Working with the SETUSRBRM command

Use the SETUSRBRM command as a starting point to grant system operators and administrators access to BRMS functions and components. Then use the functional usage model to customize access by user or when you want to grant all users access to a certain function. BRMS bases these default operator and administrator categories on the kinds of activities that are usually performed by users in these roles.

To get to the Set User Usage for BRM (SETUSRBRM) display, take the following steps:

  1. Type SETUSRBRM at a command line and press F4 to prompt the display. 
                           Set User Usage for BRM (SETUSRBRM)                       
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                 Character value, *DEFAULT     
 Usage  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   *OPERATOR     *OPERATOR, *ADMIN             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
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 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How to use this display    
 F24=More keys
  2. In the User field, type in the name of an existing group or user profile or use the *DEFAULT value. *DEFAULT means that the default user has access to the functions associated with the job category that is specified in the Usage field.
  3. In the Usage field, select either the *OPERATOR or the *ADMIN value.

    If you select the *ADMIN value, the user named in the User field has use and change access to all of the BRMS functions and functional components.

    If you select the *OPERATOR value, the user named in the User field has use of the following BRMS functions:
    • Basic backup activities
    • Basic media activities
    • Basic movement activities
    • Basic archive activities (when Advanced feature is installed)
    • Basic migration activities (when Advanced feature is installed)
    However, this user is removed access to the function components. This provides a basic set of functions to which you can grant additional function and functional component authority.
  4. Press Enter to apply your changes.
Note: SETUSRBRM is a one time reset of access to functions. Information about user job categories *OPERATOR or *ADMIN is not kept.
Suppose you want to restrict user BRMSOPER to basic activities but allow this user to initialize media. You would:
  1. Run this command to limit the user to basic activities: 
    SETUSRBRM USER(BRMSOPER) USAGE(*OPERATOR)
  2. Go to BRMS host application in the System i® Navigator Application Administration.
    • Click the system under My connections.
    • Click the Configure Application Administration task.
    • Click the Host Applications tab.
  3. Grant the user access to Advanced media activities to enable media initialization.
    • Open the Backup, Recovery, and Media Services folder.
    • Open the Media folder.
    • Right-click Advanced media activities.
    • Click Customize.
    • Add the BRMSOPER to the Access allowed list.
    • Click OK.
  4. Grant the user access to the Media class functional components which will be required by the initialization function.
    • Right click a media class in the list.
    • Click Customize.
    • Add user BRMSOPER to the Access allowed list for this media class.
    • Click OK.
    • Right click the media class again.
    • Click Copy Access Settings.
    • Right click the Media class folder.
    • Click Paste.

      Application Administration copies the access information from the customized media class to all media classes in the Media classes folder.