Kursbeskrivning: Backup and Recovery Media Services (BRMS) on System i

This course covers the features and functions supported by Backup and Recovery Media Services. BRMS is an integrated and comprehensive tool for managing backup, recovery, archive, and retrieval operations for a single System i or multiple System i at a site or across a BRMS network. The lectures will describe how to perform the supported functions when using a 5250 emulation session, when using System i Navigator, and when using Systems Director Navigator for i5/OS. Students will then have the opportunity to practice in lab exercises what they have learned in lecture.

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Roadmaps:

• System Administrator

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This is an intermediate course for System i administrators, IBM Business Partners, and anyone else who would like practical knowledge of the features and functions supported by BRMS.

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You should have a working understanding of capabilities and operations in the area of save and restore for System i.

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After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Understand and describe the major features and functions of Backup Recovery and Media Services
• List the steps to install BRMS on a single system or in a network environment
• Implement a previously defined backup and recovery strategy using BRMS
• Implement a previously defined archival and retrieval plan, including dynamic retrieval using BRMS
• Explain how to utilize a tape library, virtual tape, and optical drive with BRMS
• Learn how to implement and use BRMS using the green screen,   System i Navigator, and Systems Director Navigator for i5/OS

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• BRMS introduction
• Installing BRMS
• BRMS policies overview
• Media devices and encryption via software and hardware
• Overview and implementation of virtual tape and DVD/optical device support
• Creating a simple backup control group
• BRMS log
• Saving IFS data and working with backup lists
• Backup control groups additional topics
• Other backup Topics
• Storage locations
• Containers
• Move management
• Media class
• Media policies
• Media topics
• BRMS networking
• Scheduling BRMS jobs
• Daily maintenance
• BRMS reports
• Recovery
• Label print and tape duplication
• Functional usage
• Hierarchical Storage Management archive
• Retrieval
• TSM Client and BRMS on the System i

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