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BRMS for V5R3M0 continues to extend existing capability and provide new functions for improving automation, minimizing backup windows, and providing additional backup, recovery, and media management flexibility.
New backup items within backup control groups give you better control in managing the backups of your Integrated File System (IFS) objects when you are also running online Lotus server backups.
New lists help you define items to be omitted from the IFS saves in addition to omitted Lotus online data.
Lotus online incremental backup is updated so that Lotus database files that cannot be saved incrementally (such as new databases) will be saved using a full online backup.
You can now save and restore objects saved with pending transactions. You can now save journaled objects using save-while-active without waiting for a transaction boundary (pending transaction). The restoration of objects saved with pending transactions allows for automatic recovery of associated journals, journal receivers, and application or removal of journal changes to a point in time.
BRMS duplication of media is enhanced to enable you to use the BRMS network feature to offload the duplication task to another system in the BRMS network.
An Expire media set volumes (EXPSETMED) parameter is added to the Start Expiration for BRM (STREXPBRM) and Start Maintenance for BRM (STRMNTBRM) commands to enable an IBM patented function for expiring the volumes in a set that contains no active files. You can return these volumes to the scratch pool sooner, which reduces the number of active volumes you need to maintain.
System alias name support is added to the BRMS Networking feature. Aliases allow you to define a system name other than the default local name for communicating with systems in the BRMS network.
TCP/IP support now allows you to specify interfaces you want started while in restricted state to resolve scratch volume allocation requests from the centralized media pool.
The default value of the Audit system media (AUDSYSMED) parameter was changed to *NONE and the Refree auto-retrieved objects (REFREE) parameter on the Start Maintenance for BRM (STRMNTBRM) command was added to allow you to better control these maintenance actions. Running these actions periodically rather than daily improves the maintenance of BRMS.
The Move Media using BRM (MOVMEDBRM) command is enhanced to allow the moved volume information to be placed in an outfile so that it can be processed programmatically.
Start Backup using BRM (STRBKUBRM) has a new option that allows you to submit a restricted state backup to batch in the controlling subsystem, bypassing the need to start the BRMS console monitor on the system console session. A new Omits (OMITS) parameter enables you to indicate to BRMS whether to process or ignore omitted items without modifying the control group.
BRMS backup and saved history is updated to allow for saving and restoring saved spooled file from output queues residing on auxiliary storage pool devices.
BRMS now ships four new programs that you can use when defining BRMS as the Media Management System for Tivoli Storage Manager Server for 0S/400 PASE. These programs use BRMS to perform mounts, dismounts, expire, and delete operations on behalf of this TSM server.
BRMS continues to enhance the System Recovery report by reintroducing step numbering, more detailed descriptions of recovery tasks, and the inclusion of auxiliary storage pool devices saved on other systems.
The *RESUME option is enhanced to preserve your remaining recovery items through a signoff or across an IPL.
The storage required for the media information of saved IFS objects is significantly reduced. The smaller QUSRBRM library translates to faster saves of the IBM libraries and saves of the BRMS media information, especially if you have saved lots of IFS objects and maintain object detail.
The BRMS install process now defers QUSRBRM updates until after the install is complete. This results in reduced install times for your software upgrades and allows you to better plan for the BRMS software update.
BRMS incremental backup now uses better reference date management to eliminate use of older reference dates -- no more redundant saves of library objects.
BRMS iSeries Navigator client enhancements include:
- A Reclaim wizard is available to assist you in copying the active files on fragmented media to new media so you can reduce your media inventory and possibly minimize your media purchases.
- An enhanced search capability within the backup history Include panel makes finding objects in the backup history easier. For example, searches for objects can scan all saved libraries or all saved directories.
- Displaying of the BRMS log was enhanced to support improved search and sorting of the log entries.
- New backup policy controls allow you to optionally stop and restart Lotus or TCP/IP servers, or run maintenance when the backup completes.
- Backup policy omit support was added so you can define omits of libraries, library objects, or folders for individual backup policies.
- Improved BRMS network management controls added to the Global properties.
- Improved TSM client controls added to the Global properties.
- The Restore Wizard now includes restores of saved printer output and archived objects.
- New tasks allow you to create HTML-based reports of your backup policies, move policies, and media.
- Accessibility improved for almost all of the BRMS iSeries Navigator client panels and dialogs.
For detailed information on the BRMS iSeries Navigator client, refer to the System i and i5/OS Information Center, or download and review the BRMS GUI Student Guide
here.
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