Integrating Backup Recovery and Media Services and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager on the IBM eServer iSeries Server

Integrating Backup Recovery and Media Services and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager on the IBM eServer iSeries Server

by Jim Cook, Dan Johansson, Steve Mann, Edelgard Schittko, Bradley Smoley
Released December 2003
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738499031

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Book description

IBM Backup Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) for the IBM eServer iSeries server is the strategic solution for managing backup, recovery, media, and storage in an iSeries-only environment. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server and client products are the IBM tools that correspond to backup, recovery, media, and storage management functions in a heterogeneous (multiplatform) environment. IBM offers a unique integrated solution by combining the proven performance of BRMS on the iSeries server with the multiplatform capabilities of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.

In a multiplatform environment that includes iSeries servers, you can use the two products independently of each other. However, by integrating the two products, you achieve a much more powerful set of capabilities to back up and recover your mission-critical data and applications.

Based on iSeries V5R2 BRMS and V5.2 of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, this IBM Redbooks publication provides:

  • An overview of BRMS and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager terminology, constructs, and capabilities

  • Cookbook examples to get BRMS and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server up and running on your iSeries server, as well as to set up your iSeries server as the BRMS Application Client to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server running on the iSeries server

  • Troubleshooting guidance and tips for integrating BRMS and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server on the iSeries server

  • "As is" iSeries user programs and OS/400 commands to enable an iSeries system operator to manage integrated BRMS and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server functions through a single user interface

