BES Services

[techtiger]

Hi guys,


How many types of services are there in a BES, running in MS Exchange and in Lotus Domino environments?? What are their functionalities? I know some like Router , Controller etc. but no clue regarding their functions??

Waiting of your posts / any knowledgeable weblinks !!!

thx for your cooperation.



Regards....

[GaryCutri]

BlackBerry Attachment Service

The BlackBerry Attachment Service converts supported message attachments
into a format that users can view on their BlackBerry devices.

BlackBerry Collaboration Service

The BlackBerry Collaboration Service provides a connection between your
organization's instant messaging server and the collaboration client on
BlackBerry devices.

BlackBerry Configuration Database

The BlackBerry Configuration Database is a relational database that contains
configuration data that BlackBerry Enterprise Server components use. The
BlackBerry Configuration Database includes the following data:

• details about the connection from the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to the
wireless network
• user list
• address mappings between PINs and email addresses for BlackBerry MDS
Connection Service push features
• read-only copy of each master encryption key

BlackBerry Controller

The BlackBerry Controller monitors the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
components and restarts them if they stop responding.

BlackBerry Dispatcher

The BlackBerry Dispatcher compresses and encrypts all of the data that is sent to and from BlackBerry devices. It sends the data through the BlackBerry Router, to and from the wireless network.

BlackBerry Manager

The BlackBerry Manager connects to the BlackBerry Configuration Database. You can use the BlackBerry Manager to manage the BlackBerry Domain, including user accounts and device administration. The BlackBerry Domain consists of a single BlackBerry Configuration Database and all the BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances that use it.

BlackBerry MDS Connection Service

The BlackBerry MDS Connection Service enables users to access web content, the Internet, or your organization's intranet, and also enables applications on BlackBerry devices to connect to your organization's application or content servers for application data and updates.

BlackBerry MDS Integration Service

The BlackBerry MDS Integration Service provides application-level integration
for BlackBerry® MDS Runtime Applications on BlackBerry devices. You can use
the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service to install BlackBerry MDS Runtime
Applications that are stored in the BlackBerry MDS Application Repository on
BlackBerry devices. You can also use it to manage, update, and remove
BlackBerry MDS Runtime Applications.

BlackBerry MDS Application Repository

The BlackBerry MDS Application Repository stores BlackBerry MDS Runtime
Applications that your organization's developers can create and publish using
the BlackBerry® MDS Studio or the BlackBerry® Plug-in for Microsoft® Visual
Studio® developer tools. You can use the BlackBerry Manager to manage the
BlackBerry MDS Runtime Applications that are stored in the BlackBerry MDS
Application Repository.

BlackBerry Messaging Agent

The BlackBerry Messaging Agent connects to your organization's messaging
server to provide messaging services, calendar management, address lookups,
attachment viewing, attachment downloading, and encryption key generation.
The BlackBerry Messaging Agent also acts as a gateway for the BlackBerry
Synchronization Service to access organizer data on the messaging server. The BlackBerry Messaging Agent synchronizes configuration data between the
BlackBerry Configuration Database and the BlackBerry profiles database.

BlackBerry Policy Service

The BlackBerry Policy Service performs administration services over the wireless network. It sends IT policies and IT administration commands and provisions service books. IT policies and IT administration commands define BlackBerry device security, settings for synchronizing data over the wireless network, and other configuration settings on BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry Policy Service also sends service books to configure feature and component settings on BlackBerry devices.

BlackBerry profiles database

The BlackBerry profiles database is an IBM® Lotus® Domino® database that
contains configuration data for user accounts.

BlackBerry Router

The BlackBerry Router connects to the wireless network to send data to and from BlackBerry devices. It also sends data within your organization's network to BlackBerry devices that are connected to computers with the BlackBerry® Device Manager.

BlackBerry state databases

The BlackBerry state databases contain data that links messages sent from or
received on BlackBerry devices to corresponding messages in users' email
applications. The data in the BlackBerry state databases supports features such as email reconciliation, message forwarding, message filing, and replying with text.

BlackBerry Synchronization Service

The BlackBerry Synchronization Service synchronizes organizer data between
BlackBerry devices and the messaging server over the wireless network.

[techtiger]

Thx Gary for your reply,

How do I make sure that every service is running fine on my BES?? and what kinda problems I have to face against each service if failed??

regards

[GaryCutri]

Originally Posted by techtiger

Thx Gary for your reply,

How do I make sure that every service is running fine on my BES?? and what kinda problems I have to face against each service if failed??

regards

The quickest way to check the health of the BES services is to review the BlackBerry Controller log. The log is located by default in \Program Files\Research In Motion\Blackberry Enterprise Server\Logs.