IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Thanks Brian, it's great to see that a detailed migration process is being provided.

The recommended PTFs state "It is important to keep all systems in a BRMS network at the same level of BRMS PTFs."  Does this mean we should be applying the PTF across all of the LPARs that are part of our BRMS network at the same time?  Generally we would apply a PTF in a lower environment first, before moving to production, but my prod and nonprod LPARs are all part of the same BRMS network.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Thanks Brian, it's great to see that a detailed migration process is being provided.

The recommended PTFs state "It is important to keep all systems in a BRMS network at the same level of BRMS PTFs."  Does this mean we should be applying the PTF across all of the LPARs that are part of our BRMS network at the same time?  Generally we would apply a PTF in a lower environment first, before moving to production, but my prod and nonprod LPARs are all part of the same BRMS network.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Thanks Brian, it's great to see that a detailed migration process is being provided.

The recommended PTFs state "It is important to keep all systems in a BRMS network at the same level of BRMS PTFs."  Does this mean we should be applying the PTF across all of the LPARs that are part of our BRMS network at the same time?  Generally we would apply a PTF in a lower environment first, before moving to production, but my prod and nonprod LPARs are all part of the same BRMS network.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Steven,

I'm no authority on the subject but we have 14 lpars of IBM i across 3 Power systems.  All with BRMS networked together.  You can bet your sweet bippy that we do not bring all systems down at once to do OS upgrades let alone PTF's.  And we do saves as part of that process and we've not had any problems with the inventory staying in sync.  The only caveat is we always run SETUSRBRM USER(QSECOFR) USAGE(*ADMIN) prior to beginning those dedicated full system saves or, even more so, prior to any STRBALBRM.  Occasionally it forgets this.  Maybe that is what those PTF's are trying to address.

Thanks Brian, it's great to see that a detailed migration process is being provided.

The recommended PTFs state "It is important to keep all systems in a BRMS network at the same level of BRMS PTFs."  Does this mean we should be applying the PTF across all of the LPARs that are part of our BRMS network at the same time?  Generally we would apply a PTF in a lower environment first, before moving to production, but my prod and nonprod LPARs are all part of the same BRMS network.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 02:01 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Sun October 06, 2024 09:50 PM
From: Brian Nordland
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra
------------------------------

Ah, you have to look under member locks. After you hit WRKOBJLCK hit F6 to work with member locks

                  Lock           

Member   Job     User    Type  Lock   Status 

QA1AMB   QRWTSRVR  QUSER    DATA  *SHRUPD  HELD  

QRWTSRVR does not run in the subsystems you're told to end.

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 03:57 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 02:01 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Sun October 06, 2024 09:50 PM
From: Brian Nordland
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra
------------------------------

@Robert Berendt - I'm curious as to your experience with the converting to Subscription. As you know (or may know) BR2 is a subscription pgm meaning different license keys and renewal terms etc. Did you have any involvement in that process - what kind of 'credit', if any, did you get from having left over SWMA from your BR1 product that carried over into the cost of BR2. 

Ah, you have to look under member locks. After you hit WRKOBJLCK hit F6 to work with member locks

                  Lock           

Member   Job     User    Type  Lock   Status 

QA1AMB   QRWTSRVR  QUSER    DATA  *SHRUPD  HELD  

QRWTSRVR does not run in the subsystems you're told to end.

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 03:57 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 02:01 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Sun October 06, 2024 09:50 PM
From: Brian Nordland
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra
------------------------------

@Robert Berendt - I'm curious as to your experience with the converting to Subscription. As you know (or may know) BR2 is a subscription pgm meaning different license keys and renewal terms etc. Did you have any involvement in that process - what kind of 'credit', if any, did you get from having left over SWMA from your BR1 product that carried over into the cost of BR2. 

Ah, you have to look under member locks. After you hit WRKOBJLCK hit F6 to work with member locks

                  Lock           

Member   Job     User    Type  Lock   Status 

QA1AMB   QRWTSRVR  QUSER    DATA  *SHRUPD  HELD  

QRWTSRVR does not run in the subsystems you're told to end.

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 03:57 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 02:01 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Sun October 06, 2024 09:50 PM
From: Brian Nordland
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra
------------------------------

Ah, you have to look under member locks. After you hit WRKOBJLCK hit F6 to work with member locks

                  Lock           

Member   Job     User    Type  Lock   Status 

QA1AMB   QRWTSRVR  QUSER    DATA  *SHRUPD  HELD  

QRWTSRVR does not run in the subsystems you're told to end.

