL Server Configuration Manager
Before you begin: Verify that you installed the client components of the Microsoft® SQL Server® on the computer.
1. On the computer that you want to install a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server on, click Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL
Server 2005 > Configuration Tools > SQL Server Configuration Manager.
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