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Session:

BRMS: Introduction/Overview

BRMS 101!

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Session AgendaWhat is BRMS and How can it help me?

Installing BRMS

Base Functions of BRMS

–Media Management

–BackupPlanningImplementingReviewing

–RecoveryRestore optionsReports

–MaintenanceOverview

Resources

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http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/

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What is BRMS????

BACKUP/RECOVERY/MEDIA ServicesIBM's Strategic Backup Management Product.

How can it help ME????

Manage your media!Automate your Backups!Simplify your Recoveries!Provide Detailed Reporting!Tape Library Support! .....the list goes on!

BRMS


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Installing BRMS - 57xxBR1

Ensure no other tape management software exits.

Install Media Storage Extensions 57xx-SS1 Option #18

Install BRMS 57xx-BR1

Apply latest CUM and Backup Recovery Solutions Group PTF

–SF99078 for V5R1

–SF99085 for V5R2

–SF99185 for V5R3

–SF99186 for V5R4Apply BRMS PTF's and Network PTF's on all iSeries in a BRMS network

Installation provides three (3) libraries:

–QBRM BRMS Product Library

–QUSRBRM BRMS User Library

–QMSE MSE Product Library


Tape Library Support

3494 3590

LTO 3570/3575

ƒ What is on Tape XYZ?ƒ What tapes should be in location DEF?ƒ What tapes are old or have a lot of errors?

ƒ What tapes should move offsite today?ƒ What tape has the latest copy of Object ABC?

Media Management

RecoveryRecovery Volume Summary

Report

Vol123 Offsite 3/01/99Vol456 Comproom 3/01/99Vol789 MLD01 3/01/99

Recovery Analysis Report

Step 5: Recover your BRMS database by mounting VOL123 and typing RSTLIB QUSRBRM.Step 6: Recover your user profiles by mounting VOL456 and typing STRRCYBRM *SYSTEM *RESTORE.Step 7: Recover your special OS/400 libraries by mounting VOL789 and typing STR ...

Libs Completed: 6Libs to go: 114% Complete: 3%

Paylib1 Vol123Paylib2 Vol 456Paylib3 Vol 789

ƒ List of Tapes requiredƒ List of Steps to Recoverƒ On-Line Progress Reportƒ Location-specific Recovery Steps

Lib3Lib4

Non-Critical Application

Critical Application

Lib1Lib2

Backup Planning

ƒ What Objects should be backed up?ƒ What media? Tape, savefile, or TSM?ƒ Full, Incremental, or Cumulative Backups?

ƒ Save-while-active, Parallel savesƒ Spoolfile and Object Level savesƒ Duplicate Backup Tapesƒ Did last night's backup run OK?

*BASE Function

ƒ Migrate libraries, root folders, and spoolfiles among disk ASPs based on age, size, and last use criteria

ƒ Archive objects to tape based on age, size, frequency of use, and ASP storage criteria

ƒ Dynamically recall database files, DLO's and streamfiles when needed

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Enhanced Capacity

Hierarchical Storage

Management

Option #2: HSM

Option #1: Network

Network

BRMSMediaDatabase

BRMSMediaDatabase

BRMSMediaDatabase

iSeriesA

iSeriesB iSeriesC

BRMS GUI

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Media ManagementHow does BRMS manage media?

Media ClassesTape specific info, ex. Density

Move PoliciesRoad map for media movement

LocationsWhere media and devices reside.

Media PoliciesSpecifies media retention, SAVF usage, and decides

what media class, location and move policy to use for the backup.

BACKUPuses

*Note: Other items are set in the media policy as well.

use

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Media Management - Media Policy

WRKPCYBRM *MED

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Media Management - Media Class

WRKCLSBRM

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Media Management - Move Policy

WRKPCYBRM *MOV

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Media Management - LocationWRKLOCBRM

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Media Management - CommandsWRKMEDBRM

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Media Management - CommandsWRKMLMBRM

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Media Management - Commands

ADDMEDBRM

Ability to add media into the BRMS inventory.

ADDMLMBRM

Ability to add media from a media library into the BRMS inventory.

DUPMEDBRM

BRMS command that duplicates BRMS media that has been marked for duplication, or volumes that are specified on the command.

MOVMEDBRM

BRMS command that applies the Move Policy's rules , and “MOVES” the media.

Additional media related commands…..

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Media Management - Reports

Media Exp. Report

–Provides scratch tape listing.

–Ability to customize parameters.Media Movement Report

–Shows all tapes that are to move locations each day.

–Different formats, via MOVMEDBRM or PRTMOVBRMMedia Threshold Information

–Lists media, and their Read/Write errors.

–Shows when media has exceeded certain thresholds

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Backup

Planning - Control Groups

–Backup Entries

–Backup Attributes

–Backup ControlsRunning - STRBKUBRM

–Batch/Interactive

–Override Capabilities

–Restart Capabilities

–Restricted State in Batch V5R3Review

–BRMS Log, DSPLOGBRM

–WRKMEDIBRM

Where do I start?

