Welcome to IBM Backup, Recovery & Media Services (BRMS) for i
- About BRMS for IBM i
- PTFs and Enhancements for BRMS
- Installing and Upgrading BRMS
- BRMS Networking Considerations
- Network Setup
- Adding a System to My BRMS Network
- Changing the System Name of a BRMS System
- Enable or Disable SNA from My BRMS Network
- Removing a System from My BRMS Network
- Setting up TCP/IP
- Update the Local RDB Entry During New System Installations
- Using Relational Database Entries for All BRMS Communications
- When Do I Use Initialize BRMS with the Secure DDM Option?
- Setting Up a BRMS Network
- Customizing Your Network
- Troubleshooting BRMS Networks
- Network Setup
- BRMS Backup
- Backup Control Groups
- Backup Lists
- Customizing Your Backup
- Allow BRMS to Select Any Media Class - Q1ACLSNONE
- Appending to Media
- Backup of Integrated File System (IFS) Objects
- How to backup IFS objects on systems with IASPs
- How to specify IFS path names
- Omit IFS Directories and Files from Link Saves
- Overriding the update history parameter for integrated file-system objects
- Retain the save output file for IFS saves - Q1ASAVOUTF
- Saving IFS Name Patterns in BRMS
- Specify ASYNCBRING to improve performance of IFS backups
- Working with saved IFS objects
- Do Not Bypass SAVSYS When System Cannot Reach Restricted State
- Do Not Check For Same System When Selecting Media - Q1ANOSYSCK
- End Subsystems Wait Times For Backups
- Force a Serial Save of Libraries in a Backup Control Group When Multiple Drives are Specified - Q1APRLNONE (New Page)
- Force an IPL When Control Groups End with CPF1099 - Q1AIPLSUB
- Force Objects to be Saved in True-parallel - QSRPARFM
- How to Check What Objects and Files Were Not Saved in BRMS
- IBM i Parallel Save and Restore Functions
- Improve Output File Processing Performance
- Interface to Control Which Control Groups Will Not Use the Select User Space Code
- Maximum Number of Volumes Checked Before No Media Is Available Error Is Sent
- Monitoring ASPs with BRMS
- Omits
- Override the Auto Duplication to Media Policy for STRBKUBRM
- Prevent Multiple Save Jobs From Selecting the Same Save Media - Q1ARESMED
- Saving Libraries by Size
- Set Volume Selection Priority
- STRBKUBRM Support to Override Auto Duplications Fields From a Control Group Media Policy
- Turnkey Virtual Storage Support
- Use an MLB in Sequential Mode or in ACL Mode
- Use the MONSWABRM Command to Monitor For Save While Active Checkpoint Messages
- Using Multiple Tape Media Libraries for a Parallel Save
- Using Virtual Image Catalogs on NFS Servers
- Using Compression for BRMS Save Files
- FlashCopy
- BRMS and Lotus Domino Servers
- Control Group EXIT Entries
- Copying Control Groups
- Disable Lotus Server Configuration - NOLTSCFG
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Domino Attachment and Object Services - DAOS
- High Availability Strategy
- How it Works
- Initialize BRMS
- Lotus Domino Point-in-Time Recovery - Q1APOINT
- Lotus Server Incremental Backups
- Omit additional Lotus Server objects during backups - Q1ANLSTOMT
- Online Backup
- Performance Tuning
- Recommendations
- Recover an Incremental Backup
- Saved Item Catalog
- Single Database Recovery
- BRMS Recovery
- Customizing Your Recovery
- Disable fast media positioning - Q1ANSTRPSN
- Disable Logical Block Positioning on a Tape Device - QUSRSYS/deviceName - where deviceName is the device being disabled
- Doing a Full System Restore to a Test System
- How to Recover IFS Objects That Were Saved on Systems With IASPs
- How to Use Batch Restores For Faster Multi-library Recoveries
- Ignore Case Sensitivity When Searching For Specific Links With WRKLNKBRM - Q1ALNKIGN
- Improving performance when restoring spooled files
- Rebuilding relationships between objects during restores using the Restore Deferred Objects (RSTDFROBJ) command
- Recovering Journal Receivers
- Restore spooled files that was saved in a different time zone - Q1ASPLTMZN
- Restores from a parallel save
- Restores from parallel saves may have performance issues
- Restoring IFS data
