BRMS for IBM i

Day 1

• Welcome and eLab overview
• Unit 1: Installing BRMS
• Unit 2: BRMS policies overview
• Exercise 1: Using 5250 emulation
• Exercise 2: Using System i Navigator
• Exercise 3: Using IBM Navigator for i
• Unit 3: Media devices and encryption using software and hardware
• Unit 4: Overview and implementation of virtual tape, DVD, and optical device support
• Exercise 4: Media devices and virtual tape
• Unit 5: Creating a simple backup control group

Day 2

• Review
• Unit 6: BRMS log
• Exercise 5: Creating a basic backup control group using 5250 green screen
• Exercise 6: Creating a basic backup control group using System i Navigator
• Exercise 7: Creating a basic backup control group using IBM Navigator for i
• Unit 7: Saving IFS data
• Unit 8: Working with backup lists
• Exercise 8: Creating and using backup lists and saving to a save file
• Exercise 9: Creating and using backup lists and saving to a save file using System i Navigator
• Exercise 10: Creating and using backup lists and saving to a save file using IBM Navigator for i
• Unit 9: Parallel save, user exits, and save-while-active
• Unit 10: Performing a backup and full system backup
• Unit 11: Other backup topics
• Exercise 11: Creating a backup control group
• Exercise 12: Creating a backup control group using System i Navigator
• Exercise 13: Creating a backup control group using IBM Navigator for i

Day 3

• Unit 12: Storage locations
• Exercise 14: Creating a storage location
• Unit 13: Containers
• Unit 14: Move management
• Exercise 15: Move policies
• Unit 15: Media class
• Exercise 16: Creating a media class
• Unit 16: Media policies
• Exercise 17: Creating a media policy
• Unit 17: Media topics
• Exercise 18: Running a backup using 5250 emulation
• Exercise 19: Running a backup using System i Navigator

Day 4

• Exercise 20: Running a backup using IBM Navigator for i
• Review Exercises 18 through 20
• Unit 18: BRMS networking
• Unit 19: Scheduling BRMS jobs
• Unit 20: Daily maintenance
• Unit 21: BRMS reports
• Unit 22: Recovery
• Exercise 21: BRMS recovery capabilities
• Unit 23: Tape duplication and label print
• Exercise 22: Tape duplication
• Unit 24: Functional usage

Day 5

• Unit 25: Archive
• Unit 26: Retrieval
• Exercise 23: Archive/retrieve using 5250 emulation
• Unit 27: TSM Client and BRMS on IBM i
• Unit 28: BRMS Enterprise
• Unit 29: Summary