How Do I Setup an RDB Directory Entry for My BRMS Network in GUI?

Owned by Peter Lafler
May 25, 2023
2 min read

The BRMS networking feature uses relational database (RDB) entries for BRMS networked systems.

Use the following command on each system in your BRMS network to verify that RDB entries already exist for all of your remote systems on every system in the network.

WRKRDBDIRE RDB(*ALL)

All systems in your BRMS network must have an entry in the RDB directory. If an entry does not exist for any system name then you need to add a relational database entry, using the ADDRDBDIRE command, specifying the relational database, the remote location and the type of connection - either *SNA or *IP.

If the relational database (RDB) entry name does not match the system name specified in the BRMS network then you need to specify a relational database (RDB) entry name to be used for that system.

On V5R3 and above systems, you can use IBM i Navigator to specify a relational database (RDB) entry name.

The following steps are used to specify the required relational database (RDB) entry name using IBM i Navigator:

  1. Open IBM i Navigator.
  2. Expand My Connections.
  3. Expand your IBM i Server.
  4. Click on Backup, Recovery and Media Services.
  5. Select Display global policy properties.
  6. Select the Network tab.
  7. Select Manage Systems.
  8. Select required system and click Edit Button.
  9. Enter required Relational database entry name.
  10. Click OK to accept and apply the specified changes or Cancel.

Customers not using IBM i Navigator can use the following command on systems to specify the relational database (RDB) entry name.

QSYS/CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('ALIASNAME' '6' '*DRDA' 'SYSTEM_NAME' 'NETWORK_ID' 'RDB_ENTRY')

Where:
SYSTEM_NAME specifies the name of the system in the BRMS network
NETWORK_ID specifies the name of the network ID for the specified system
RDB_ENTRY specifies the relational database (RDB) entry that is reported by WRKRDBDIRE RDB(*ALL)for the system.

NOTES: 

  1. These steps should be performed on all systems when you add any new system in BRMS network.
  2. For more information about configuring relational database directory entries in releases since 6.1, visit Using the Relational Database Directory in the IBM i Knowledge Center. 

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