Blackberry PRD-10459-035 Administration Guide - Page 27
Share a network drive for applications, Defining software configurations
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Administration Guide Defining software configurations • To update a software index, type loader.exe /reindex. The application loader tool creates or updates the software index structure on the network drive, and it adds any missing index files. Share a network drive for applications You share a network drive for applications to make the applications available for users to install on their BlackBerry® devices. 1. Share :\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion. 2. Set the permission attributes to Read-only. Defining software configurations Software configurations permit you to perform the following actions to manage applications on BlackBerry® devices for specific user accounts or groups: • remotely add and remove third-party Java® applications, the collaboration client, and the BlackBerry® MDS Runtime using the application loader tool on BlackBerry devices that are connected to computers that run the BlackBerry® Device Manager • define application control policies and add them to software configurations to specify the resources that third-party Java applications, the collaboration client, and the BlackBerry MDS Runtime can access on BlackBerry devices from behind the organization's firewall You must create a separate software configuration for each BlackBerry device series in your organization. You must either install all of the application files that you want to install on a specific BlackBerry device model on the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server or on a computer with a shared network drive before you can set an application control policy on a BlackBerry device. You set up a software configuration to point to the location of the application files. Create a software configuration If you have more than one BlackBerry® device series in your organization, you must create a different software configuration for each series. 1. In the BlackBerry Manager, in the left pane, click BlackBerry Domain. 2. On the Software Configurations tab, click Add New Configuration. 3. Type a configuration name and description in the appropriate fields. 4. Click Change. 5. Type the location of the BlackBerry® Device Software or applications. 6. Click OK. 7. In the Application Name list, select the check box beside the BlackBerry device series that you want to configure the BlackBerry Device Software or applications for. 8. Perform one of the following actions: 25