AS28: Backup and Recovery Media Services (BRMS) on System i
DURATION: 4 days
SCHEDULED DATES: TBD – Contact Us for more Information
PURPOSE
This course covers the features and functions supported by Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS). BRMS is an integrated and comprehensive tool for managing backup, recovery, archive, and retrieval operations for a single System i or multiple System i at a site or across a BRMS network. The lectures will describe how to perform the supported functions when using a 5250 emulation session, when using System i Navigator, and when using Systems Director Navigator for i. Students will then have the opportunity to practice in lab exercises what they have learned in lecture.
AUDIENCE
This is an intermediate course for System i administrators, IBM Business Partners, and anyone else who would like practical knowledge of the features and functions supported by BRMS.
PREREQUISITES
You should have a working understanding of capabilities and operations in the area of save and restore for System i.
OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, you should be able to:
•Describe the major features and functions of BRMS
•List the steps to install BRMS on a single system or in a network environment
•Implement a previously defined backup and recovery strategy using BRMS
•Implement a previously defined archival and retrieval plan, including dynamic retrieval, using BRMS
•Explain how to utilize a tape library, virtual tape, and optical drive with BRMS
•Implement and use BRMS using the green screen, System i Navigator, and Systems Director Navigator for i
CONTENTS
• BRMS introduction
• Installing BRMS
• BRMS policies overview
• Media devices and encryption through software and hardware
• Overview and implementation of virtual tape and DVD/optical device support
• Creating a simple backup control group BRMS log
• Saving IFS data and working with backup lists
• Backup control groups: Additional topics
• Other backup topics
• Storage locations
• Containers
• Move management
• Media class
• Media policies
• Media topics
• BRMS networking
• Scheduling BRMS jobs
• Daily maintenance BRMS reports
• Recovery
• Label print and tape duplication
• Functional usage
• Hierarchical storage management archive
• Retrieval
• TSM client and BRMS on the System i