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 03:57 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 02:01 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Sun October 06, 2024 09:50 PM
From: Brian Nordland
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra
------------------------------

I just wanted to provide a quick update here around some of the questions on things like file locks and file dependencies. The BRMS team continually works to improve the product and documentation. As a result of some of this feedback, the BRMS BR2 upgrade instructions on the Fortra BRMS documentation website ( https://fortradocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IWT/pages/2765848577/BRMS+5770-BR2+Installation ) have been updated. The latest updates include an additional command to run to uninstall the BRMS SQL services to prevent a file dependency issue. When BR2 is installed, the SQL services will be re-installed. 

------------------------------
Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 04:02 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

Ah, you have to look under member locks. After you hit WRKOBJLCK hit F6 to work with member locks

                  Lock           

Member   Job     User    Type  Lock   Status 

QA1AMB   QRWTSRVR  QUSER    DATA  *SHRUPD  HELD  

QRWTSRVR does not run in the subsystems you're told to end.

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 03:57 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 02:01 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Sun October 06, 2024 09:50 PM
From: Brian Nordland
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

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Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra
------------------------------

Do not do the instructions in the order given.

Please tell how we're supposed to do the following AFTER we've deleted BR1 which wipes out the library QBRM?

CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('INSTALL ' 'RMVSQLSERV' 'N' '00')  

I just wanted to provide a quick update here around some of the questions on things like file locks and file dependencies. The BRMS team continually works to improve the product and documentation. As a result of some of this feedback, the BRMS BR2 upgrade instructions on the Fortra BRMS documentation website ( https://fortradocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IWT/pages/2765848577/BRMS+5770-BR2+Installation ) have been updated. The latest updates include an additional command to run to uninstall the BRMS SQL services to prevent a file dependency issue. When BR2 is installed, the SQL services will be re-installed. 

------------------------------
Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 04:02 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

Ah, you have to look under member locks. After you hit WRKOBJLCK hit F6 to work with member locks

                  Lock           

Member   Job     User    Type  Lock   Status 

QA1AMB   QRWTSRVR  QUSER    DATA  *SHRUPD  HELD  

QRWTSRVR does not run in the subsystems you're told to end.

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Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 03:57 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 15, 2025 02:01 PM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

------------------------------
Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne

Original Message:
Sent: Sun October 06, 2024 09:50 PM
From: Brian Nordland
Subject: Simple Migration of BRMS from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

------------------------------
Thanks,
Brian Nordland
Director of Development at Fortra
------------------------------

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Michael - when you say.." you recently purchased a license for BRMS"...did you buy a license for BR1 or a SUBSCRIPTION for BR2.. BR2 is a subscription based product.  BRMS is 'great'..until it's not....there's quite a bit to consider when setting this up and using it on day-to-day basis.......and it can be very frustrating - a lot of it depends on how many systems/lpars you have and what you want to get out of BRMS in general. 

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Michael - when you say.." you recently purchased a license for BRMS"...did you buy a license for BR1 or a SUBSCRIPTION for BR2.. BR2 is a subscription based product.  BRMS is 'great'..until it's not....there's quite a bit to consider when setting this up and using it on day-to-day basis.......and it can be very frustrating - a lot of it depends on how many systems/lpars you have and what you want to get out of BRMS in general. 

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Hi Rich, my apology for the confusion and miswording. I believe we purchased BR2 and a subscription to it. Looking at the license key for it I can see it expires in 3 years. Our IBM business partner going to assist us with the setup because I've never done the setup of BRMS before. 

I'm sure there will be some things about it that I may not like. The integration with IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit is something I'm interested in seeing how it works. 

Michael - when you say.." you recently purchased a license for BRMS"...did you buy a license for BR1 or a SUBSCRIPTION for BR2.. BR2 is a subscription based product.  BRMS is 'great'..until it's not....there's quite a bit to consider when setting this up and using it on day-to-day basis.......and it can be very frustrating - a lot of it depends on how many systems/lpars you have and what you want to get out of BRMS in general. 

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Be very open minded and listen to your business partner.  The toughest part is for some people to abandon the paradigm of 'sensible' naming of tapes based on days of the week, etc.  Go all in.  I think using a BP to help you is a good idea.

