Networking with BRMS

This topic provides information about how to create and manage a network of IBM® i platforms that use BRMS.

Note: The Network feature is required to use this function.

The primary reasons for implementing a BRMS network are to maintain a shared media inventory for the systems in the network or to share the backup history information.

In the sections that follow, the term system is used generically to refer to stand-alone IBM i platforms or logical partitions in IBM i platforms. Each system in a BRMS network must have a unique system name.

Note: BRMS is limited to using 8-character system names. Typically this is the same name as the default local location name in the system network attributes. Any system name you use, whether using APPC or TCP/IP networking must be no longer than 8 characters. The first character of the system name must be alphabetic. The remaining characters of the system name must be alphanumeric or the underscore special character.

You can use TCP/IP to connect with other systems in the BRMS network. However, you must also configure the current system to use APPN/APPC networking if other systems in the BRMS network are not using TCP/IP when communicating with the current system.