Table of contents

  1. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  2. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this redbook
    2. Become a published author
    3. Comments welcome
  3. Part 1: Overview
    1. Chapter 1: Introduction to integration
      1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and BRMS together: A solid backup strategy
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and the iSeries server
      2. General considerations for backing up your iSeries data
        1. Data in an iSeries server
        2. System environment used in this redbook
      3. Education
      4. Organization of this redbook
    2. Chapter 2: Backup Recovery and Media Services
      1. General overview of the BRMS product (1/2)
      2. General overview of the BRMS product (2/2)
        1. 5250 emulation interface
        2. BRMS iSeries Navigator client
      3. Media options available within BRMS
      4. Differences between user data and system data
      5. Backup strategies
      6. Save-while-active function
        1. How it works
        2. Checkpoint processing
        3. Synchronization
      7. Backing up Lotus Domino servers
      8. Full system save
      9. Full system recovery
      10. System backup strategies to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server
        1. Advantages
        2. Restrictions
      11. Restore considerations
    3. Chapter 3: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
      1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager overview
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server
        2. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager clients
      2. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager clients
      3. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive concepts
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Disaster Recovery Manager and disaster recovery
      4. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client for iSeries Linux partitions
      5. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager restore considerations
  4. Part 2: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager details
    1. Chapter 4: Installing IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server for OS/400 PASE
      1. iSeries server requirements
      2. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for OS/400 PASE prerequisite software
        1. OS/400 PASE
        2. Program temporary fix requirements
      3. Installing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server code
      4. Downloading IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for OS/400 PASE fixes
        1. IBM FTP server via Web browser
        2. IBM FTP server to OS/400
        3. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support Web page
      5. Loading and applying IBM Tivoli Storage Manager PTFs
    2. Chapter 5: First steps: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server basic configuration
      1. Starting and stopping the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server
        1. Starting and ending the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server for the first time
        2. Starting IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server in batch mode
      2. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager administration interfaces
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Web administrative client interface
      3. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server configuration (1/5)
      4. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server configuration (2/5)
      5. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server configuration (3/5)
      6. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server configuration (4/5)
      7. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server configuration (5/5)
        1. Changing the default admin password
        2. Changing IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Web administrative client interface time-out value
        3. Registering IBM Tivoli Storage Manager licenses
        4. Querying IBM Tivoli Storage Manager licensed information
        5. Creating an IFS file structure for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
        6. Increasing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager database size
        7. Increasing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager recovery log size
        8. Removing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager default database volume
        9. Removing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager default recovery log volume
        10. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server option file
        11. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server run-time options
        12. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager disk storage pools
        13. Increasing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager BACKUPPOOL size
        14. Removing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager initial BACKUPPOOL volume
      8. Verifying the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server is working (1/2)
      9. Verifying the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server is working (2/2)
        1. Registering an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client node to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server
        2. Downloading the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Windows client
        3. Installing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Windows client
        4. Configuring the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Windows client
        5. Backing up using the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Windows client
    3. Chapter 6: Next steps: Getting the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server ready for production
      1. Setting the correct time zone for OS/400 PASE
        1. Adding an environment variable for the OS/400 PASE time zone
        2. Restarting the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server
        3. Accepting new IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server time, enabling sessions
      2. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and BRMS tape library management (1/2)
      3. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and BRMS tape library management (2/2)
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and BRMS tape library overview
        2. Creating IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and BRMS exit programs
        3. Registering the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager exit programs
        4. Defining the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager USRDFN tape library
        5. Defining the device class
        6. Verifying the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and BRMS exit programs
        7. Sharing a common media pool between IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, BRMS
      4. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager advanced storage (1/2)
      5. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager advanced storage (2/2)
        1. Overview of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager storage
        2. Storage pool migration
        3. Collocation
        4. Reclamation
        5. Creating a sequential access storage pool
        6. Updating the disk storage pool to migrate to tape
        7. Creating a copy storage pool
        8. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager disk storage pool performance improvements
      6. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager policies
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager policy overview
        2. Updating the default backup copy group
        3. Validating and activating copy group changes
      7. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager daily maintenance (1/2)
      8. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager daily maintenance (2/2)
        1. Creating a daily maintenance script
        2. Scheduling a daily maintenance script
        3. Scheduling disk storage pool migration
        4. Scheduling reclamation
        5. Querying administrative command schedules
      9. Disaster recovery requirements (1/2)
      10. Disaster recovery requirements (2/2)
        1. Backing up IBM Tivoli Storage Manager storage pools
        2. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager recovery log mode
        3. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager database backup
        4. Additional IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server recovery files
        5. Reusing delay for copy storage pools
        6. Mirroring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager database and recovery log volumes
        7. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server backup with BRMS
        8. Disaster Recover Manager
  5. Part 3: Backup Recovery Media Services details
    1. Chapter 7: Installing Backup Recovery and Media Services
      1. Installing prerequisite software for a BRMS software installation
      2. Installing the BRMS software
      3. Installing and uninstalling BRMS iSeries Navigator client (1/2)
      4. Installing and uninstalling BRMS iSeries Navigator client (2/2)
        1. Installing the BRMS iSeries Navigator client
        2. Uninstalling the BRMS iSeries Navigator client
      5. Downloading and installing no-charge IBM Tivoli Storage Manager APIs
