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IBM System i™ What’s New with Backup/Recovery in V 5 R 4 Including Virtual Tape Support Debbie Saugen i want stress-free IT. i want control. i want an i.

IBM System i Agenda for V 5 R 4 Backup/Recovery Enhancements • Virtual Tape – i 5/OS – TS 7510 • Tape Encryption • Save and Restore Enhancements – Spooled Files – Dynamic Device Allocation for Parallel Saves – Integrated File System (IFS) • Parallel Save/Restore Support • Parent Directory Creation During Restore • Restore Performance Improvements – New SAVSYSINF/RSTSYSINF Commands – LIB, OMITLIB and OMITOBJ Parameter Value Increase to 32767 – Save Data Queue Contents – Parallel Library Save Enhancement • Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) Enhancements i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Key Advantages – Supported on all Save/Restore Commands and APIs (except SAVSTG) – Can Be Faster than Saving Directly to Tape • Similar Performance as Save Files • Best Performance in Separate ASP – Eliminates Save File Limitations • One Library Per Save File • SAVSYS Not Supported on Save File • Parallel Saves Not Supported on Save File • 1 TB Size Limitation on Save File – Eliminates Media Error Limitations • Saves Ending Due to Tape Device or Media Errors • Save-while-active Checkpoint Restriction – Once Checkpoint Reached Saves Can’t be Restarted – Duplicate Saves to Media (DUPTAP or DUPMEDBRM) • When Tape Devices Available • At Your Convenience – Onsite and Offsite Storage • Keep Virtual Volumes on Systems as Needed • Keep Duplicated Volumes Offsite i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Considerations – Additional DASD Requirements – No Install from SAVSYS Virtual Volume • D-IPL Only from Media – May Not Be Faster • Tape Technology • System Configuration and Environment – Data Compaction Not Supported – Data Compression Support • DTACPR(*YES) Parameter on Save Commands – Default is *NO • SNA Low Data Compression • Significant Performance Impact i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Implementation of Virtual Tape – Included in Base i 5 Operating System – Configures as RACL (Random Access Cartridge Loader) Tape Device • I/O to Disk instead of Tape Media • Behaves as Tape Library Mounting Specified Volumes • Up to 35 Virtual Tape Devices • Virtual Tape Volumes Support Multiple Optimum Block Sizes – Compatibility with Tape Devices – – Existing Image Catalog Commands used for Virtual Optical Tape Volume Management Interface with i. Series Navigator User Interface is Green Screen or i. Series Navigator Complete End User Interface and Tape Management with BRMS • Virtual Volumes Stored as IFS Stream Files – FTP to Other Servers or Partitions • Considerations – Bandwidth – Management of Transmitted Files – Disaster Recovery i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Image Catalog – Commands Modified to Support Virtual Optical and Virtual Tape Volumes – Store Up to 256 1, 000 MB Virtual Tape Volumes – *ALLOBJ Authority No Longer Required – Load of Image Catalog on Virtual Device Makes Virtual Volumes Accessible • Virtual Media – Can Be Write Protected – Virtual Volume Can be Opened by Multiple Virtual Tape Devices – New Volumes Auto Created When End of Volume Reached and: • Tape Volume List Exhausted • Specified Volume *MOUNTED • End of Image Catalog Reached • Reply to Message CPA 6798 Specifying New Volume i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Virtual Tape Devices with Linux Guest Partition or i. SCSI Window Servers – Supported Using Virtual I/O – Virtual Tape Device Description • Configure with NO Volume Unload During Vary Off – Virtual Volume Mounting • Must Mount in Advance by i 5/OS Partition i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Overview and Implementation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CRTIMGCLG (2) Up to 256 virtual tape volumes ADDIMGCLGE (3) LODIMGCLG Any ASP or i. ASP (4) CRTDEVTAP (1) Virtual Tape Device Save Restore Disk Duplicate to media, switch or FTP to another system i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Implementing Virtual Tape 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Create Virtual Tape Devices Create Image Catalog Create Virtual Tape Image Load Image Catalog into Virtual Device Virtual Tape Storage Ready for Save/Restore i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Create Virtual Tape Device – CRTDEVTAP Command – Can’t Create Using i. Series Navigator – Change Existing Device Description to be Virtual Tape Device Create Device Desc (Tape) (CRTDEVTAP) Type choices, press Enter. Device description. . . . NEWVRT 01 Device type. . . *RSRCNAME Device model. . *RSRCNAME Resource name. . *VRT i want an i. Name *RSRCNAME, 2440, 3422, 3430. . . *RSRCNAME, 1, 2, 12, A 01. . . Name, *NONE, *VRT. . . © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Create Image Catalog – CRTIMGCLG Command – Create Using i. Series Navigator Create Image Catalog (CRTIMGCLG) Type choices, press Enter. Image catalog. . myctlg Directory. . . /tape/test Name Image catalog type. . . . *tap Create directory. . . . *YES *OPT, *TAP *YES, *NO