yeah, we haven't had to physically attach a Blackberry in years. The wireless activation works great.
Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > Wireless activation is da bomb. As long at the user is in a location > that is receiving a good signal. We usually have to take the device > to a different location near a window, or outside so that it is > receiving full strength signal, away from all the metal beams in the > building etc that drops signal strength. Quirky, but it only seems to > matter with the wireless activation, once that is setup, phone and > email reception works just fine. > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Martin Blackstone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I believe the same goes for HyperV as well. > > As for specific to BB, we do all activations wirelessly. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: vmserver or esxi > > ESX doesn't handle USB at all. > > I've had a BES server with 70 users running in ESX3.0 for the past 8 > months with no problems. None of our Blackberry's touch it physically, > it's all done via service books. > > Highly recommend virtualizing BES. > Good luck! > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: vmserver or esxi > > A couple of years ago my CEO dropped in on me and said "Look, my > husband > just bought me a Blackberry for my birthday. I need it set up with my > Exchange account, and I need it now because I am going to Europe > in two > days." > > We had no other Blackberry users and no spare servers around, so I set > up a BES using VMware server in Win2003, which at the time was > free with > one CAL. Anyway, the reason I mention this is that I've had it > running > there ever since, but I only have a few users. > > The one problem I do have is getting the BES to recognize a Blackberry > device plugged in to a USB port. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. > Sometimes it blue screens the virtual BES. > > Don't know if this is just a glitch in my setup, but I'm guessing ESXi > handles USB devices better than VMware server. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:49 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: vmserver or esxi > > > > I have a Blackberry server running on ancient hardware. It has > about > > 100 users on it. I'm thinking I will P to V it, rather than do a > knife > > edge cutover. Would you consider just using VMserver or would > you use > > ESXi? The new box will be a DL360 (single processor) with 15k scsi > > drives and 2 gigs of RAM. It will do nothing but host the BB > server. > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > > bill > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > Confidentiality Notice: > > ---------------------------------- > > > > This communication, including any attachments, may contain > confidential > information and is intended only for the individual or entity to > whom it > is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this > communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the > sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > The pages accompanying this email transmission contain information > from > MJMC, Inc., which > is confidential and/or privileged. The information is to be for > the use of > the individual > or entity named on this cover sheet. If you are not the intended > recipient, > you are > hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, > or copying > of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this > transmission in > error, please > immediately notify us by telephone so that we can arrange for the > retrieval > of the original > document. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
