Not much to add except to take advantage of the VM and take a snapshot before 
you do the upgrade. You don't say where your database is stored but even so, 
you will be looking at a DB restore only if things go a bit wrong.

Good luck :)

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Art Alexion
Sent: 14 January 2010 18:53
To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc.
Subject: [Bes-admins] BPS -> BES upgrade tips

Within the next week I plan to upgrade our current BPS 4.1 to BES 5.0.  
This is my first contact with BES as opposed to BPS.

I understand that this is an in-place upgrade, and I don't have to 
create a new BES install.

BES is currently installed on Win2003 server which is running as a 
virtual machine.  It has ~20 GB C: drive and the OS and BPS are taking 
up just a bit less than 8 GB.

I have links to documentation, but I am looking for tips, not 
instructions or steps.  Stuff that may be hidden or non-existent in the 
documentation that any of you found through experience.

I guess my first question is going to be whether 20 GB is big enough, 
probably ~50-60 users?  It would be easier to add storage by adding a D: 
drive rather than expanding the C: drive.  Can I move parts of BES to D:?

Thanks for any suggestions.

-- 
Art Alexion
MIS/Central Office Support
Resources for Human Development


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