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Backup, Recovery & Media Services (BRMS) for IBM i
Backup, Recovery & Media Services for i is the IBM strategic solution for planning and managing the backup of your i server.

BRMS provides the i server with support for policy-oriented setup and execution of backup, recovery, archive, 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 IBM Systems Director Navigator for i.

BRMS facilitates centralized management of media by maintaining a consistent view of removable tape media, its contents, location, and availability across multiple i servers or 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

To link the the official BRMS wiki, click here