Duration
5 days
Course Overview
This course covers the features and functions supported by Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS). 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 i. Students will then have the opportunity to practice in lab exercises what they have learned in lecture.
This course provides lectures and hands on labs in a face-to-face classroom setting. A shorter version of this course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment (ILO - Instructor Led Online) with hands-on labs Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) for IBM i - ILO (OV280)
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.
Pre-requisites
You should have a working understanding of capabilities and operations in the area of save and restore for System i.
Course Objective
- Describe the major features and functions of 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
- Implement and use BRMS using the green screen, System i Navigator, and Systems Director Navigator for i
Day 1
- Lab 1: Using 5250 emulation
- Lab 2: Using System i Navigator
- Lab 3: Using Systems Director Navigator for i
- Lab 4: Media devices and virtual tape
Day 2
- Review
- Lab 5: Creating a basic backup control group using 5250 green screen
- Lab 6 Creating a basic backup control group using System i Navigator
- Lab 7: Creating a basic backup control group using Systems Director Navigator for i
- Lab 8: Creating and using backup lists and saving to a save file
- Lab 9: Creating and using backup lists and saving to a save file using System i Navigator
- Lab 10: Creating and using backup lists and saving to a save file using Systems Director Navigator for i
- Lab 11: Creating a backup control group
- Lab 12: Creating a backup control group using System i Navigator
- Lab 13: Creating a backup control group using Systems Director Navigator for i
Day 3
- Review
- Lab 14: Creating a storage location
- Lab 15: Move policies
- Lab 16: Creating a media class
- Lab 17: Creating a media policy
- Lab 18: Running a backup using 5250 emulation
Day 4
- Lab 19: Running a backup using System i Navigator
- Lab 20: Running a backup using Systems Director Navigator for i
- Review labs18 through 20
- Lab 21: BRMS recovery capabilities
- Lab 22: Tape duplication
Day 5
- Lab 23: Archive/retrieve using 5250 emulation
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.