BRMS can assist in marking volumes or items for duplication
It is important to have current backups for every IBM i system. If it is also important, it may be desirable to keep more than one version of some of the backups that are performed on a system. BRMS can assist in marking volumes or items for duplication in media policies in two ways:
WRKMEDBRM
option 18=Mark for duplication). This will assist the user in creating duplicate media. The data and save history for all the saved items on the media will be duplicated.WRKMEDiBRM
option 18=Mark for duplication). This will assist the user in creating duplicate saved items. The data and save history for specific saved items will be duplicated.Two items to be aware of when duplicating media are:
SAVxxxBRM
) and in media policies by selecting option 2 from the Work Policy using BRM (WRKPCYBRM
) screen for type *MED. DUPMEDBRM VOL(*LIST/*SEARCH/VOLUME ID)
and DUPMEDBRM VOL(SCHHST)
MUST be performed before volumes will expire. For more information about media duplication see the following topics: