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IBM plans to withdraw the heritage Navigator for i. IBM and HelpSystems continue to work on the strategy for the BRMS product and its interfaces. As an alternative to accessing BRMS in the heritage Navigator for i, customers can use the BRMS SQL services. Starting with PTFs SI80271 (7.3), SI80272 (7.4) and SI80273 (7.5) the BRMS SQL services should be used as the preferred Enterprise User Interface. |
Accessing BRMS Enterprise
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in the heritage Navigator for i
An option, called Enterprise Services is listed under the main Welcome panel for BRMS. The icon used is the main main Backup, Recovery and Media Services for IBM i i icon with an E an E superimposed over it.
Accessing Enterprise
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from the heritage Navigator for i:
NOTE: The TCP/IP HTTP server should be ended and re-started whenever a BRMS PTF is applied to get the latest level of BRMS code for your browser. See the PTF cover letter for more information.
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Accessing Enterprise from from IBM System i Navigator:
NOTE: The BRMS plug-in should always be uninstalled and re-installed whenever a BRMS PTF is applied to get the latest level of BRMS code on your PC. See the PTF cover letter for more information.
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Adding Nodes to the Enterprise Network
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Once a Node exists in the Enterprise Network, the systems that are currently in that Node’s current BRMS Network can be quickly added to the Enterprise Network by selecting the ‘Add all systems in the BRMS network’ option on the pop-up menu for the Node.
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Properties
Node
The ‘Hub Center’ 'Properties' action for a Node brings up a panel which has several tabs. The information presented on each tab is contained within the Node properties panel. This is especially important to be aware of when using the ‘Report definitions’ tab from this properties panel. For example, when adding or editing properties on the ‘Report definitions tab’, you are required to click ‘OK’ on the ‘Report definitions’ properties AND click ‘OK’ on the Node properties panel for changes made on the Report definitions to be saved.
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The main purpose of Enterprise is to monitor the backups for the IBM i systems in a network. The backups can be monitored using several methods:
- Hub Center
Hub Center
Backup Status
BRMS Logs
Reports
Hub Center
The ‘Hub Center’ is the main Enterprise panel. It is displayed when entering ‘Enterprise Services’. The purpose of the ‘Hub Center’ is to manage Nodes from a central location. The ‘Hub Center’ currently allows you to view, at a glance, the BRMS release, BRMS PTF level, the BRMS connection status, indications of BRMS Network health and a summary of report statuses. The displayed Nodes can be subsetted using the standard table Filter over any of the columns being displayed in the table.
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The future goal of this panel is to include other items the user may deem important as we add more function to the Enterprise feature.
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Backup Status
Control groups are run through BRMS to backup data on IBM i. It is important to monitor control group backups to verify that they run properly. Enterprise provides a ‘Backup Status’ panel for each Node that allows control group backups to be monitored. The ‘Backup Status’ panel can be setup to display the control group run status, start time, end time, elapsed time, job information, number of objects saved, amount of data saved, etc.
The ‘Backup Status’ for Nodes in the Enterprise Network can be viewed by selecting the ‘Backup Status’ option on the pop-up menu for the Node or by clicking the ‘Backup Status’ tab on the ‘Node Properties’ panel.
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BRMS Log
All BRMS activity can be monitored through the BRMS Log. Filters can be used to subset the messages in the log. The BRMS Log for Nodes in the Enterprise Network can be viewed by selecting the ‘BRMS Log’ option on the pop-up menu for the Node or by clicking the ‘BRMS Log’ tab on the ‘Node Properties’ panel.
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Reports
Report Definitions
Reports that are generated by BRMS using the ‘Start Recovery using BRM’ (STRRCYBRM), the ‘Start Maintenance for BRM’ (STRMNTBRM) or ‘Display Log for BRM’ (DSPLOGBRM) commands can be run and managed using Enterprise. Reports that will be run are defined using Report Definitions. The Report Definitions can be run manually by selecting the ‘Run report’ option on the pop-up menu for the Report Definition or scheduled to run at intervals by selecting the ‘Properties’ option on the pop-up menu for the Report Definition.
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Reports
When Report Definitions are run, Reports are generated. Reports contain information that identifies how, where and when a Report Definition was run. Reports also identify what Report Output was generated when the Report Definitions were run.
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The Reports for a specific Report Definition can be viewed by selecting the ‘View reports’ option on the pop-up menu for the Report Definition.
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Report Output
When Report Definitions are run they will produce Reports. The Reports identify the Report Output that was generated. The Report Output can be viewed by selecting the ‘View Report Output’ option on the pop-up menu for a Report on the ‘Report’ page.