Hi Rich, my apology for the confusion and miswording. I believe we purchased BR2 and a subscription to it. Looking at the license key for it I can see it expires in 3 years. Our IBM business partner going to assist us with the setup because I've never done the setup of BRMS before. 

I'm sure there will be some things about it that I may not like. The integration with IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit is something I'm interested in seeing how it works. 

Michael - when you say.." you recently purchased a license for BRMS"...did you buy a license for BR1 or a SUBSCRIPTION for BR2.. BR2 is a subscription based product.  BRMS is 'great'..until it's not....there's quite a bit to consider when setting this up and using it on day-to-day basis.......and it can be very frustrating - a lot of it depends on how many systems/lpars you have and what you want to get out of BRMS in general. 

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Hi Robert, what's your take on "media class" in BRMS?  In my mind, all of the virtual tapes are the same density (i.e. ULTRIUM5).  So what's the benefit of tagging different tapes with different media classes?  Is this just a vestige of times past, or is there still some benefit to utilizing media classes if all of your virtual tapes are otherwise the same?

Be very open minded and listen to your business partner.  The toughest part is for some people to abandon the paradigm of 'sensible' naming of tapes based on days of the week, etc.  Go all in.  I think using a BP to help you is a good idea.

Hi Rich, my apology for the confusion and miswording. I believe we purchased BR2 and a subscription to it. Looking at the license key for it I can see it expires in 3 years. Our IBM business partner going to assist us with the setup because I've never done the setup of BRMS before. 

I'm sure there will be some things about it that I may not like. The integration with IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit is something I'm interested in seeing how it works. 

Michael - when you say.." you recently purchased a license for BRMS"...did you buy a license for BR1 or a SUBSCRIPTION for BR2.. BR2 is a subscription based product.  BRMS is 'great'..until it's not....there's quite a bit to consider when setting this up and using it on day-to-day basis.......and it can be very frustrating - a lot of it depends on how many systems/lpars you have and what you want to get out of BRMS in general. 

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.

Michael,

The whole point of this thread was to enlighten YOU on how to do the migration.  Even if you are not using it YOU need to follow the migration path.  UNLESS your BP recommends removing BRMS completely from your system and starting over.

Ok, remember two things:  Licensed program product, and the applicable PTFs for that LPP.  Now step through the following and see if you have any questions.  I used these on multiple BRMS migrations from BR1 to BR2.

ftp targetlpar

namefmt 1

bin

mkdir /fixes/V7R5M0

put /fixes/V7R5M0/F_MULTI_NLV_BR2_750_BACKUP_RECOVERY_AND_MEDIA_SERVICES_LCD8_2918_00.udf

/fixes/V7R5M0/F_MULTI_NLV_BR2_750_BACKUP_RECOVERY_AND_MEDIA_SERVICES_LCD8_2918_00.udf

put /fixes/CUME750/sf99954_1.bin /fixes/CUME750/sf99954_1.bin

DSPPTF LICPGM(5770BR1) SELECT(SJ01879)

select *

from qsys2.ptf_info

where PTF_PRODUCT_ID = '5770BR1'

order by PTF_LOADED_STATUS;

APYPTF LICPGM(5770BR1) SELECT(SJ03069) APY(*PERM)

WRKIMGCLG

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(V7R5M0) DIR('/fixes/V7R5M0')

ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(V7R5M0) TOFILE(*FROMFILE)

FROMFILE('/fixes/V7R5M0/F_MULTI_NLV_BR2_750_BACKUP_RECOVERY_AND_MEDIA_SERVICES_LCD8_2918_00.udf')

LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(V7R5M0) OPTION(*LOAD) DEV(OPTVRT01)

WRKIMGCLGE IMGCLG(V7R5M0)

6=Mount

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(CUME750) DIR('/fixes/CUME750')

ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(CUME750) FROMFILE('/fixes/CUME750/sf99954_1.bin')

TOFILE(*FROMFILE)

ENDSBS SBS(Q1ABRMNET) OPTION(*CNTRLD) DELAY(60)

WRKSBS

Wait

WRKOBJLCK OBJ(QBRMS) OBJTYPE(*USRPRF)

WRKOBJLCK OBJ(QBRMSYNC) OBJTYPE(*USRPRF)

WRKOBJLCK OBJ(QBRM) OBJTYPE(*LIB)

