Backup Recovery and Media Services for OS/400: More Practical Information

This redpaper complements the second edition of the IBM Redbook Backup Recovery Media Services: A Practical Approach, SG24-4840. This new information complements the redbook in that, for RISC systems (those systems beyond V3Rn), new functions and features are available for managing backup and recovery.

This new information includes:

- The procedures used to save and restore the SAP environment using Backup Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) for OS/400. Examples are included for two types of backups: full and incremental.

- The steps involved to merge BRMS/400 data from one system to another system. This information is useful in a server consolidation setting, where BRMS for OS/400 is installed on one or more of the servers.

- How BRMS for OS/400 can be used with Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), formerly called ADSTAR Distributed System Manager (ADSM/400).

- The tools and procedures to diagnose BRMS for OS/400 problems. This basic guide to BRMS/400 problem determination is to be used in conjunction with existing BRMS/400 manuals.

- A description of the restructuring of BRMS for OS/400 code with V4R4 and later. Three installation options can be selected: Standard, Network, and Advanced. Order the features you need, when you need them.

- A checklist of the steps used to implement BRMS/400. If you are already familiar with BRMS/400 implementation, the list can serve as a reminder for the implementation tasks described in the following books:

-- Backup Recovery Media Services: A Practical Approach, SG24-4840
-- Backup Recovery and Media Services for OS/400, SC41-4345

In the future, the information in this redpaper will be merged into a redbook planned to reflect the information in Backup Recovery Media Services: A Practical Approach, SG24-4840 , at a later OS/400 level.

Chapter 1. BRMS package options
Chapter 2. BRMS/400 Application Client to TSM
Chapter 3. Merging BRMS/400 data and consolidating systems
Chapter 4. Online Lotus server backups
Chapter 5. BRMS/400 and SAP backup
Appendix A. Quick start implementation of BRMS/400
Appendix B. Collecting documentation for BRMS for OS/400

Publish Date
12 March 2001

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12 March 2001

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Author(s)
Susan Powers

IBM Form Number
REDP-0508-00