Licensing Information

Information about the BRMS licenses

The software license agreements for IBM products are published on these pages, where you can search for the product ID, for example, 5770-BR2.

BRMS (5770-BR2)

IBM Backup, Recovery and Media Services for i (BRMS) is now available with a new subscription pricing option that enables clients to acquire this licensed program product (LPP) on a term basis.

The new subscription term option for BRMS provides all features of the product in one package. 5770-BR2 is simplified to contain all functionality from 5770-BR1 under a single option. In addition, 5770-BR2 has several new enhancements that are not in 5770-BR1, including the new BRMS web interface. BRMS Subscription Term characteristics:

• New product ID 5770-BR2

• Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price

• The pricing is per processor, whereas the non-expiring BRMS product (5770-BR1) is one price per server and the price is based on software tier

• BRMS Subscription term is available for BRMS 7.4 and later

• Product 5770-BR2 cannot be installed with product 5770-BR1 already installed. You must delete product 5770-BR1 using option 12 on the GO LICPGM menu or using the DLTLICPGM command.

The subscription licensing has the following characteristics:

• Pay for what you need on a term basis, with IBM Software Maintenance (SWMA) included in the price

• One-year, two-year, three-year, four-year, and five-year subscription terms available

• In addition to the standard subscription term durations, BRMS (5770-BR2) offers a 90-day option for customers who require a short-term license for uses such as migrations to new servers or migrations from on-prem to IBM Power

Supported releases included:

• Version 7.5

• Version 7.4

BRMS (5770-BR1)

There are two licenses for each release: Option 1 has a separate license since it has a flat charge, and the rest is under a license for price based on processor group of machine. The "License information" and base license are both part of the terms.

Supported releases include:
To help find BRMS (5770-BR1), here are links for 7.3 and 7.2. There are two licenses for each release: Option 1 has a separate license since it has a flat charge, and the rest is under a license for price based on processor group or machines. The "License information" and base license are both part of the terms. 

• Version 7.4

  • 5770-BR1 Base and Features

• Version 7.3

  • 5770-BR1 base and Option 2 Advanced feature

  • 5770-BR1 Option 1 Network feature

• Version 7.2

  • 5770-BR1 base and Option 2 Advanced feature:

  • 5770-BR1 Option 1 : Network feature