RIM veröffentlicht User Guide für BlackBerry PlayBook

19. April 2011 | Danijel Stanic

Research In Motion veröffentlichte nun den ersten User Guide für das BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet.
Das Handbuch kann hier heruntergeladen werden: Download (PDF)

Der Verkauf startet am 19. April 2011 in den USA, ab Juni 2011 wird es auch hier in Deutschland zur Verfügung stehen.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server (Groupwise) 4.1.7 Maintenance Release 2 (MR2) verfügbar

19. April 2011 | Martin Cygan

Ja sehr lange hat sich in der Groupwise-Welt nicht mehr getan und die Carrier supporten den 5er BES – nicht ohne Grund – noch lange nicht. Für alle die jedoch noch den BES 4.1.7 MR1 im Einsatz haben heißt es aufatmen, denn ab sofort steht das Maintenance Release 2 im Downloadbereich zur Verfügung. Ich will nicht sagen dass die Release Notes von der Länge her der Bibel gleichen, doch mit ein wenig Lesestoff ist schon zu rechnen:

BlackBerry Messaging Agent
In certain circumstances, duplicate folders appeared on a user’s BlackBerry® device and were not automatically
removed. (DT 1035571)

*When BlackBerry device users searched for messages on their devices, the BlackBerry Messaging Agent added
many lines to its log file (for example, “[20000] (11/04 16:17:41.888):{0x1B18}
PMDatabaseSQLImp::GetMbMailSyncItem, Table MBMailSync; item not found (userid 12)”). These lines might
have filled up the Event Viewer in Windows® and overwritten events that were not related to the BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server. (DT 1029358)

*The BlackBerry Enterprise Server was potentially prevented from automatically regenerating the device transport
key. The user could regenerate the encryption key manually, as a workaround. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server
now regenerates the device transport key automatically. (DT 1020903)

After a device user deleted many messages at once (for example, 2000) in the Novell® GroupWise® email
application, some of the messages remained on the device and it might have taken more than 30 minutes to receive
new messages on the device. (DT 947461)

If you ran BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP7 with Novell GroupWise 8.0.2, and if the Novell GroupWise SOAP
connector received a notification that contained a user’s object ID with characters in an unexpected case, then
device users might have experienced delays in message delivery of 15 minutes or more. (DT 903568)

In BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP7, if you ran the BlackBerry Enterprise Server in OAPI connection mode, folder
synchronization occurred in 4 hour intervals. In BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP7 MR1, if you ran the BlackBerry
Enterprise Server in OAPI connection mode, folder synchronization occurred in 20-30 minute intervals. (DT 898506,
903879)

In certain circumstances, when all of the threads for the Novell GroupWise Post Office were busy, the performance
of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server slowed. (DT 818658)

If the BlackBerry Enterprise Server used SOAP communication mode and the Novell GroupWise Post Office sent
an invalid event, affected device users stopped receiving email to their devices. (DT 637203)

After the BlackBerry Messaging Agent was restarted, it did not check whether it failed to process email messages
before it was restarted. (DT 625131)

When a device was activated and sent the messages in the device user’s mailbox, some messages did not appear
on the device. (DT 492453)

BlackBerry Policy Service
*If you moved a user account from BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP6 or higher to 5.0 SP1 using the BlackBerry
Enterprise Transporter, the BlackBerry Policy Service might not have been able to regenerate encryption keys and
the device might not have been able to send or receive data. (DT 681797)

Calendar synchronization
If a user selected “Delete Prior” to remove unaccepted meeting requests from a device, and if an unaccepted
meeting request was moved to a different folder in the Novell GroupWise email application, then an updated
meeting request was sent to the device. (DT 621291)

Logging
*When you activated users on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server the management logs grew at an unexpectedly
high rate. (DT 730098)

Organizer data synchronization
When a device user created a new contact on the device, duplicate entries for the contact appeared on the device.
(DT 998657)

Security
*A security vulnerability existed in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry Attachment Service. This vulnerability could
have allowed a malicious individual to cause buffer overflow errors, which might have resulted in arbitrary code
execution on the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Attachment Service. While code execution was possible, an
attack was more likely to result in the PDF rendering process terminating before it completed. In the event of such
an unexpected process termination, the PDF rendering process restarted automatically but did not resume
processing the same PDF file.

Successful exploitation of this issue required a malicious individual to persuade a device user to open a specially
crafted PDF file on a device that was associated with a user account on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The PDF
file might have been attached to an email message, or the device user might have retrieved it from a web site
using the Get Link menu item on the device. (DT1038261)

This issue was resolved in an earlier interim security software update. For more information, visit
www.blackberry.com/btsc to read KB25382.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1.7 MR2 (Groupwise) Release Notes | Download

Firmware 6.0.0.526 für den BlackBerry Torch 9800 (AT&T)

16. April 2011 | Martin Cygan

Anbieter: AT&T
Datum: 16.04.2011
Größe: 195,09 MB

Download: 6.0.0.526 – Torch 9800

Benutzerhandbuch: BlackBerry Desktop Software (MAC) v2.0.1

15. April 2011 | Martin Cygan

Link: Benutzerhandbuch – BlackBerry Desktop Software (MAC) 2.0.1

Benutzerhandbuch: BlackBerry Desktop Software (PC) v6.0.2

15. April 2011 | Martin Cygan

Link: Benutzerhandbuch – BlackBerry Desktop Software (PC) 6.0.2

BlackBerry Desktop Software für PC und Mac aktualisiert – Jetzt mit PlayBook Support und 64-Bit Korrekturen

14. April 2011 | Martin Cygan


Na das nenne ich mal Update-Day, denn parallel zum iOS 4.3.2 von Apple beschmükt uns Research in Motion ebenso den Abend durch ein Software Update. Die BlackBerry Desktop Software für den PC (6.0.2.42) und MAC (2.0.1) wurden heute aktualisiert.

