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Preface
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 ...