      6. Using the Internet to order and install fixes (1/3)
      7. Using the Internet to order and install fixes (2/3)
      8. Using the Internet to order and install fixes (3/3)
        1. Ordering and downloading PTFs over the Internet
        2. Installing PTFs using Virtual Media Installation
    2. Chapter 8: Backup Recovery and Media Services up and running
      1. BRMS operations (1/4)
      2. BRMS operations (2/4)
      3. BRMS operations (3/4)
      4. BRMS operations (4/4)
        1. Policies
        2. Setting up BRMS in logical order
        3. lnitializing BRMS
        4. Media
        5. Single backups using BRMS commands
        6. Regular backups using control groups
        7. Control groups and policies
        8. Full versus incremental backups
        9. New (expired) volume or appending to one containing active data
        10. Text fields are searchable
        11. Other tasks you should do
        12. BRMS and journaling
        13. BRMS environment variables
        14. Functional usage
      5. Performing a system backup
        1. Using BRMS
        2. System backup outside BRMS
        3. Using SAVSTG
      6. Maintenance
        1. Saving your recovery reports
        2. Making sure everything works
        3. Removing deleted records from BRMS inventory
      7. Disaster recovery
        1. Files in wrong order
      8. Creating media classes or media pools
      9. Creating a media class (pool)
      10. Adding media to the pool (1/2)
      11. Adding media to the pool (2/2)
        1. Adding media using a tape library device
        2. Removing media
        3. Manually adding media
      12. Save scenario examples (1/6)
      13. Save scenario examples (2/6)
      14. Save scenario examples (3/6)
      15. Save scenario examples (4/6)
      16. Save scenario examples (5/6)
      17. Save scenario examples (6/6)
        1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server example
        2. Saving native OS/400 data to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server
      18. Locations
        1. Creating locations
      19. Move policy
        1. Creating a move policy
        2. Attaching the move policy to the backup policies
      20. Running a save of your ITSM environment
      21. Running a native data backup
      22. Finding your backup job
      23. Restore scenario examples (1/4)
      24. Restore scenario examples (2/4)
      25. Restore scenario examples (3/4)
      26. Restore scenario examples (4/4)
        1. Restoring the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server environment
        2. Restoring native OS/400 data
        3. Finding your restore results
    3. Chapter 9: Setting up an iSeries server as the Backup Recovery and Media Services Application Client
      1. Setting up the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server for BRMS to use IBM Tivoli Storage Manager APIs (1/3)
      2. Setting up the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server for BRMS to use IBM Tivoli Storage Manager APIs (2/3)
      3. Setting up the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server for BRMS to use IBM Tivoli Storage Manager APIs (3/3)
      4. Setting up the BRMS environment for backup and restore to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (1/4)
      5. Setting up the BRMS environment for backup and restore to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (2/4)
      6. Setting up the BRMS environment for backup and restore to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (3/4)
      7. Setting up the BRMS environment for backup and restore to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (4/4)
        1. First steps
        2. Follow on steps using the 5250 interface
        3. Follow-on steps using iSeries Navigator
      8. Save scenario example: Saving to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (1/5)
      9. Save scenario example: Saving to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (2/5)
      10. Save scenario example: Saving to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (3/5)
      11. Save scenario example: Saving to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (4/5)
      12. Save scenario example: Saving to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (5/5)
        1. Using the 5250 interface
        2. Using BRMS iSeries Navigator client
      13. Restore scenario example: Restoring from an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (1/3)
      14. Restore scenario example: Restoring from an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (2/3)
      15. Restore scenario example: Restoring from an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (3/3)
        1. Using 5250 interface
        2. Using BRMS iSeries Navigator client
      16. Full iSeries backup and restore on the BRMS Application Client (1/3)
      17. Full iSeries backup and restore on the BRMS Application Client (2/3)
      18. Full iSeries backup and restore on the BRMS Application Client (3/3)
        1. Full backup for system AS02
        2. Full system backup restore considerations
      19. Save-while-active implications
      20. Setting up IBM Tivoli Storage Manager password management
      21. Performance expectations (1/2)
      22. Performance expectations (2/2)
  6. Part 4: Advanced topics for Backup Recovery and Media Services, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
    1. Chapter 10: Backup Recovery and Media Services movement of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager media
      1. Sample programs for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, BRMS media movement
      2. Configuring BRMS for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager media movement
        1. Creating a new BRMS location
        2. Creating a new BRMS move policy
      3. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager volume status before running STRMNTTSM
      4. Running the STRMNTTSM command
    2. Chapter 11: Troubleshooting Backup Recovery and Media Services
      1. Logs on the iSeries used for BRMS troubleshooting and problem determination
        1. Job logs
        2. History log
        3. BRMS log
      2. Flight recorders on the iSeries for BRMS
      3. Other debug and problem determination items
      4. BRMS program temporary fixes needed
    3. Chapter 12: Troubleshooting IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for OS/400 PASE
      1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager activity log
      2. Using the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager help command
      3. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager message format
      4. Forcing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server to end
        1. Ending IBM Tivoli Storage Manager from within OS/400 PASE
        2. Ending the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server for OS/400 PASE with the ENDJOB command
        3. Ending the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server for OS/400 PASE with the ENDJOBABN command
      5. Displaying your IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server configuration
      6. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support Web page
  7. Part 5: Appendixes
    1. Appendix A: General backup and recovery considerations
      1. Consideration before you begin
      2. After the evaluation
    2. Appendix B: Backup Recovery and Media Services reports
      1. Full system recovery report to tape (1/2)
      2. Full system recovery report to tape (2/2)
      3. Full system recovery report to tape and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (1/3)
      4. Full system recovery report to tape and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (2/3)
      5. Full system recovery report to tape and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server (3/3)
    3. Appendix C: AIX administrative client in OS/400 PASE sample programs
      1. Downloading the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V516 client code
      2. Installing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V516 client code
      3. Configuring the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V516 client code
      4. Running an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server command from OS/400
      5. Adding a new administrator to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
      6. Sample code for the RUNTSMCMD command
      7. Ending the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server from a batch program
      8. Sample code for the STRMNTTSM command and programs
      9. Sample code for STRMNTTSM program
      10. Sample code for the STRMNTTSM command
      11. Sample code for the TSMDBBOFF program
      12. Sample code for the TSMVOLON program
      13. Sample code for the TSMCPYOFF program
      14. Sample code for the MOVMEDTSM program
    4. Appendix D: Additional material
      1. Locating the Web material
      2. Using the Web material
      3. System requirements for downloading the Web material
      4. How to use the Web material
  8. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Other publications
    3. Online resources
    4. How to get IBM Redbooks
    5. Help from IBM
  9. Index (1/3)
  10. Index (2/3)
  11. Index (3/3)
  12. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: Integrating Backup Recovery and Media Services and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager on the IBM eServer iSeries Server
  • Author(s): Jim Cook, Dan Johansson, Steve Mann, Edelgard Schittko, Bradley Smoley
  • Release date: December 2003
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738499031