i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Create New Virtual Volume – ADDIMGCLGE Command – Create Using i. Series Navigator Add Image Catalog Entry (ADDIMGCLGE) Type choices, press Enter. Image catalog. . > MYCTLG From optical device, or. . From image file. . . . > *new To image file. . > vol 001 Image catalog index. . . *AVAIL Replace catalog entry. . . *NO Image size. . . > 2000 Text 'description'. . . . > 'New Volume' i want an i. Name 1 -256, *AVAIL *NO, *YES, *INSERT Megabytes, *CD 650, *DVD 2600. . . © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Create New Virtual Volume (continued) – ADDIMGCLGE Command – Create Using i. Series Navigator Add Image Catalog Entry (ADDIMGCLGE) Additional Parameters Allocate storage size. . . *MIN, *IMGSIZ Tape volume name. . . . vol 001 Character value, *GEN Volume type. . *SL Tape density. . . *VRT 256 K New owner identifier. . . *BLANK Code. . . . *EBCDIC i want an i. *SL, *NL *VRT 256 K, *VRT 240 K. . . *EBCDIC, *ASCII © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Work with Virtual Devices – WRKCFGSTS Command – i. Series Navigator Interface Work with Configuration Status Type options, press Enter. 1=Vary on 2=Vary off 5=Work with job 8=Work with description 9=Display mode status 13=Work with APPN status. . . Opt Description JAPVRTTAP 1 TAP 03 TAP 04 Status -------Job-------VARIED ON VARIED OFF i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Working with Image Catalogs – WRKIMGCLG Command – i. Series Navigator Interface Work with Image Catalogs Type options, press Enter. 1=Create 2=Change 4=Delete 8=Load 9=Unload 10=Verify 12=Work with entries Image Opt Catalog Status Type JAPCATALOG Ready Tape i want an i. Device JAPVRTTAP 1 Device Status Varied on © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Working with Virtual Volumes – WRKIMGCLGE Command – i. Series Navigator Interface Work with Image Catalog Entries Catalog. . : JAPCATALOG Type. . : Tape Directory. : /petersj/vrttap Status. . . : Ready Device. . . : JAPVRTTAP 1 Type options, press Enter. 1=Add 2=Change 4=Remove 6=Mount 8=Load 9=Unload 10=Initialize volume 11=Display 13=Dump 14=Duplicate Write Type Protect Opt Index Status Volume Name Density *AVAIL 1 Loaded VOL 001 *VRT 256 K *SL 2 Mounted VOL 002 *VRT 256 K *SL i want an i. No No © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Working with Virtual Volumes (continued) – WRKIMGCLGE Command – i. Series Navigator Interface Work with Image Catalog Entries Catalog. . : JAPCATALOG Type. . : Tape Directory. : /petersj/vrttap Status. . . : Ready Device. . . : JAPVRTTAP 1 Type options, press Enter. 1=Add 2=Change 4=Remove 6=Mount 8=Load 9=Unload 10=Initialize volume 11=Display 13=Dump 14=Duplicate ▪ Opt Index Status Volume Name *AVAIL 1 Loaded VOL 001 2 Mounted VOL 002 i want an i. Maximum Percent Size Used 1000 . 1. 1 © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Catalog Shadowing – Share Virtual Images with

IBM System i Catalog Shadowing Overview Catalog Shadowing: Method to Share Virtual Images Using More than One Virtual Device for Restore or Media Duplication REFERENCE CATALOG CRTIMGCLG DEPENDENT CATALOG Virtual Device B Virtual Device A Catalog Directory Image Files VOLUMES Volume A Volume B Volume C i want an i. VOLUMES Volume A Volume B Volume C © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Reference Catalog – Image Catalog Sharing Resources with other Image Catalogs • Catalog Information • Directory • Image Resources – Characteristics • *IMGCLG Object Type • Created on CRTIMGCLG when Dependent Catalog Created – Reference Image Catalog Parameter i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Dependent Catalog – Image Catalog Dependent on Resources of Reference Catalog – Characteristics • *IMGCLG Object Type • References Another Nondependent Catalog’s Resources • Loaded as Read Only (Write Protect On) • Allow Save Attribute for IFS Files Not Set • Can’t Delete Image Catalog Files via RMVIMGCLGE or WRKIMGCLGE i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Dependent Catalog Create – CRTIMGCLG Command – i. Series Navigator Create Image Catalog (CRTIMGCLG) Type choices, press Enter. Image catalog. . > dependent Directory. . . > *refimgclg Name Image catalog type. . . . *TAP Create director y. . *YES Reference image catalog. . > REFERENCE *OPT, *TAP *YES, *NO Name Additional Parameters Text 'description'. . . . > 'My dependent catalog based on REFERENCE' i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Shadow Catalog View – WRKIMGCLG Command – i. Series Navigator Work with Image Catalogs Type options, press Enter. 