Upgrading Period!

[Jfdensmore]

I don't mean to upset anyone for the random Thread, But im in a pickle! Our Bes admin is overseas serving in the airforce, i have been assigned the duty of upgrading our BES From 4.1.4.15 to be compatible with Exchange 2007 ASAP!! I just need a walk through or atleast pointed in the right direction so i can help my Exchange admin with this process.

Currently running
Server 2000 SP4
Exchange 2000 SP3

Going to:
2007 sp1 64bit

Bes will remain on the same server.

[eBoyDog]

By BES remaining on the same server, I assume you mean that the same server your current BES in on? That's a tougher way to go, while you didn't mention the server OS version are you at least on MS Server 2008?

New server, either hardware or VM based would be a better way to start, RIM offers a server migration kit to assist in such but by having a "new" server to migrate to, you will keep your downtime down and have a way to back out should things go south.

Not totally familier with BES Exchange versions but you may need to get to the most current service pack level on your current BES before you can even consider an inplace migration on the existing server, I think 4.1.7 is the most current.

Are you upgrading to BES 5 since it appears you are also upgrading Exchange? If so then updating to the most current 4.1 is required.

Do you have an support contract with RIM? If not, now might be good time to get it as it enables you to gain the upgrade to 5 and they can offer insight in the options for you.

[Rh1noo]

You just need to upgrade to 4.1 sp7 for MS Exchange 2007 support. This is just a service pack upgrade so its free! I would take a backup of the BESMgmt SQL database before you do the upgrade and ensure the database and log file are set to unlimited growth before the schema update is applied.

RIM are sropping support for BES 4.1 sp7 next July so you have to upgrade to BES 5 by then, but it gives you a bit more time.