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BRMS functionality is always
being enhanced between
regularly scheduled software
releases by PTF. To learn of any
new functions, please visit the
BRMS web site at:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/ese
rver/iseries/service/brms/
For detailed information on the
BRMS iSeries Navigator client,
download and review the BRMS
iSeries Navigator client Student
Guides which can be found on
the BRMS web site at:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/ese
rver/iseries/service/brms/plugin
guide.htm
For more detailed information
on how to set up and run
BRMS, go to the Info Center at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/p
ubs/html/as400/infocenter.html
Choose your country and
release. Next, choose Systems
Management from the left hand
menu, then Backup and
Recovery and finally, Backup,
Recovery and Media Services.
Backup Recovery and Media
Services for iSeries, SC41-
5345.
Install and use BRMS for 70
days – free of charge! Shipped
BRMS
with every iSeries server!
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Backup,
Recovery &
Media Services
for iSeries
Backup Recovery and Media
Services for iSeries is the IBM
strategic solution for planning
and managing the backup of
your iSeries server.
BRMS provides the iSeries
server with support for policy-
oriented setup and execution of
archive, backup, recovery, and
other removable-media-related
operations. BRMS uses a
consistent set of intuitive
concepts and operations which
can be used to develop and
implement a backup strategy
tailored to your business
requirements. The user
interface is menu-driven, with a
significant number of functions
enabled through the optional
BRMS iSeries Navigator client,
a plug-in to iSeries Navigator.
BRMS facilitates centralized
management of media by
maintaining a consistent view of
removable tape media, its
contents, location, and
availability across multiple
iSeries servers or i5/OS
partitions referred to as
networked systems. This
common media scratch pool
contains shared tape volumes
which are eligible for use by
any participating networked
system. When a networked
system uses one of the shared
volumes, that usage is
broadcast to all networked
systems so that each system
has a current view of the active
media, as well as the available
expired media.
Base Product
BRMS provides the following
functions in the base product:
Backup
 Backup planning interfaces
 On-line backup of Lotus
server and journaled
objects
 Automated backup
capabilities
 Media library support for
both IBM and third party
media libraries
 TSM client
 Parallel save capabilities
 Unattended restricted state
backup
 Maintain complete backup
history
Recovery
 System disaster recovery
report
 Automated point-in-time
recovery for Lotus server
and journaled objects
 Individual object recovery
 Automated recovery
capabilities
Media Management

Media reporting, tracking
and selection
 Manage media movement
 Protect and secure media
 Duplicate media
 Reclaim fragmented media
Optional Features
In addition there are two
optional features which you can
add to the base product to
provide greater functional
capability.
BRMS Network Feature
With the BRMS Network
Feature, a BRMS system is
connected to other BRMS
systems in the network using
native TCP/IP and/or APPN. A
BRMS network system
provides:

 Centralized media
management
 The ability to restore data
from another system
BRMS Advanced Feature
The BRMS Advanced feature
enables Hierarchical Storage
Manager (HSM) archive with
HSM dynamic retrieval and
automated auxiliary storage
pool (ASP) data migration.

Some of the functions provided

by HSM are:

 Automatic, transparent
management of data across
a storage hierarchy
 Migration of user libraries,
folders, and spooled files
between ASPs
 Archive (with storage free
option)
 Dynamic retrieval
 Automatic movement of
data, based on system
policies