1=Create 2=Change 4=Delete 8=Load 9=Unload 10=Verify 12=Work with entries Image Opt Catalog Reference Catalog REFERENCE DEPENDENT REFERENCE i want an i. Catalog Relationship Reference Dependent © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Virtual Tape Support • Image Catalog Security – Security Requirements Reduced – *ALLOBJ and *SECADM No Longer Needed • Common Catalog Security Scenarios – To Use Existing Catalog • *USE Authority to Image Catalog Commands • *EXECUTE Authority to QUSRSYS • *USE Authority to Image Catalog • Execute (*X) Authority to Each Directory in Image Catalog Path Name • *USE Authority to Virtual Device Description – To Create or Administer Catalog • *USE Authority to Image Catalog Commands • *EXECUTE Authority to QUSRSYS • *CHANGE Authority to Image Catalog • Execute (*X) authority to Each Directory in Image Catalog Path Name • *USE Authority to Virtual Device Description • If Adding Image File from Physical Media – *USE Authority to Physical Device • If Adding Image File from an Existing Image in Different Directory – Same Authorities as Copy Object (CPY) Command i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i BRMS and Virtual Tape • Considerations – Must Create Virtual Tape Devices Outside of BRMS • CRTDEVTAP Command – Must Create Image Catalog and Virtual Volumes Outside of BRMS • CRTIMGCLG • ADDIMGCLGE • i. Series Navigator – BRMS Virtual Tape Acts Just Like Physical Tape Device • BRMS Automatically Performs Virtual Tape Mounts – Disaster Recovery • Duplicate to Physical Media (DUPMEDBRM) – Physical Tapes Become Original Save Volume – Virtual Tapes Become Duplicated Save Volume • Virtual Tape Volumes Stored as IFS Objects • Image Catalogs in READY Status – Not Saved During Normal Save – No Virtual Volumes in Image Catalog After Disaster Recovery – Virtual Media Volumes Not Shared in BRMS Network • Local System Only • Independent IASPs Allowing Sharing by Switching IASP i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i BRMS and Virtual Tape • Adding Virtual Volumes to BRMS – ADDMEDBRM Command – i. Series Navigator BRMS GUI BRM (ADDMEDBRM) Add Media to Type choice, press Enter. Volume identifier. . >VRT 001 Media class. . . >VRT 256 Number to add. . . 1 Initialize tape. . . *NO Expiration date. . . *NONE Last moved date. . *NONE Move policy. . . *NONE Creation date. . . *CURRENT Slot number. . . *NEXT System. . . . *LCL Text. . . . . *NONE Image catalog. . . > MONTHCATALOG Device. . . . >VRTDEV 01 i want an i. Character value VRT 256 K, VRT 240 K, VRT 64 K… 1 -999 *NO, *YES Date, *PERM, *NONE Date, *NONE, Daily, Weekly…. Date, *CURRENT 1 – 999999, *NEXT, *NONE Name, *NONE VRTDEV 01, VRTDEV 02, VRTDEV 03… © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i BRMS and Virtual Tape • View Virtual Volumes in BRMS – WRKMEDBRM – i. Series Navigator BRMS GUI Work with Media Type options, press Enter. 1=Add 2=Change 4=Remove 5=Display 6=Work with serial set 7=Expire 8=Move 10=Reinitialize…. . Opt ___ ___ ___ Volume Media Serial Type _______ DOM 001 DOM 002 DSS 0001 DSS 0002 + i want an i. Image Catalog DOMINOVRT DSSVRTTAP 1 Media Uses 1 0 2 60 Read Errors 0 0 Write Errors 0 0 © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i TS 7510 IBM Virtual Tape Engine • Separate Cross Platform Virtual Tape Device – Supported on V 5 R 2 and Higher – Faster Performance than Tape for Small File Saves Only – Supports Install from SAVSYS Virtual Media – Disaster Recovery – Duplicate Tapes to Physical Media • Considerations – Cost of TS 7510 (Separate DASD Device) – Data Compaction / Data Compression • Significant Impact on Performance • TS 7510 Redbook – http: //w 3. itso. ibm. com/redpieces/abstracts/sg 247510. html i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i TS 1120 Tape Encryption for System i • Hardware Tape Encryption – GA 8/06 – TS 1120 Drives Inside TS 3500 Tape Library – New Drives Encryption Capable • Existing Drives Can Be Upgraded – Less than 1% Performance Degradation • Encryption Key Manager – Runs on Java – i 5/OS, AIX, Linux, z/OS, Windows, HP, Sun • Availability September – December 2006 Depending on OS – Disaster Recovery • Encryption Capable Tape Drive and Tape Library • Recover EKM Server First (or) • EKM Server at Remote Site i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Spooled File Support • Save /Restore of Spooled Files Now Supported in i 5/OS – Preserves Spooled File Data, Spooled File Identity and Attributes • Spooled File Name • Spooled File Number • Creation Date/Time • Fully Qualified Job Name • Job System Name – Attributes May Not be Preserved • System 36 Identifier • Output Queue Name/Library (Restored to Different Output Queue/Library) • ASP (Output Queue on Different ASP) • New Expiration Date (Restore Occurs After Expiration Date) • New Save/Restore Attributes of Spooled File i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Spooled File Support • New SPLFDTA Parameter on Save/Restore Commands – SPLFDTA(*NONE) is Default on Saves – SPLFDTA(*ALL) Supported – SPLFDTA(*NEW) is Default on Restores • Restore Spooled Files That Don’t Exist – SPLFDTA(*NONE) Supported on Restores i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Spooled File Support • Save and Restore Entire OUTQs – No support to Save/Restore Individual Spooled Files • Save and Restore Menu Options – Optionally Save and Restore ALL Spooled Files • Display Save/Restore Media to See List of Spooled Files – DSPTAP, DSPOPT, and DSPSAVF Commands – Similar to Displaying Members in a Database File • Performance Improvement – Faster than Existing Methods to Save/Restore Spooled Files – No Requirement for • Copying Spooled File to Database File • Document Library Objects (DLOs) – Spooled Files Saved and Restored Directly • BRMS Uses New Support – No User Interface Changes to BRMS – Performance Improvement i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Dynamic Device Allocation • Allocate Tape Devices as Needed for Parallel Saves • Ways to Allocate – All Tape Devices for Save Allocated at Start (prior to V 5 R 4) – One Tape Device Allocated at Start of Save • Additional Tape Devices Allocated When Ready to Write Data – Minimum Number of Resources Specified Required at Write Time – Minimum Number of Resources Specified Allocated at Start of Save • Additional Tape Devices Allocated When Ready to Write Data • BRMS Manages Device Allocation Automatically – Minimum Number of Resources Specified Allocated at Start of Save i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i IFS Parallel Save/Restore Support • Single SAV or RST Command Using Multiple Tape Devices • Reduces Save/Restore Window for LARGE IFS Objects • Large Network Storage Spaces • Domino Databases Note: Not Intended for Millions of Objects Less Than 1 MB in Size – Performance Decreases with Small Objects • Create Media Definition with Qsr. Create. Media. Definition/QSRCRTMD API • Specify Media Definition Object on Device (DEV) Parameter • Up to 32 Tape Devices in Parallel • Save Entire IFS to Multiple Tape Devices Once Media Definition “X” Created – SAV DEV(‘/QSYS. LIB/Y. LIB/X. meddfn’) OBJ((‘/*’) (‘QSYS. LIB’ *OMIT) (‘/QDLS’ *OMIT)) • Supported on Qsr. Save and Qsr. Restore APIs • End User Interface with BRMS – No Need to Create Media Definition – Specify Minimum/Maximum Parallel Resources on BRMS Control Group i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i IFS Parent Directory Creation During Restore • New Create Parent Directories (CRTPRNDIR) Parameter – Create Parent Directories of Objects If They Do Not Exist • *NO (Default) – Parent Directories Not Created - Diagnostic message CPD 375 B Sent and Object Not Restored • *YES – Parent Directories Created with *EXCLUDE Public Authority – Owned by User Profile Specified on Parent Directory Owner (PRNDIROWN) Parameter – Additional Parent Directory Attributes Set Using Shipped Defaults for Create Directory (CRTDIR) Parameter i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i IFS Restore Performance Improvements • • Internal Code Changes Made to Improve Performance Utilization of Multiple Threads System Level Internal Code (SLIC) Optimization Reducing Disk Operations Refer to V 5 R 4 Performance Capabilities Reference: http: //www-03. ibm. com/servers/eserver/iseries/perfmgmt/resource. html i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i New SAVSYSINF and RSTSYSINF Commands • Save System Information (SAVSYSINF) Command Performs a Partial Save of Data Saved by Save System (SAVSYS) Command • Cumulative Save Since Last SAVSYS • Restricted State Not Required – SAVSYS Requires Restricted State • Saves – System Reply List Entries – Certain System Values • Some System Values are Not Saved • Not Required for System Recovery – Service Attributes – Network Attributes – Environment Variables – PTFs for 5722 SS 1 and 5722999 Applied (TEMP or PERM) Since Last SAVSYS – All Group PTFs – All PTF Cover Letters – Loaded PTFs Copied into *SERVICE i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i SAVSYSINF and RSTSYSINF Considerations • Base SAVSYS Required – SAVSYSINF Not Replacement for SAVSYS • *ALLOBJ or *SAVSYS Special Authority Required • Can’t be Used For – Restoring to Another Existing System – System Upgrades or Migrations • Intended for Customers Who – Can’t Bring System to Restricted State for SAVSYS – Can’t Take Down Time for SAVSYS • PTF Save Files Must Remain on System Until Next SAVSYS – Do Not Run Delete Program Temporary FIX (DLTPTF) Command Unless • Right Before SAVSYS • Right After SAVSYS – Installing PTFs Default is NOT to Restore Save Files • Change System Default CPYPTF(*YES) on CHGSRVA Command or • Use CPYPTF(*YES) in INSPTF Command Consistently • System Recovery – SAVSYS and SAVSYSINF Needs to be Recovered – RSTSYSINF Additional Step per Backup and Recovery Checklists – Increases Time and Complexity i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i SAVSYSINF Backup Strategy • After Base SAVSYS, Perform these Commands to Save System Changes – SAVLIB LIB(*IBM) – SAV OBJ(('/QIBM/Prod. Data') ('/QOpen. Sys/QIBM/Prod. Data')) UPDHST(*YES) – SAVSYSINF • Commands to Save User Data – SAVSECDTA – SAVCFG – SAVLIB LIB(*ALLUSR) – SAVDLO DLO(*ALL) FLR(*ANY) – SAV OBJ(('/*') ('/QSYS. LIB‘ *OMIT) ('/QDLS‘ *OMIT) (‘/QIBM/Prod. Data’ *OMIT) (‘QOpen. Sys/QIBM/Prod. Data’ *OMIT)) UPHST(*YES) i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i LIB, OMITLIB and OMITOBJ Parameter Value Increase to 32767 • SAVLIB, SAVOBJ, and SAVCHGOBJ Commands – *USRSPC Value on LIB, OMITLIB and OMITOBJ Parameters – Specify User Space/Library Name on CMDUSRSPC Parameter – User Space Can Have up to 32767 Specified Values for Each Parameter – User Space Built in Same Format (Key Values) as QSRSAVO "Save Object" API – Previous Option to Specify 300 Objects or Generic Object Values Still Allowed • QSRSAVO API Updated to Allow 