Back Up The Blackberry Professional Software Registry Settings; Back Up The Blackberry Professional Software Log Files; Back Up The Blackberry Configuration Database - Blackberry PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE FOR IBM LOTUS DOMINO Upgrade Manual

Upgrade Guide

Back up the BlackBerry Professional Software registry settings

You can back up the settings for the BlackBerry® Professional Software in the Windows® registry so that you can restore
the settings, if required.
1. On the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Professional Software, on the taskbar, click Start > Run. Type regedit.
2. In the left pane, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion.
3. Right-click Research In Motion. Click Export.
4. Save the file that you exported.

Back up the BlackBerry Professional Software log files

You can back up the existing log files so that you can troubleshoot the upgrade process if it does not complete successfully.
1. On the computer that hosts the BlackBerry® Professional Software, navigate to C:\Program Files\Research In Motion
\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\Logs.
2. Copy the log files to a backup location.

Back up the BlackBerry Configuration Database

You can back up the BlackBerry® Configuration Database so that you can restore it, if necessary, after an installation,
migration, or upgrade. You can also back up the BlackBerry Configuration Database if you plan to restore it to a different
computer.
If your database environment is Microsoft® SQL Server®, you use the backup and restore tools that Microsoft® Corporation
provides.
If your database environment is Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express or MSDE 2000, you can use the BlackBerry Configuration
Database Backup Tool that is included with the BlackBerry® Professional Software or the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
installation media.
By default, the backup file is named <database name> <YYYYMMDDHHMMSS>.bak.
1. In the Windows® Services, stop the BlackBerry Professional Software services.
2. Perform one of the following actions:
Task
Back up from the Microsoft SQL
Server Enterprise Manager.
Steps
a. Open the Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
b. Right-click the name of the BlackBerry Configuration Database. Click
All Tasks.
c. Click Backup Database.
Back up the BlackBerry Professional Software registry settings
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