Setting Up Your Media Management Operation

Use the BRMS Media Management service to set up an automated system that tracks your media through its entire life cycle from media creation through expiration and return to scratch pool availability.

The BRMS media management service consists of a variety of components that can assist you in performing the following tasks:

• Preparing your media for use.
• Setting up storage locations for your media.
• Tracking the movement of your media to and from the storage locations.
• Tracking the enrollment, use, and expiration of your media.

Figure 6 illustrates the components that can assist you in these tasks.

Figure 6. The BRMS Media Management Components

For convenience and ease of use and understanding, the BRMS media management components have been grouped into the work sets that are shown in Figure 6. You can set up your media management system by following the structure of this chapter from preparation through tracking. Or you can select the components that are most useful for managing your specific operation. Though you do not have to use all of the components that are discussed in this chapter, your media does need to be properly prepared before you can use it for backup purposes.

You can access all of the components that BRMS provides through commands or through the Media Management menu. The sections that follow provide CL commands for each component that is discussed. To get to the Media Management menu, do the following:

1. Type GO BRMMED at a command line and press Enter. Alternatively, you can select option 1 (Media Management) from the main BRMS menu.

 BRMMED                         Media Management                                
                                                             System:   RCHAS400 
 Select one of the following:                                                   
                                                                                
      1. Work with media classes                                                
      2. Work with media                                                        
      3. Move management                                                        
      4. Work with storage locations                                            
      5. Container management                                                   
      6. Media activity                                                         
      7. Confirm media label print                                              
      8. Work with devices                                                      
      9. Work with media libraries                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Selection or command                                                           
 ===> __________________________________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________________________________ 
 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F9=Retrieve   F10=Commands   F12=Cancel   F13=Functions  

You can access all of the primary media management components through the Media Management menu or by using the commands that are associated with each component.

Many of the functions described in this chapter are also available with the BRMS System i Navigator client. For detailed information about the BRMS System i Navigator client see the IBM i Information Center.