32767 Values on LIB, OMITLIB and OMITOBJ Parameters i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Save Data Queue Contents • New QDTA Parameter on SAVLIB, SAVOBJ and SAVCHGOBJ Commands – *NONE (Default) • Only Description of Data Queue Saved – *DTAQ • Description and Data Queue Contents of Standard Data Queue Saved • Only Description of Distributed Data Management (DDM) Data Queue Saved • Supported on QSRSAVO API i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Parallel Library Save Enhancement • QSRCRTMD, Qsr. Create. Media. Definition API • Save Format – -2 Value (Default) • One Library Specified, Saved in Parallel • Multiple Libraries Specified, Saved Serially – NOTE: If DTAARA QSRPARFMT Exists, All Libraries Saved in Parallel – -1 Value • All Libraries Saved Serially – 0 Value • All Libraries Saved in Parallel • SAVLIB (*ALLUSR, *IBM, *NONSYS) Still Save Serially i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Backup Media and Recovery Services (BRMS) • • • i 5/OS’s Strategic Backup Management Product (5722 -BR 1) Manages Your Media Automates Your Backups Simplifies Your Recoveries Provides Detailed Reporting – Detailed Reports on What Was Saved, Not Saved – Detailed Instructions on Recovery Process • Tape Library Support – Virtual Tape Support i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i *BASE Media Management Option #1: Network What is on Tape XYZ? What tapes should be in location DEF? ƒ What tapes are old or have a lot of errors? ƒ What tapes should move offsite today? ƒ What tape has the latest copy of Object ABC? ƒ ƒ Backup Planning Critical Application Non-Critical Application Lib 1 Lib 2 Network Lib 3 Lib 4 What Objects should be backed up? What media? Tape, savefile, or TSM? ƒ Full, Incremental, or Cumulative Backups? ƒ Save-while-active, Parallel saves ƒ Spoolfile and Object Level saves ƒ Duplicate Backup Tapes ƒ Did last night's backup run OK? ƒ Virtual Tape Support BRMS Media Database i. Series. A BRMS Media Database ƒ Recovery Volume Summary Report Vol 123 Offsite 3/01/99 Vol 456 Comproom 3/01/99 Vol 789 MLD 01 3/01/99 Recovery Analysis Report Step 5: Recover your BRMS database by mounting VOL 123 and typing RSTLIB QUSRBRM. Step 6: Recover your user profiles by mounting VOL 456 and typing STRRCYBRM *SYSTEM *RESTORE. Step 7: Recover your special OS/400 libraries by mounting VOL 789 and typing STR. . . i. Series. B BRMS Media Database i. Series. C Libs Completed: 6 Libs to go: 114 % Complete: 3% Paylib 1 Paylib 2 Paylib 3 Vol 123 Vol 456 Vol 789 List of Tapes required List of Steps to Recover ƒ On-Line Progress Report ƒ Location-specific Recovery Steps Option #2: HSM ƒ ƒ Hierarchical Storage Management Tape Library Support BRMS GUI 3494 LTO 3590/2 3570/3575 i want an i. IBM Enhanced Capacity Cartridge System Tape Migrate libraries, root folders, and spoolfiles among disk ASPs based on age, size, and last use criteria ƒ Archive objects to tape based on age, size, frequency of use, and ASP storage criteria ƒ Dynamically recall database files, DLO's and streamfiles when needed ƒ © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i BRMS Enhancements • BRMS i. Series Navigator GUI Client – Archive: Policy, Lists, and Reports – Email Policy – Containers Support – User Filter of Logged Messages – User MLB (Media Library) support – ASP (Auxiliary Storage Pool) Classes • Backup Enhancements – Control Group ERP (Error Recovery Process) – New Missed Library/Object Control Group – Library Lists in Object Lists – *CUML - Force Full Reference Data Control – SAVSYSINF Support – Save/Restore of Spooled Files – *LINK – User Defined Omit QLNKOMT – STRBKUBRM – FLASHCOPY Support – Parallel Save/Restore Enhancements Including Support for IFS i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i BRMS Enhancements • Recovery and Retrieval Enhancements – Restore/Retrieve from Any Volume – STRRCYBRM – Multiple Enhancements – RSTOBJBRM / RSTLIBBRM – Multiple Enhancements – Auto Create of Parent Directories • Devices/Media Management Enhancements – Virtual Tape Support – New 3592 WORM (Write Once Read Many) Device Support (Media Class Support) – Add Cartridge Type to Displays (WRKMLMBRM, ADDMLMBRM, GUI Client) – TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) – DR 450/550 Support (Data Retention) – New TSM Performance Report – DUPMEDBRM Multiple Enhancements i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i BRMS Enhancements • Network Enhancements – Support Available/Unavailable Status (GUI) – Support User Control of Sending Messages – Restricted State Network Interface (GUI) • Archive – Support Save Media Information on STRARCBRM • Miscellaneous Enhancements – WRKOBJBRM - ASP Parameter i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i BRMS Archive Policy i want an i. Select File, Select New

IBM System i BRMS Archive Policy Wizard Creates an Archive Control Group i want

IBM System i View Archive Policies Right Click on Archive Policies, Select View Archive

