Using the BRMS graphical interface
Learn how to work with BRMS functions on the IBM® Navigator for i.
- BRMS interface differences
You can manage backups, recovery operations, and your media with BRMS by using either the BRMS graphical interface or the character-based interface. - Setting up the BRMS plug-in
You can work with the IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i plug-in on the IBM Navigator for i after you have installed BRMS on your system. - Navigating to the BRMS graphical interface
To navigate to the BRMS graphical interface, follow these steps. - Scenarios: How one company uses BRMS
JKL Toy Company, a fictitious business, uses Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) to perform backup and recovery operations on three of their systems. You can use these examples to create your own backup control groups and media management strategy with BRMS. - Specifying system policy properties
System policy properties are settings that are used with values that you specify in your control groups. You can use these properties to control how BRMS works in your environment. - Backing up your system
Backup control groups allow you to control and manage your backup operations. - Using archives
Archiving provides a method of saving disk space by saving infrequently used objects to media, and then removing them from the disk. - Restoring items on your system
When you back up your system using BRMS, information about each backed-up item is recorded in the save history. The information in the save history allows BRMS to provide the function of restoring individual objects or files. - Managing devices
You can use Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) to display, add, remove, and change the properties of any stand-alone devices, media libraries, and Tivoli® Storage Manager servers used for your save operations. - Managing disk pools
Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) allows you to manage information about the disk pools that are used during save operations. - Managing your media
Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) keeps an inventory of media and simplifies media management by tracking everything in that inventory--what pieces of information are saved where and which media have available space. - Running BRMS maintenance
Running maintenance on your system automatically performs Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) cleanup, updates save information, and runs reports. - Viewing or printing BRMS reports
Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) provides powerful reporting capabilities to help you manage your save operations more effectively and track the information that BRMS records.
Parent topic: Advanced topics in BRMS