Lib3Lib4

Non-Critical

Application

Critical Application

Lib1Lib2

Backup

ƒ What Objects should be backed up?

ƒ What media? Tape, Virtual Tape, savefile, or TSM?

ƒ Full, Incremental, or Cumulative Backups?

ƒ Save-while-active, Parallel savesƒ Spoolfile and Object Level savesƒ Duplicate Backup Tapesƒ Did last night's backup run OK?

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Backup - PlanningWhat is a Control Group?

BRMS Backup Control Groups describe the backup to be performed.

Default Control Groups

–*BKUGRP*SAVSECDTA, *SAVCFG, *ALLUSR, *ALLDLO, *LINK

–*SYSGRP*SAVSYS, *IBM

–*SYSTEM*SAVSYS, *IBM, *ALLUSR, *ALLDLO, *LINK

Domino Control Groups

BRMS provides and creates....

BackupControlGroup

What? Where? How?

Pre/Post Processing?

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Backup - Control GroupsHow do I work with Control Groups?

WRKCTLGBRM

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Backup EntriesEntries

–Special values (*ALLUSR, *IBM, *SAVSYS etc..)

–Library Names

–Generics

–EXITS, CL command exit points

–Backup ListsList type (*OBJ, *SPL, *FLR, *LNK)

ASP Device (2-32, *ALLAVL, *SYSBAS, *CURASPGRP, ASP device name)

Weekly Activity (SMTWTFS), Full, Incr or no activity.

Retain Object Detail (*ERR, *OBJ, *MBR, *YES, *NO)

Save While Active (*YES, *NO, *LIB, *SYNCLIB, *SYSDFN)

Save While Active Message Queue

Backup - Control Groups

BackupEntriesOpt. 2

What? How?

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Edit Backup Control Group EntriesBackup - Control Groups

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Backup AttributesBackup - Control Groups

BackupEntriesOpt. 8

Where?Media Polices

Devices

Parallel

Access Paths (*yes or *no)

Compression and Compaction

Append or write to seq. 1

End of tape option, *UNLOAD, *REWIND, *LEAVE

Save Media Information

And much more………..

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Change Backup Control Group Attributes- Screen 1Backup - Control Groups

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Change Backup Control Group Attributes – Screen 2Backup - Control Groups

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Backup Attributes - PARALLELBackup - Control Groups

Object spreading parallelSpreads each object across multiple drives.Best used for large amounts of data.

Large libraries, with big objects. Not ideal for large libraries with

a lot of small objects.IFS, Libraries and objects are supported using this method.

**IFS is only in V5R4!

Library spreading parallelSpreads each library across multiple drives.Always done for:

*ALLUSR, QUSRBRM, QBRM, QMSE, Q1ABRMSF01-32, *ALLTEST, *ALLPROD, *ASP01-32 and Generics.

IFS is not supported using this method.

What's parallel all about?

•Shortens backup window!

•Doesn’t require same amount of drives at recovery time.

•Keeps resources busy and utilized.

•BRMS creates the media definition for you.

•Supports two different methods to save.

•Object spreading

•Library spreading

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Backup - Control Groups

*LIB, Saves media information at the library level.

*OBJ, Saves media information at the object level.

*NONE, no media information saved.

SAVMEDIBRM command does the same function.

Backup Attributes – Saving Media Information

Use this value if doing Lotus Online saves.

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Pre/Post Processing CapabilitiesBackup - Control Groups

Subsystems,Jobqs,Omits

Opt. 9, 10F10

Pre/Post processing?Ending/Starting subsystems

Holding/Releasing Jobq’s

Omit capability

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Backup - Control GroupsJobqs to process - Opt. 10

Subsystems to process - Opt. 9

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Backup - Control GroupsOmit List - F10

Be aware that this applies to all control groups and all BRMS saves, ex. SAVLIBBRM.

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How do I run a control group?Backup - Running

STRBKUBRM

Batch/Interactive

Override capability

Restart option

BackupControlGroup

What? Where? How?

Pre/Post Processing?

STRBKUBRM

BRMS

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Backup - RunningSTRBKUBRM

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Backup - Review

DSPLOGBRM

JOBLOG

Recovery Report

WRKMEDIBRM

How do I know it worked?

JOBLOGBRM1049

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Recovery

How do I recover/restore my data?

WRKMEDIBRM, WRKOBJBRM, WRKLNKBRM and more....

RSTLIBBRM, RSTOBJBRM, RSTDLOBRM, RSTBRM

STRRCYBRM

BRMS GUI's Restore WizardRecoveryRecovery Volume Summary

Report

Vol123 Offsite 3/01/99Vol456 Comproom 3/01/99Vol789 MLD01 3/01/99

Recovery Analysis Report

Step 5: Recover your BRMS database by mounting VOL123 and typing RSTLIB QUSRBRM.Step 6: Recover your user profiles by mounting VOL456 and typing STRRCYBRM *SYSTEM *RESTORE.Step 7: Recover your special OS/400 libraries by mounting VOL789 and typing STR ...