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IBM System i Backup Item Exit Program Change Backup Control Group Attributes Group . . . . : *BKUGRP Type information, press Enter. IPL after backup. . . *BKUPCY How to end New Control Support after each Entry (Check Message, Stop, Retry, Continue) . . . *BKUPCY Delay time, if *CNTRLD . . . . *BKUPCY Restart after power down IPL source . . . *BKUPCY IPL restart type . . *IPLA *CNTRLD, *IMMED, *BKUPCY Seconds, *NOLIMIT *YES, *NO, *BKUPCY *PANEL, A, B, *BKUPCY *FULL, *IPLA, *SYS. . . Save active wait time: Object locks . . . 120 Pending record changes . . . . 120 Other pending changes. . . . 120 Backup item exit program. . . . *BKUPCY Exit program *YES, *NO, *BKUPCY Exit program library . . . . Exit program format. . Missed object policy. . *BKUPCY Clear missed objects. . *NO i want an i. 0 -99999, *NOMAX 0 -99999, *NOCMTBDY, *NOMAX 0 -99999, *NOMAX Name, *NONE, *BKUPCY Name BKUI 0100 Name, *NONE, *BKUPCY *NO, *YES © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Missed Object Policy Change Backup Control Group Attributes Group . . . . : *BKUGRP Type information, press Enter. New Missed Object Policy BRMS Builds a Control Group with a List of Missed Objects. Control Group can be Run or Viewed. Can Use With Multiple Control Groups using Same Missed Object Control Group. IPL after backup. . . *BKUPCY How to end . . . *BKUPCY Delay time, if *CNTRLD . . . . *BKUPCY Restart after power down IPL source . . . *BKUPCY IPL restart type . . *IPLA *YES, *NO, *BKUPCY *CNTRLD, *IMMED, *BKUPCY Seconds, *NOLIMIT *YES, *NO, *BKUPCY *PANEL, A, B, *BKUPCY *FULL, *IPLA, *SYS. . . Save active wait time: Object locks . . . 120 Pending record changes . . . . 120 Other pending changes. . . . 120 Backup item exit program. . . . *BKUPCY Exit program library . . . . Exit program format. . Missed object policy. . *BKUPCY Clear missed objects. . *NO i want an i. 0 -99999, *NOMAX 0 -99999, *NOCMTBDY, *NOMAX 0 -99999, *NOMAX Name, *NONE, *BKUPCY Name BKUI 0100 Name, *NONE, *BKUPCY *NO, *YES © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Force Full Backup Days – Use to Ensure Full Backup Done After So Many Days Change Backup Policy MYSYS Type choices, press Enter. Media policy for full backups . . . *SYSPCY Name, F 4 for list incremental backups. . *SYSPCY Name, F 4 for list Backup devices. . . *SYSPCY Name, F 4 for list Default weekly activity SMTWTFS(F/I) Media policy for . . . . FFFFFFF Incremental type. . . *CUML, *INCR Force full backup days. . *NOMAX 0 -365, *NOMAX Sign off interactive users. . . . *SYSPCY *YES, *NO, *SYSPCY Sign off limit. . . *SYSPCY 0 -999 minutes, Save journaled objects when saving changed objects. . . . *NO i want an i. *YES, *NO © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i New Save System Information (SAVSYSINF) Uses New SAVSYSINF i 5/OS Command - Saves Subset of System Data and Objects Create Backup Control Group Entries Group. . : SAVSISINF Default activity Text Items saved include: MYSYS . . . *BKUPCY . . . *NONE • System Reply List Type information, press Enter. • Service Attributes • Environment Variables • System Values Auxiliary • Network Attributes • PTFs Applied Since Last SAVSYS Weekly Retain Save Activity Object While Message Detail Active Queue _______ Backup Seq _10 List Storage Items Type Pool Device SMTWTFS *SAVSYSINF *DFTACT SWA SAVSYSINF is not to be considered a replacement for the SAVSYS command is not to be used for system upgrades or migrations. i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Backup Object Lists Since LIB 1, LIB 2, and LIB 3 Use *ALL, will Now be Treated like a Library List and Put on one SAVLIB Applies to the GUI client also Add Object List MYSYS Use. . : List name. . . . Text. . *BKU LIBLIST_____ List of libraries__________ Type choices, press Enter. Seq Library Object Type Member _______ ______ 10 LIB 1 *ALL 20 LIB 2 *ALL 30 LIB 3 *ALL Bottom F 3=Exit i want an i. F 4=Prompt F 5=Refresh F 12=Cancel © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Backup Spooled File Expiration New View on Spooled File List PF 11 – Expiration. Show here Need to Run DLTEXPSPFL After Save to Delete Spooled Files from System Values: Change Spooled File List Use. . : *BKU List name. . . : QALLSPLF Text MYSYS All printed output . . . . : Type choices, press Enter. Seq 0010 Expiration *SPLF_______ *SPLF – No Change *EXPIRED – Set to Expired 1 -366 - Set Expiration Number of Days from Save (Careful Not to Keep Moving Date Out! ) Bottom F 3=Exit i want an i. F 5=Refresh F 11=Selection view F 12=Cancel © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i BRMS with Flash. Copy • BRMS is Integrated with SAN for Flash. Copy Solution • Flash. Copy a Production System to “Backup” System in a Few Seconds (After an IPL) • BRMS will Backup Copied System as if it was the Production System Doing Backup • BRMS Networking Enhancement Stops other Systems Trying to Access BRMS Data from Production System until BRMS Media Information is Sent Back to Production System • For more Information see ITSO Redbook: i. Series & Total Storage: A Guide to Implementing External Disk on e. Server™. SG 24 -7120 found at: http: //www. redbooks. ibm. com/abstracts/sg 247120. html i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Parallel IFS Save Parallel Support for IFS (*LINK) and Can Now Mix Serial and Parallel Items in Same Control Group Also Applies to GUI Client Work with Media Information MYSYS Position to Date. . . _______________________ Type options, press Enter. 