In Backing Up Your Entire System, you learned how to use BRMS-configured defaults to perform an immediate backup of your entire system. This chapter provides detailed information about how to use a variety of BRMS tools and techniques to design and implement a customized backup strategy for your company.
The kind of backup operation that you implement has a significant impact on the quality and success of your recovery operations. Therefore, it is important that you plan your backup strategy well. This chapter begins with a section on things to consider when you design your backup strategy. You should also be familiar with the more comprehensive planning recommendations that are presented in the Recovering your system book.
Many of the functions described in this chapter are available with the BRMS System i Navigator client. For detailed information about the BRMS System i Navigator client see the IBM i Information Center.