Upgrading The Blackberry Device Software At A Central Computer; Configure A Network Drive; Save The Blackberry Device Software Installation Files To The Network Drive - Blackberry ENTERPRISE SERVER FOR NOVELL GROUPWISE Upgrade Manual

Upgrade Guide
Upgrading the BlackBerry Device Software at a central
computer
If you want to upgrade the BlackBerry® Device Software for users, or if you want users to upgrade their BlackBerry devices
at a central computer, you can upgrade the BlackBerry Device Software at the central computer.
Advantages
• You can monitor the software upgrade process at the
central computer.
• You can use software configurations to help control
the software upgrades.
• You can upgrade multiple BlackBerry devices at the
same time.
• You can upgrade BlackBerry devices for users who do
not have the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager installed
on their computers.
• You can share a single software location among
multiple central computers.

Configure a network drive

1. Share <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion with read-only permissions.
2. Verify that the computers of BlackBerry® device users in your organization can access the network drive.
3. To decrease bandwidth over your organization's LAN, verify that the network drive is in close proximity to users.

Save the BlackBerry Device Software installation files to the network drive

Before you begin: Your service provider can provide you with the BlackBerry® Device Software installation media.
1. On the network drive, in the installation directory, create a folder that is named Device.
2. Save the required BlackBerry Device Software files to the folder.

Upgrading the BlackBerry Device Software at a central computer

Disadvantages
• You cannot make users upgrade the BlackBerry Device
Software.
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