Bes-Admins July 2009 Archive

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Stan Mocek: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: Thanks Moises, Since I sent my last email here, I have rebooted the virtual server and the emails that have come in since have reconciled almost immediately. It may be all that was needed, we'll see. Stan Mocek On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Linares, Mo A<Moises.A.Linares at bakernet. [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Linares, Mo A: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: You should look at the blackberry logs as well - it should give you more detail info as to the delay in reconciliation. You can use the bb resource kit to gather more info - You should run some packet sniffer to capture the traffic between bes and exchange - [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Art Alexion: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: When you are a big guy, an XXL t-shirt may be "better"; if you are not, a Med might be the better fit. Sometimes over spec-ing is good for growth and speed; sometimes its just overkill.

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Stan Mocek: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: Ok - this is going to be embarrassing, but what the hell. I originally set this virtual server up a few months ago in preparation for moving the BPS, along with another virtual server running an ASP.NET application. *That* server is running SQL 2005 Standard. [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Dan Mathews: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: I agree on the size of your environment. We are running BES 4.1.6 with 50 users and are not using full blown SQL. We have 1 virtual machine running BES and SQL express without issue. I am preparing to upgrade to BES 5.0 (exchange) and think after the upgrade that I will split SQL off [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Jacob Shields: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: Stan, In such a small environment your not going to benefit much from it. If you were running the full blown BES with numerous users it would benefit you, but being your 30 users and under it doesn't provide much of a benefit and as Art stated it could be what's causing the bottleneck. [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Stan Mocek: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: Art and Jacob - I'll have to look into what you have both said. I just automatically assumed that SQL2005 would be better or more capable on a server for BPS. Stan Mocek On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Jacob Shields<jacob.shields at buzzworthyconsulting.net> wrote: [...] [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Jacob Shields: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: Stan, You may want to try setting the BPS back up using MSDE instead and see if this solves the issue. Thank You, Jacob Shields Partner Technology Director http://www.buzzworthyconsulting.net jacob.shields at buzzworthyconsulting.net Cell: 906.282.2248 Fax: 313.748. [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Art Alexion: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: My setup is almost the same except I am using MSDE and cut the RAM back to 1 GB after monitoring usage for a few weeks. WS2k3 Pro is running on an ESX host. Our performance is what you describe you used to have; email generally hits my BB before it hits my desktop. [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Stan Mocek: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: The Exchange Server stayed on the SBS2003 box as it is part of the SBS2003 installation. I did follow the common procedure of installing the Exchange Server "stub" on the SQL2005 server which points back to the original Exchange server. On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Jacob Shields<jacob. [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Jacob Shields: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: Did you redo the exchange server? Or is it still the same exchange box? I'm guessing your on exchange anyways. Thank You, Jacob Shields Partner Technology Director http://www.buzzworthyconsulting.net jacob.shields at buzzworthyconsulting.net Cell: 906.282.2248 Fax: 313.748. [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Stan Mocek: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: Hello Jacob, Yes, the BPS and SQL Server 2005 are on the new machine.This server is dedicated entirely to BPS, there is nothing else running on it. Resources being used right now run about 8 to 10 percent. It is running under VMWare server. We only have a handful of users, so [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Jacob Shields: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: Are you hosting BPS and SQL 2005 on the same box? Also check ur resources to make sure the server isn't being tasked to much. Are you using VMWare server or VMWare ESXi? Thank You, Jacob Shields Partner Technology Director http://www.buzzworthyconsulting.net jacob.shields at buzzworthyconsulting. [...]

[Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move

Stan Mocek: [Bes-admins] Reconciliation issues after BES move: We recently moved our BPS server from the SBS2003 server that it was installed on. We used MSDE on that server. The current server is Windows 2003 Standard 32bit with SQL Server 2005 running under VMWare server with 2GB of memory. The host server has 32GB of memory and is [...]

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

Moller, Doreen: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: Thank you so much for the detailed response. I am going to get our DBA's involved and get cracking on this upgrade. Its hard to get things to happen fast in my company so this has been a bit procrastinated. But we crashed last week so now there is no time to play. [...]

