• To update a software index, type
loader.exe /reindex
.
The application loader tool creates or updates the software index structure on the network drive, and it adds any missing index files.
Share a network drive for applications
You share a network drive for applications to make the applications available for users to install on their BlackBerry® devices.
1.
Share <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion.
2.
Set the permission attributes to
Read-only
.
Defining software configurations
Software configurations permit you to perform the following actions to manage applications on BlackBerry® devices for specific
user accounts or groups:
•
remotely add and remove third-party Java® applications, the collaboration client, and the BlackBerry® MDS Runtime using
the application loader tool on BlackBerry devices that are connected to computers that run the BlackBerry® Device Manager
•
define application control policies and add them to software configurations to specify the resources that third-party Java
applications, the collaboration client, and the BlackBerry MDS Runtime can access on BlackBerry devices from behind the
organization's firewall
You must create a separate software configuration for each BlackBerry device series in your organization.
You must either install all of the application files that you want to install on a specific BlackBerry device model on the BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server or on a computer with a shared network drive before you can set an application control policy on a BlackBerry
device. You set up a software configuration to point to the location of the application files.
Create a software configuration
If you have more than one BlackBerry® device series in your organization, you must create a different software configuration for
each series.
1.
In the BlackBerry Manager, in the left pane, click
BlackBerry Domain
.
2.
On the
Software Configurations
tab, click
Add New Configuration
.
3.
Type a configuration name and description in the appropriate fields.
4.
Click
Change
.
5.
Type the location of the BlackBerry® Device Software or applications.
6.
Click
OK
.
7.
In the
Application Name
list, select the check box beside the BlackBerry device series that you want to configure the
BlackBerry Device Software or applications for.
8.
Perform one of the following actions:
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