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2.
Repeat step 1 for each BlackBerry Enterprise Server component that connects to the BlackBerry Configuration
Database.
Configure database mirroring for the BlackBerry
Configuration Database
For more information about database mirroring, visit http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175059(SQL.90).aspx.
1.
In the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, change the Recovery Model property for the principal database to
Full.
2.
Change the Backup type option to Full and back up the principal database.
3.
Copy the backup files to the database server that you want to have host the mirror database.
4.
On the database server that will host the mirror database, restore the database. If you did not perform a full backup,
specify the NO RECOVERY option.
5.
On the principal database, in the Database Properties window, on the Mirroring page, run the Configure Security
wizard.
6.
Start the mirroring process.
7.
To verify that failover works correctly, fail over to the mirror database and back to the principal database manually.
After you finish: To permit the mirror BlackBerry Configuration Database to write BlackBerry Enterprise Server event
messages, install the BlackBerry database notification system on the database server that hosts the mirror BlackBerry
Configuration Database. For more information, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Installation Guide.
Start the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances
After you configure the database, permit all BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances to connect to the principal BlackBerry
Configuration Database.
1.
On the computers that host the BlackBerry Enterprise Server components, in the Windows Services, start all of the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server services in the following order:
•
BlackBerry Controller
•
BlackBerry Router
•
BlackBerry Attachment Service
•
BlackBerry Dispatcher
•
BlackBerry MDS Connection Service
•
BlackBerry Instant Messaging Connector
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