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

Vance, Trevor K: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: I agree with Rich & Don. You've outgrown MSDE long ago. You'd want to have the SQL database/server in the same data center. If it's in a remote data center, then you would ideally want to have a redundant network path to get to it. In case of an outage, the BES can operate ok without being able to access the DB for a short time - though you wouldn't be able to add/delete/modify users until the DB came back online. We're using MS SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition - SP2. The server is in the same data center as our 3 BES (4.1.6 MR5) & 3 Exchange 2007 SP1 servers. 1800 BlackBerry's Get the DBA's to buy off on it, and it's really easy. RIM doesn't tend to make a lot of changes to the DB except in the major releases... 4.0, 4.1 & 5.0. Sometimes a service pack will have a DB modification, though it's rare (imho). Always read the release notes and if there's a change to the DB, get the DBA's involved. See these two kb's for the supported versions of SQL Microsoft SQL Server software versions supported by BlackBerry Enterprise Server software http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB15682 What is the compatibility of BlackBerry Enterprise Server software versions 4.0 and 4.1 with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB11158 kind regards, Trevor From: bes-admins-bounces at dataoutages.com [mailto:bes-admins-bounces at dataoutages.com] On Behalf Of Moller, Doreen Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:21 AM To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. Subject: [Bes-admins] SQL Database Hi Everyone, Do you know if it is desirable to have the SQL database on a separate server or is it best to have the SQL database local. Our Company deploys SQL Server farms. Our BES has almost 900 users and is on MSDE. We need to migrate to full blown SQL. We are running BES 4.1.6 for MS Exchange. Also what version of SQL are supported? Trying to plan a strategy crashed last weekend and I think we have outgrown MSDE. As usual everyone's help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Doreen Moller Lead Analyst, Infrastructure - Mobility Schering-Plough Corp 908-473-3627 (Summit) Doreen.Moller at spcorp.com<mailto:Doreen.Moller at spcorp.com> ********************************************************************* This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, use or distribution of the information included in this message is prohibited -- Please immediately and permanently delete. [...]

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

don.andrews_safeway at yahoo.com: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: Absolutely. You offload the cpu/disk load, gain DBA support, backups, etc. Of course you'd want it pretty local to the BES. If you are growing your BB community like it sounds, your next step will be a 2nd BES and (IMHO) the best way to do that is via a shared database - going to an external sql server/cluster/farm is a perfect step in that direction. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:40:15 To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues,etc.<bes-admins at dataoutages.com> Subject: Re: [Bes-admins] SQL Database

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

Moller, Doreen: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: ok thanks very much :)

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

Moller, Doreen: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: Thanks very much!!! Even though the actual database is only 446MB?

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

Rich Fleming: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: Yeah, in my opinion, you outgrew MSDE about 500 users ago. :) From: bes-admins-bounces at dataoutages.com [mailto:bes-admins-bounces at dataoutages.com] On Behalf Of Moller, Doreen Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:40 AM To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. Subject: Re: [Bes-admins] [...]

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

Findo, Sam: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: We have our BES db on our SQL Server. Sam Findo LAN Administrator II Fairmont General Hospital sfindo at fghi.com <blocked::mailto:sfindo at fghi.com> Lou Holtz - "Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it." From: bes-admins-bounces at dataoutages.com [ [...]

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

Rich Fleming: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: 900 users on MSDE... you're asking for trouble. I would absolutely move to a remote SQL 2005 server solution as soon as possible. Here's a KB article for with migration steps: http://www.port3101.org/featured-blackberry-kb-articles/902-kb12247-move-msde-database-microsoft-sql-server-database. [...]

[Bes-admins] SQL Database

Moller, Doreen: [Bes-admins] SQL Database: Hi Everyone, Do you know if it is desirable to have the SQL database on a separate server or is it best to have the SQL database local. Our Company deploys SQL Server farms. Our BES has almost 900 users and is on MSDE. We need to migrate to full blown SQL. We are running BES 4.1.6 for MS Exchange. [...]

[Bes-admins] Facebook Application

Guido Strucksberg: [Bes-admins] Facebook Application: sorry, wrong mail ;) Guido Strucksberg schrieb: [...]

[Bes-admins] Enterprise Activation Issue

Guido Strucksberg: [Bes-admins] Enterprise Activation Issue: I know this issue.. and the fix from RIM does not work You need to hide the EA window. Open the service books and delete and undelete the Service book Desktop SYNC The EA will restart and finish soon. I know it will work Best, Guido Moller, Doreen schrieb: [...] [...]