Libs Completed: 6Libs to go: 114% Complete: 3%

Paylib1 Vol123Paylib2 Vol 456Paylib3 Vol 789

ƒ List of Tapes requiredƒ List of Steps to Recoverƒ On-Line Progress Reportƒ Location-specific Recovery Steps

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Recovery - WRKMEDIBRM

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Recovery - WRKMEDIBRMRestore Screen

What!

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Recovery - WRKMEDIBRMRecovery Defaults Screen, F9

How!

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Recovery - WRKMEDIBRMRestore Status

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Recovery – Recovery Report

STRRCYBRM

Options (*SYSTEM, *CTLGRP, *LIB, *RESUME.....)

Report or Restore

TSM

From System

Omit capability

IASP option

Recovery report gives you a step by step guide to getting your system back in a disaster recovery situation.

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Recovery - STRRCYBRM

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Recovery - STRRCYBRMRecovery Analysis Report

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Recovery - STRRCYBRM

Recovery Volume Summary Report

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Maintenance

What exactly does it do?

Is it something I should run everyday?

STRMNTBRM

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Maintenance - STRMNTBRM

It is important to run STRMNTBRM on a daily basis!!!

Remove outdated save history records

–library/object levelProduce Media Movement report

Expire media

Clean up old BRMS log entries

Produce the Media Expiration report (newly expired)

Produce the Media report of expired volumes

Produce the Media Information report

Produce the Recovery Analysis report

Produce the Recovery Volume Summary report

Produce the ASP Information report

Collect and apply media usage and error statistics

Produce the Location Analysis report

Run cleanup

Retrieve the volume statistics

Print a version control report

Print recovery reports by location

Reorganize BRM Databases

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Overview

What is your backup strategy?

Backup window?

Data to be saved, when, where, and how?

–Media?

–Days of the week?

–Full or Incrementally?

–How often?Are you getting all your data?

Where do you want your media to reside?

....and many more that should be asked!

1. Full system save in two hours.

2. Incr's with SWA.3. IFS is backed up.4. Media in offsite

location.

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Overview

Do you have all you need for Disaster Recovery?

Media Information (QUSRBRM) backed up?

Recovery Analysis Report printed and at the location of media?

Tested Recoveries?

Can you put Humpty Dumpty back together again?

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ResourcesBRMS education

–Introduction to BRMS, Course #S6219 4.5 Days w/Hands-On Labs

BRMS Redbook

–"Practical Guide to Managing BRMS/400" SG24-4840

IBM Support Line @ 1-800-237-5511

BRMS Web Site

–www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/service/brms.htm

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Additional Functions

Additional functions made available in BRMS's Base product.BRMS GUI

Functional AuthorityBRMS TSM Client

Online Lotus Server Backups

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BRMS GUI

Stages

–V5R1 Stage 1, Basic Function

–V5R2 Stage 2, MLB support, some networking

–V5R3 Stage 3, All Function, but HSM and Containers

–V5R4 Stage 4, HSMNew function focused on GUI

–Object Omit lists (V5R3)

–Reclaim wizard (V5R3)Better interfaces for Restoring/Network Setup/TSM Setup.

Try it out!!!

Student Guide available via BRMS web page!

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Functional Authority

Ability to control usage of BRMS functions

Restrict access for a user from an area of BRMS function (backup, recovery, archive, movement....)

Allow usage, but restrict access to change specific BRMS objects (control groups, list, and policies)

Does not replace IBM i5/OS Security

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TSM

TSM/400 Client

TSM PC Client

Tape Backup

TSM Backup

TSM SERVER

VM

OS/400

MVS

Solaris

HP-UX

AIX

Windows

The iSeries can be used as a TSM Client

The TSM Client will utilize BRMS

TSM Server (any platform) will be seen as BRMS media

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Online Lotus Server Backup

True Online Backup Capability!

Better than SWA - no sync points

Lotus Server Backup Control Groups created for you

Included in Disaster Recovery Reports

Restore made easy!

Point-in-time restore.

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Online Lotus Server - Backup

Sample of entries in a Lotus Server control group...

Display Backup Control Group Entries RCHBRM

Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : QLTSDOM00 Default activity . . . . . . . : *BKUPCY Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .: LTSSVR01 Backup Seq Items Exit command 10 *EXIT 20 *EXIT QNOTES/SAVDOMBRM SERVER('LTSSVR01') CTLGRP(QLTSDOM00) 30 *EXIT

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Online Lotus Server - Initialize BRMS

**Note: Special values are only in releases V5R3 or greater.

More information about Lotus Server Backups available at URL:

http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/service/brms/domino.html

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What’s new and HOT in BRMS V5R4??

• IFS parallel support• New Virtual Tape support• Missed Object control group• Email notification (available

w/Network feature)• Customized recovery steps• Use of the new i5/OS spoolfile

support• Error recovery exits

For information on more new features in BRMS V5R4, check out URL:

http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/service/brms/new.html

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