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WARNING: If using IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i V1.2.0 with encryption or compression, it will not be possible to recover the system data in the event of a Disaster Recovery. 

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  • SAVSYS is required to install the operating system

  • product IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i and BRMS save information is required before automatic recovery can be performed

  • product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity for i and configuration information is required to allow communications with cloud storage providers

  • product IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i and configuration information is required to establish connections with cloud storage providers

Tip

If you need to backup and recover the system data listed above, the control group backing up this information has to use a cloud connector without encryption or compression.

BRMS provides specific control groups that can be used to automatically save this data to media in the cloud and the cloud media can be used to create physical media.  The control groups will create cloud media that is formatted so it can be downloaded and burned directly to physical optical media.  All remaining data on the system can be backed up to media in the cloud and restored directly from the cloud without a need to create physical media.

Control group QCLDBIPLnn can be used to do full backups of all data that must be recovered from physical media.  Likewise, QCLDBGRPnn can be used to do cumulative incremental saves of the data that must be recovered from physical media. 

Info

Do not change the default media policy or device attributes for any QCLDBxxxxx control groups. If you need to change the retention period of the backups, change the corresponding media policy attributes. The media policies specified in the QCLDBxxxxx control groups needs to match a ICC configuration entry name.

NOTE: The Journaled objects control group field must be changed to *YES for a QCLDBGRPnn control group before the control group is used to do an incremental backup. Run the WRKCTLGBRM command and change the Journaled objects field by specifying option 8=Change attributes for QCLDBGRPnn.

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