- Restoring Mounted User-Defined File Systems (UDFS) with BRMS
- Search specific links with WRKLNKBRM - Q1ALNKFIL
- Support restoring incremental saves without restoring full saves on RSTLIBBRM
- Use APYJRNCHGX during journal recoveries - Q1AAPYJRNX
- Specify an IASP during a restore - Q1ASAVASP
- The Recovery Order
- The Recovery Report
- Customizing Your Recovery
- BRMS Media Management
- Customizing Your Media Management Operation
- Adding Saved Information About Volumes into BRMS
- Allow Save Files on IASPs 33-99 for Media Policies
- Balancing Media in a BRMS Network
- Do Not Allow Initializing or Writing to Media that is Not Enrolled in the BRMS Inventory - Q1AONLYBRM
- Prompt if WRKMLMBRM Option 6 Resets the Category of Media - Q1ACTGPMPT
- Using BRMS to Update Status of Cartridges on TS3xxx and TS2900 Tape Media Libraries
- Using SETMEDBRM
- Using Tape Libraries with a Large Number of Cartridges
- Using Write Once Read Many (WORM) Media in BRMS
- Working with Serial and Parallel Sets in BRMS
- Update Create Date When Writing to Media - Q1ACRTDOLD
- Duplicating Media
- Allow Append of Multiple Parallel Volumes During DUPMEDBRM - Q1AALWMFDP
- Allow Volumes that are Marked for Duplication to be Moved
- Automatically Duplicating Media after BRMS Backup has Completed
- Duplicating a BRMS Volume Set of More Than 300 Volumes
- Duplicating Media from IBM ProtecTIER
- Duplicating Media of Native OS Saves
- DUPMEDBRM with Generic File Group Names
- Include Both Original Save Media and Duplicate Save Media in Recovery Volume Summary Report - Q1AIGNRDUP
- Media Policy Fields Move Class, Move Policy, and Retention Reflected to Auto-duplicated Media
- Support Multiple Batch Jobs for the DUPMEDBRM Command
- Support to Allow Duplicate Media to have the Same Expiration as the Original Media
- Use Compaction on Tapes Duplicated with DUPMEDBRM - Q1ADUPCOMP
- WRKSPLFBRM Support to Display History Created Through Duplication
- Using BRMS to Duplicate Another Systems Media
- Media Movement
- Allow Media in Movement Verification Pending to be Selected for Backup or Duplication - Q1ANOVFYM
- Allow Multiple Locations on the MOVMEDBRM Command
- Allow Volumes that are Marked for Suplication to be Moved
- Associate Media with Containers
- Avoid Long Delays During Media Movement
- BRMS and ProtecTIER Movement Considerations
- Changing a Move Policy
- Eject Media on a Tape Media Library that is Not Configured on the Local System
- Setting Up a Move Policy to Rotate Media
- Eject MLB Media During Movement or Movement Verification
- Media Expiration
- Customizing Your Media Management Operation
- Maintenance in BRMS
- Customization
- Avoiding Database Conversion Issues in BRMS
- Clear the SQL CLI - Q1ACLRSQL
- Do Not Allow BRMS to Change the Job Query Time Limit to NOMAX - Q1AQRYEST
- How to Use the Submit Remote Command (SBMRMTCMD) Command with BRMS
- Merging BRMS Data to Target System with Existing BRMS
- Send BRMS Messages to Additional Message Queue
- Set Number of Days to Retain BRMS Journal Recievers
- Disable Re-Freeing of Auto-Retrieved Objects to Improve Performance - Q1AREFREE
- Organizing and Managing BRMS Operations
- Deleting Media Policies, Media Classes and Storage Locations
- Preventing Locks on Remote Jobs When Maintenance is Running
- Reorganize the BRMS data files once a month
- Reorganize the BRMS Database in Batch
- Run Maintenance Every Day!
- Set IASP Name Space Before Running Maintenance if Save Files are in IASPs
- Removing Object Level Detailing Using the RMVMEDIBRM and STRMNTBRM Commands
- Customization
- Archiving & Migration with BRMS
- Migrating with BRMS
- Added Support for Migration to Independent ASP (IASP)
- Enhanced Migration Function of Database Files Within an ASP
- Enhanced Migration Function to Migrate LINK Lists (IFS)
- Leveraging SSDs and IASPs with BRMS Migration
- MGRBRM Command Enhancement to Force Migration
- Putting it All Together in a Migration Control Group
- Considerations When Migrating Libraries
- Archiving and Dynamic Retrieval
- Migrating with BRMS
- BRMS Enterprise
- BRMS and Cloud Storage Solutions
- Reference and Support