<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i5/OS conversions" /> <meta name="abstract" content="If you have this licensed program installed, review the following information on product initialization." /> <meta name="description" content="If you have this licensed program installed, review the following information on product initialization." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="convert.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="br1conv" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i5/OS conversions</title> </head> <body id="br1conv"><a name="br1conv"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1"><span class="keyword">IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services for i5/OS</span> conversions</h1> <div><p>If you have this licensed program installed, review the following information on product initialization.</p> <p>If you are upgrading <span class="keyword">IBM<sup>®</sup> Backup Recovery and Media Services for i5/OS™</span> (<span class="keyword">Backup Recovery and Media Services</span>), <span class="keyword">5722-BR1</span>, product initialization is required after a software upgrade before you can use the BRMS functions. BRMS product initialization was removed from the installation time to improve the time required to complete software upgrades that include BRMS. </p> <p>The <a href="../rzahg/rzahgmtu.htm" target="_blank">Memo to Users</a> <img src="wbpdf.gif" alt="Link to information
center PDF" /> in the <span class="keyword">iSeries™ Information Center</span> has more information about BRMS product initialization and methods for determining the estimated product initialization time. The <em>Memo to Users</em> is also available from the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/iseries/" target="_blank"> Support for iSeries Family</a> <img src="www.gif" alt="Link outside information center" /> Web site (www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/iseries/).</p> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="convert.htm" title="The number and type of conversions that occur when you upgrade to a new release can have a significant effect either during the upgrade or during normal operations after you upgrade. More conversions occur if you are skipping a release level. You need to consider the time for conversions in both the release you are skipping and in the new release.">Times for conversions</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>