IBM BRMS for i

Rohit Chauhan IBM Champion posted Thu November 14, 2024 04:41 PM

Hello,

5770BR2 is a simplified product contain all functionality from 5770BR1 under a single option. There are also several new enhancements which are not present in 5770BR1 including the new BRMS web interface. 

Please refer to the below link for more details. 

The BRMS Products and Licensing - IBM Partnership - Confluence

Rich Malloy IBM Champion posted Fri November 15, 2024 08:18 AM

The 2 big differences are that BR2 is now based on subscription licensing only. From a feature perspective, BR2 will have the "long awaited GUI" that BR1 was supposed to and should have had after IBM dropped support for the old GUI interface

Robert Berendt IBM Champion posted Fri November 15, 2024 10:20 AM

So basically I am hearing:

1 - It has the same stuff that BR1 had.  Just as an umbrella package instead of additional options.

2 - It has subscription pricing.

3 - It has the GUI

I went to the suggested website.  It mentioned nothing that I could see about any additional features.

I get the whole "stick".  New features will only be there.  Support will be dropping for BR1. Etc.  I'm looking for the "carrot" and so far, other than the gui, there seems to be no additional features.

Robert Berendt IBM Champion posted Fri November 15, 2024 10:21 AM

Rohit mentioned "several new enhancements".  Other than the gui, what are they?

Robert Berendt IBM Champion posted Fri November 15, 2024 10:23 AM

Ok, now I finally noticed the additional enhancements on that site.  Off to the right under BR2.

Robert Berendt IBM Champion posted Fri November 15, 2024 10:25 AM

Of course, the enhancements listed are in 7.5 of BR1 (as of now).

"The following enhancements are available in BRMS Subscription Term (5770-BR2) 7.5 and 7.4. These enhancements are available in 5770-BR1 7.5 but not included in 5770-BR1 7.4. "

I've been on 7.5 for years now.