2=Change 7=Restore 9=Work with saved objects Saved 4=Remove. . . 5=Display 6=Work with media Save Parallel Volume File Expire Date Opt Item Save Time Type Devices Sequence Date Serial 1/19/06 11: 46: 04 *FULL 2 000 DFC 24 2/23/06 ___ *LINK 1/19/06 11: 46: 21 *FULL 2 000 FC 9 24 2/23/06 ___ *LINK 1/19/06 11: 50: 04 *FULL 2 000 DFC 25 2/23/06 ___ ISALIB ___ *LINK 1/19/06 11: 55: 00 *FULL GEN 001 37 2/23/06 ___ ITSCID 07 1/19/06 11: 55: 00 *FULL GEN 001 38 2/23/06 ___ QGPL 1/19/06 11: 55: 00 *FULL GEN 001 5 2/23/06 ___ QSYS 2 1/19/06 11: 55: 00 *FULL GEN 001 4 2/23/06 ___ QUSRSYS 1/19/06 11: 55: 00 *FULL GEN 001 6 2/23/06 ___ QFILE 1/19/06 11: 55: 21 *FILE GEN 001 3 2/23/06 ___ ITSCID 08 1/19/06 11: 57: 25 *FILE GEN 001 + 39 2/23/06 Bottom F 3=Exit F 5=Refresh i want an i. F 11=Object detail F 12=Cancel F 23=More options © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Alternate Input Media V 5 R 4 M 0 Find Alternative Duplicate Volumes if Current Volume is Busy, etc. . Supported by: GUI Client Retrieval RSTxxx. BRM Change System Policy MYSYS Type choices, press Enter. End subsystems wait time. . . . 01200 1 -99999 seconds, *IMMED End servers wait time 0 -9999 seconds . . 0 Controlling subsystem: Allow backups in batch. . . . *NO *NO, *YES Restricted state time limit 5 -9999 minutes, *NOMAX Trace . . . *NOMAX . . . . *NO Allow alternate input media. . . . *YES *NO, *YES Bottom F 3=Exit F 4=Prompt i want an i. F 5=Refresh F 12=Cancel © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Use Duplicate Media and User Recovery Steps Start Recovery using BRM (STRRCYBRM) Support Type choices, press Enter. Library Omits Libraries to omit. . . . *DELETE Name, generic*, *DELETE. . . + for more values _____ and Using Duplicate Media and Ability to Add own Recovery Steps (Input from a File you Create and Manage) Additional Parameters Volume location . . . . *ALL, *HOME, VAULT + for more values From system . . *LCL Print system information. . *NO, *YES Use duplicate media *NO, *YES *NONE, *ADD . . . User recovery information . . . Bottom F 3=Exit F 4=Prompt F 5=Refresh display F 24=More keys i want an i. F 12=Cancel F 13=How to use this © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i STRRCYBRM Selection Control and Concurrent Recovery Selection Control Within a Job using New Action/Volume Parameters Once Selected Another Job Will Not See Recovery Item STRRCYBRM Now Supports Concurrent Recovery With Another Job(s) (Using Same Recovery File!) Select Recovery Items MYSYS Select action . . . : *ALL Select volume . . . : Type options, press Enter. 1=Select Saved Opt Item 4=Remove Save Date 5=Display Save Time 7=Specify object Save Type Parallel Volume Devices Serial Expire Date __ LIB 01 1/21/06 23: 54: 02 *FULL __ LIB 02 1/21/06 23: 54: 24 *FULL __ LIB 01 1/21/06 23: 55: 08 *FULL __ ASAPF 1/21/06 23: 58: 22 *FULL *SAVF 2/20/06 __ INVEN 1/21/06 23: 58: 53 *FULL *SAVF 2/20/06 __ TSSLIB 1/21/06 23: 59: 09 *FULL VRT 004 2 2/20/06 __ OAKTEST 1/21/06 23: 59: 31 *FULL VRT 004 21 2/20/06 __ TRACKER 2 1/22/06 00: 02: 57 *FULL VRT 004 9 2/21/06 F 3=Exit F 5=Refresh F 14=Submit to batch i want an i. F 9=Recovery defaults F 16=Select 2 File Sequence 6 2/20/06 VRT 004 2 000 F 8 C 1 2/20/06 000 DB 4 4 2/20/06 F 11=Object View F 12=Cancel © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Save Level Parameter on Restore Library using BRM (RSTLIBBRM) Type choices, press Enter. Library . . . > LIB 1 + for more values _____ Device. . . > TAP 01 + for more values Name, *MEDINF Name, *MEDCLS _____ Parallel device resources: New Save Date Parameter – Eliminates Confusion of Restoring by Save Level Minimum resources . . . *SAV 1 -32, *SAV, *NONE, *AVAIL Maximum resources . . . *MIN 1 -32, *MIN, *AVAIL Save level. . . > *SAVDATE 1 -99, *CURRENT, *SAVDATE Save date _____ Date End of tape option. . . . *REWIND, *LEAVE, *UNLOAD Option. . . *ALL, *NEW, *OLD, *FREE Database member option. . . *MATCH, *ALL, *NEW, *OLD Spooled file data *NEW, *NONE, *ALL, *AUTL. . . *SAVLIB Name, *SAVLIB . . . . Allow object differences. . + for more values Restore to library. . . . More. . . F 9=All parameters i want an i. F 11=Keywords F 14=Command string F 24=More keys © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Create Parent Directories on Restore Command Defaults Type information, press Enter. Restore to library . . . . *SAVLIB Auxiliary storage pool . . . *SAVASP Document name generation System resource management . . . *SAME. . *ALL Name, *SAVLIB Name, *SAVASP, 1 -32. . . *SAME, *NEW *ALL, *NONE, *HDW, *TRA Apply journaled changes: Restore journal receivers. . *YES On IFS Restores Can Have the Directory Structure Automatically Created if it Does Not Exist *YES, *NO Apply option *NONE, *APPLY, *REMOVE . . *NONE Ending date. . *CURRENT Date, *CURRENT Ending time. . *CURRENT Time, *CURRENT Lotus point-in-time: Ending date. . . *CURRENT Date, *CURRENT, *FULL Ending time. . . *CURRENT Time, *CURRENT, *FULL Create parent directories. . . *NO Parent directories owner i want an i. . . *PARENT *NO, *YES Name, *PARENT © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i WORM Media Change Media Class Media class. . . : BRMS Treats all Media in this Class as WORM when Set to *YES - Can only Write Once – Can Append Until Full Some Tape Devices Ensure the WORM Feature (3592) VIRTTAP Type choices, press Enter. Density. . . *VRT 256 K F 4 for list Media capacity nnnnn. nn *DENSITY, Number . . Unit of measure. . Mark for label print Label size LPI . . Label output queue . . . . 