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Installation and Configuration Guide Configuring connections for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases Create a BlackBerry Configuration Database If the security required by your organization does not allow applications to have permissions to create or upgrade databases, you can run the CreateDB executable on the database server to create the BlackBerry® Configuration Database instead of using the setup application. After you create or upgrade the BlackBerry Configuration Database using the CreateDB executable, you can run the setup application using a Windows® account with minimum requirements to the database server. Before you begin: Verify that the appropriate permissions are configured on the database server. 1. Log in to the computer that hosts the database server using a local administrator account or a Windows account that has SQL administrator permissions. 2. Copy the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server installation media to the database server that you want to configure as the host server for the BlackBerry Configuration Database. 3. Extract the contents to a folder on the computer. 4. Navigate to \Database. 5. Open the BesMgmt.cfg file in a text editor. 6. Change the file to include information that is specific to your organization's environment. 7. Save and close the file. 8. Open a command prompt window. 9. Change to \Database. 10. Type CreateDB.exe BESMgmt.cfg. BESMgmt.cfg properties Property CMD DATABASE_NAME SERVER USERID PASSWORD SCRIPT_ROOT Description This property specifies the type of action that the CreateDB executable must complete (for example, whether to install or upgrade the BlackBerry® Configuration Database). This property specifies the name of the BlackBerry Configuration Database. 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. If you use database authentication, this property specifies the user name of the database account that has server administrator permission and database creator permission. If you use database authentication, this property specifies the password for the database account. This property specifies the path to the DBInstallScripts folder. 24

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Create a BlackBerry Configuration Database
If the security required by your organization does not allow applications to have permissions to create or upgrade
databases, you can run the CreateDB executable on the database server to create the BlackBerry® Configuration
Database instead of using the setup application. After you create or upgrade the BlackBerry Configuration Database
using the CreateDB executable, you can run the setup application using a Windows® account with minimum
requirements to the database server.
Before you begin:
Verify that the appropriate permissions are configured on the database server.
1.
Log in to the computer that hosts the database server using a local administrator account or a Windows account
that has SQL administrator permissions.
2.
Copy the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server installation media to the database server that you want to configure as
the host server for the BlackBerry Configuration Database.
3.
Extract the contents to a folder on the computer.
4.
Navigate to
<extracted_folder>
\Database.
5.
Open the
BesMgmt.cfg
file in a text editor.
6.
Change the file to include information that is specific to your organization's environment.
7.
Save and close the file.
8.
Open a command prompt window.
9.
Change to
<extracted_folder>
\Database.
10.
Type
CreateDB.exe BESMgmt.cfg
.
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.
Installation and Configuration Guide
Configuring connections for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases
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