WRKOBJLCK OBJ(QUSRBRM) OBJTYPE(*LIB)

CALL QBRM/Q1AOLD PARM('INSTALL ' 'RMVSQLSERV' 'N' '00')

CRTSAVF FILE(ROB/QUSRBRM) TEXT('Premigration from BR1 to BR2')

SAVLIB LIB(QUSRBRM) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(ROB/QUSRBRM)

DLTLICPGM LICPGM(5770BR1) OPTION(*ALL)

RSTLICPGM LICPGM(5770BR2) DEV(OPTVRT01) OPTION(*BASE)

WRKJOB BRMSPRDINZ

DSPLOG job(BRMSPRDINZ)

Wait for completion

LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(V7R5M0) OPTION(*UNLOAD)

LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(CUME750) OPTION(*LOAD) DEV(OPTVRT01)

WRKIMGCLGE IMGCLG(CUME750)

6=Mount

INSPTF LICPGM((5770BR2)) DEV(OPTVRT01) INSTYP(*IMMDLY)

DSPPTF 5770BR2

WRKSBS

Q1ABRMNET should be running and have a few jobs in it.  May take a couple of minutes (see job BRMSPRDINZ).

ADDLICKEY PRDID(5770BR2) LICTRM(V7R5M0) FEATURE(5050) SERIAL(*LOCAL)

PRCGRP(*ANY) LICKEY(redacted) USGLMT(ymmv) EXPDATE(mmddyy)

VNDDTA(*NONE)

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I tried both of those commands you mentioned, and I get an "Access denied" message. For as long as I've worked here, we've never used BRMS. I'm guessing it was installed as part of the operating system and never licensed.  We recently purchased a license for BRMS, and I'm trying to figure out what I need to get it installed and licensed. 

I logged into ESS and downloaded the two files for BR2. I also downloaded the license key for both systems we have. I'm guessing that all I need to do is create an image catalog and put those two files in the image catalog, and attach it to a virtual optical device to do the install. I believe before I do that, I need to uninstall BR1 per the instructions on the Fortra website.

Looking on one of our LPARs I can see the base and option 1 for BR1 are currently installed. The ability to restore libraries on a test/development machine is something we do periodically, but having BRMS sounds like it will make the process a bit easier. We have a production system and a H/A system where we use MIMIX for data replication. We also use IBM's Flashcopy Toolkit for our full system backups which I was told BRMS integrates with that. 

-Mike

I would "think" so but maybe the others might have other recommendations.

Try the following on each lpar:

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ALL)          This will show you if you have any media registered to BRMS.

or

WRKMEDBRM TYPE(*ACT)       This will show you if any of the media has been saved to by BRMS and the backup didn't expire.

If you use BRMS, go "all in".  Forget using 'sensible' names on tapes to indicate the type of the save, or the day of the week of the save.  We simply use a letter in the first column to indicate the city of the data center or co-lo.  Second character is LTO type.  In our case, 7.  The rest is just a sequence beginning with 0.

Did you also install the 'network' feature/option of BR1?  I find this quite great for restoring production libraries on to test/development machines.  Network is included in BR2.  The advance feature is nice too.  Also included in BR2.  I have a software based H/A machine.  You know, those kind which use Mimix and others.  I can generate a recovery report for my primary machine and it will suggest tapes from the last full save of the primary and the saves done daily on the H/A machine.  Takes some setup but it's great.

Is the migration process the same even if you've never used BRMS before, and are installing it for the very first time?  I can see we have 5770-BR1 installed on all of our LPARs. 

I've upgraded 14 LPARs of IBM i, across two P10s and one P9, from 5770-BR1 to 5770-BR2.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2.

The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality. This means all of the product functionality in Base, Advanced, and Network features are all included in one purchase price. 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.

While it is not possible to have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, because the library naming is the same, the migration process is straightforward:

1. ✨Recommended PTFs: It is recommended to apply BRMS 5770-BR1 PTFs 7.5 SJ01879, 7.4 SJ01877 to improve the migration to 5770-BR2.

2. 🔃Migration Process: The following page gives additional information on the specific migration steps: BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation.

💡Useful Tip: While you cannot have both 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 installed on a single partition at the same time, you do not need to migrate all partitions at once. BRMS continues to support BRMS networks that contain a mixture of 5770-BR1 and 5770-BR2 at the same time. This enables you to take a staged approach with migrations.