Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) provides a robust, easy-to-use graphical user interface to perform save and recovery operations and to manage media.
On i5/OS™ there
are several ways to perform backup and recovery operations. You can use native
save and restore commands, the Save menu options or create CL programs. However,
BRMS provides a more dynamic solution that allows not only for your backup
and recovery needs, but also easier management of media and provides archiving
capabilities for infrequently used objects. BRMS provides the following added
functions that these other backup solutions do not have:
- Robust graphical user interface
- The BRMS graphical user interface is available as an iSeries™ Navigator plug-in. The BRMS interface provides more granular backups of individual files and directories, the ability to create policies to control archives and backups on your system, a simple save history query function to quickly locate items to restore, and an easy, effective method of managing media and devices used for BRMS save operations.
- Tailored save operations
- BRMS comes with several standard policies that cover your basic needs, but you can also create customized policies that saves data based on your company's specific needs. You have the options to create archive policies, which provide a systematic way of saving infrequently used objects to media to free space on the system, and backup policies, which perform save operations on data that is critical to your day-to-day operations. You can also choose to backup individual files or directories or perform incremental and online backups of Lotus® servers while they are still active.
- Lotus server online and incremental saves
- BRMS enables you to save Lotus servers while they are active. You can also easily define items to omit from the save operation.
- Enhanced save-while-active
- BRMS allows you to use your server during all or part of the save process, which can help you reduce or eliminate your down time for certain save operations.
- Parallel save and restore support
- BRMS provides the ability to save libraries and objects to multiple devices at once. You can use up to 32 devices in this manner.
- Network feature
- By placing multiple systems in a BRMS network, you can share BRMS policies, media information, and storage locations across the network. This allows you to manage saves and restores across all of your systems in a consistent manner.
- Media and device management
- BRMS enables you to keep an inventory of your media and track everything that is on them. When you do a backup, BRMS lets you know which tapes to use, so you do not have to worry about writing over active data. In addition you can manage devices, such as Tivoli® Storage Manager (TSM) servers, to store your saved data.
- Step-by-step disaster recovery
- After every backup, you can print a disaster recovery report that will guide you through the recovery of your system. It even tells you which media you need to restore which pieces of the system. Note: It is recommended that after every scheduled backup, you print your disaster recovery report. In the event of an unplanned system outage, this report will help guide you through a recovery of your entire system.