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Course description: Backup and Recovery Media Services (BRMS) for System i

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Course code AS280 Skill level Intermediate
Duration 4.5 days Delivery type Classroom
(Hands-on labs)
Course type Public or Private on-site    
Public price USD $3,665.00 plus tax  

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Special note

IBM Education Advantage Program eligibility:

  • Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account

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Audience

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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Prerequisites

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

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Skills taught

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Understand and describe the major features and functions of Backup Recovery and Media Services (BRMS)
  • 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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Course outline

  • 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 (HSM) Archive
  • Retrieval
  • TSM Client and BRMS on the System

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