1=KB, 2=MB, 3=GB *NONE, *MOVE, *WRITE 1 1=6 LPI, 2=8 LPI, 3=9 *SYSPCY Name, *SYSPCY, *PRTF Library. . . Shared media . . . Write once media Text . . . Name, *LIBL *NO *YES, *NO TEST VIRT More. . . F 3=Exit i want an i. F 4=Prompt F 12=Cancel © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Cartridge Type Display Work with Media Library Media Cartridge Type Column Added to WRKMLMBRM and ADDMLMBRM Media library. . . : MYSYS TAPMLB 01 Position to. . . . Starting characters Type options, press Enter. 1=Add MLB media 2=Work with media 7=Eject 9=Demount 8=Mount Media 5=Initialize 6=Change category ---BRM Information--- Opt Volume Type Category Media Class Expired Status ___ 000 B 84 H *SHARE 400 *NONE ___ 000 C 3 C G *SHARE 400 FMT 3570 E *YES Available ___ 000 D 63 G *NOSHARE FMT 3570 E *YES Available ___ 000 FC 9 G *NOSHARE FMT 3570 E *YES Available ___ 000 FF 8 G *NOSHARE FMT 3570 E *YES Available ___ 0003 BC G *INSERT *NONE ___ 001019 G *INSERT FMT 3570 E *YES Inserted ___ 0784 AE H *SHARE 400 FMT 3570 *YES Available Inserted More. . . F 3=Exit i want an i. F 5=Refresh F 9=System command F 12=Cancel F 13=Repeat © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Tivoli Storage Manager Device Change Net Device Net device TSM Support Added: • DR 450/550 • PTFs Back Through V 5 R 1 via Data Area . . . : BRMSTSM Type changes, press Enter. Text . . . . Location . . . TSM file space . . TSM server TSMSVR Name, F 4 for list *LCL Buffer size. . . 512 *DEVTYPE, 1 -512 KB Retention protection *NO, *YES Internet address . . . . Internet port. . . i want an i. BRMSTSMSVR 11850 1 -65534 © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i TSM Performance Report Display Spooled File . . . : QP 1 ATSMRPT Control. . . Added TSM Performance Report Go BRMRPT Option 53 _____ Find _______________________________ . . . *. . . +. . 1. . +. . 2. . +. . 3. . +. . 4. . +. . 5. . +. . 6. . +. . 7. . +. . 8. . +. . . ------------------------------------------The following summarizes the BRMS save rate - how fast the blocks of save data can be passed to the TSM API. ------------------------------------------Entry Job 1. . . : 054688 Job user. . . : ITSCID 07 Date. . . : 01/18/06 Time. . . : 06: 27: 08 Number of blocks. . . . : 1 Average block size. . . . : 36880 Average block time. . . . : . 091 (seconds) Fastest block time. . . . : . 091 (seconds) Slowest block time. . . . : . 091 (seconds) Save rate i want an i. . . : 1. 458 (bytes) (billions of bytes each hour) © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i DUPMEDBRM Smart Append Set in Media Policy to Just Mark History Items for Duplication Saved Item Centric versus Media Centric New *SCHHST on DUPMEDBRM Change Media Policy Media policy. . : VRTPCY Type choices, press Enter. Required volumes. . *NONE, 1 -9999 Mark volumes for duplication. . . *NO, *YES Mark history for duplication. . . *NO, *YES Bottom Good When Appending Saves to Media i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i DUPMEDBRM Save Media Information Duplicate Media using BRM (DUPMEDBRM) Type choices, press Enter. From system DUPMEDBRM Now has Save Media Information Parameter (Also Added on STRARCBRM) . . *LCL Additional Parameters To volume identifier. . . *MOUNTED Character value, *MOUNTED Retain object detail. . . *NO, *YES Expiration date . . . . *MEDPCY Date, *MEDPCY, *PERM Move policy . . *MEDPCY, *NONE, AANANCY, DA. . . Media class . . *MEDPCY, *SYSPCY, AASLTST, . . . Location. . . *MEDPCY, *ANY, *HOME, HERBS. . . Secure volume . . *MEDPCY, *NO, *YES Required volumes. . . . *MEDPCY 1 -9999, *MEDPCY, *NONE Mark volumes for duplication. . *MEDPCY, *NO, *YES Mark history for duplication. . *MEDPCY, *NO, *YES Save media information. . . *NONE, *BKUPCY, *LIB, *OBJ + for more values Bottom i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

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IBM System i Reference Material i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM System i Reference Material Backup and Recovery; SC 41 -5304 -08 (V 5 R 4) Backup, Recovery and Media Services; SC 41 -5345 -05 (V 5 R 4) Backup, Recovery and Media Service for OS/400: A Practical Approach Redbook; SG 24 -4840 http: //www. redbooks. ibm. com/abstracts/sg 244840. html Virtual Tape Redbook; SQ 24 -7164 V 5 R 4 i. Series Performance Capabilities Reference; SC 41 -0607 -10 http: //www-03. ibm. com/servers/eserver/iseries/perfmgmt/resource. html BRMS Web Page: http: //www-03. ibm. com/servers/eserver/iseries/service/brms/ i want an i. © 2007 IBM Corporation

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