Während bei der PC-Variante vom PlayBook Support gesprochen wird, steht in den Release Notes für das MAC OS etwas von Korrekturen und Verbesserungen für den 64-Bit-Support.

Ihr solltet also schon beim Öffnen der Software auf ein Update hingewiesen werden. Wer die Software noch gar nicht nutzt, kann Sie hier herunterladen:

http://de.blackberry.com/services/desktop/

Viel Spaß beim Update!

RIM veröffentlicht die ersten beiden IT-Policies für das BlackBerry PlayBook

12. April 2011 | Martin Cygan

Der BlackBerry Hersteller Research in Motion hat heute in seinem Knowledgebase-Artikel KB26294 die ersten beiden IT-Policy-Regeln veröffentlicht:

Enable BlackBerry Bridge
This policy can be found under the BlackBerry Bridge category when configuring an IT Policy after the file below has been applied to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Description: Specify whether a BlackBerry device can run BlackBerry Bridge. If you set this rule to Yes, a user can run BlackBerry Bridge and use it to connect a companion device (for example, the BlackBerry PlayBook) to the BlackBerry device. If you set this rule to No, a user cannot run BlackBerry Bridge and cannot use it to connect a companion device to the BlackBerry device. If you do not set this rule, a default value of Yes will be used.

BlackBerry PlayBook Log Submission
This policy can be found under the Companion Devices category when configuring an IT Policy after the file below has been applied to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Description: Specify whether a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can generate and send log files to the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center. The default value for this rule is Enable Logging. If you set this rule to Enable Logging, the tablet can generate and send log files to the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center. If you set this rule to Disable Logging, the tablet cannot generate and send log files to the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center.

Da diese Policy Regeln noch nicht mit den letzten Updates aktualisiert worden sind, müsst Ihr diese importieren – und so geht es im BAS (BlackBerry Administration Service):

  1. ITPolicyPackPlayBook.zip hier herunterladen und entpacken
  2. BAS öffnen und unter BlackBerry Solution Management den Punkt Policy erweitern
  3. Manage IT Policy Rules klicken und Import IT Policy Definitions auswählen
  4. Zum Inhalt der ITPolicyPackPlayBook.zip navigieren und die Datei ITPolicyPackPlayBook.xml auswählen
  5. Mit Save abspeichern
  6. Es sollte die Bestätigung “The IT policy definitions have been updated.” folgen

Solltet Ihr das für den BES 4.0 oder 4.1 machen wollen, so könnt Ihr das mit Hilfe des BlackBerry Manager oder mit der loadbesmetadata.exe bewerkstelligen – wie das funktioniert steht auch im KB26294.

Firmware 6.0.0.480 für den BlackBerry Bold 9700 (3 Italy)

8. April 2011 | Martin Cygan

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Anbieter: 3 Italy
Datum: 08.04.2011
Größe: 156,51 MB

Download: 6.0.0.480 – Bold 9700

Kompatibilitätsmatrix für den BlackBerry Enterprise Server / Express (Domino/Exchange/Groupwise) aktualisiert – Stand 06.04.2011

8. April 2011 | Martin Cygan

Am 06. April, sprich vor 2 Tagen, hat RIM die Kompatibilitätsmatrix für jede Version des BlackBerry Enterprise Server – egal ob Express und Domino, Groupwise oder Exchange – aktualisiert. Neu ist diesmal, dass nicht nur Produkte hinzugefügt worden sind, nein die Komp-Matrix selbst hat einen Hauch von Veränderung verspüren dürfen. Schaut selbst, die Legende für alle Felder wurde komplett überarbeitet:

Die Kompatibilitätsmatrix für das jeweilige System findet Ihr unter: http://us.blackberry.com/support/software/server_compatibility.jsp#tab_tab_compatibility

BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3 Maintenance Release 1 verfügbar

7. April 2011 | Martin Cygan

Unmittelbar 2 Tage nach dem Veröffentlichen des Service Pack 3 für den BES 5.0 kommt auch schon das nächste Update: BES 5.0.3 Maintenance Release 1. Folgende Bugfixes werden in den Release Notes dokumentiert:

Exchange & Domino:

BlackBerry Administration Service
If one BlackBerry® Administration Service instance sent a reconciliation task to a second instance, and the
connection between the instances dropped before the second instance could notify the first that the reconciliation
was complete, reconciliation stopped on all BlackBerry Administration Service instances. The first BlackBerry
Administration Service instance then wrote the following error to its log file:
“org.jboss.remoting.CannotConnectException: Can not get connection to server. Problem establishing socket
connection for InvokerLocator [sslsocket:”. The BlackBerry Administration Service checks for unprocessed
reconciliation events every 24 hours and restarts them at that time. For more information, contact RIM Support.
(DT 1159175)

Nur Exchange:

BlackBerry Messaging Agent
In some circumstances email messages were not delivered promptly because of high disk I/O on Microsoft®
Exchange 2010 mailbox servers. (DT 1141515

Die Updates erhaltet Ihr für beide Mailplattformen wie immer unter blackberry.com/go/serverdownloads