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Configure BlackBerry for Arcserve RHA

As most BlackBerry administrators are well aware, configuration information regarding BES is stored almost entirely in the configuration database. This information is critical for proper BES operation, and is also relied upon by Arcserve RHA for a successful switchover. The configuration database could be installed on the same machine as BES or on a different machine, depending on the needs of your environment.

Local or same machine installation creates a dependency between SQL and BES, establishing a platform that is tied together and, in regards to high availability, managed together with Arcserve RHA for Applications. For this reason, we refer to this solution as All in One Configuration.

If the SQL database is installed on a different machine (distributed configuration), you can combine multiple HA scenarios to decide how much protection to implement:

• Front-End Configuration--Create File Server HA scenarios modified to use the provided BlackBerry HA script to protect BES in environments where the separate SQL database is already protected.
• Back-End Configuration--Create standard SQL Server HA scenarios to protect the SQL server separately from BES. See the Arcserve RHA SQL Operation Guide for more information.

  

In an environment with two production BES servers and one separate SQL server, you would be required to create three HA scenarios to protect all six servers participating in the scenarios.