With
careful planning and implementation, you can join two or more BRMS
networks in a single network group. Figure 13 shows
the wrong way to join the networks.
Figure 13. The wrong way to join two BRMS networks
Figure 14 shows the correct way to join two networks.
In this example, the administrator set up a network between SYSTEM01
(NETWORK2) to SYSTEMA (NETWORK1). By using this approach, SYSTEM02
remains unknown to all of the systems in NETWORK1. The INZBRM OPTION(*NETSYS)
command that you ran on SYSTEM01 erased its knowledge of SYSTEM02.
To avoid this, you must split one of the networks before joining them
so that all of the systems in the network have knowledge of each other.
Figure 14. The correct way to join two BRMS networks
Take the following steps to successfully join two BRMS networks:
Remove all of the entries on the Change Network Group display
on SYSTEM01 for SYSTEM02, including its media information.
Remove all of the entries on the Change Network Group display
on SYSTEM02 for SYSTEM01, including its media information.
Enter the CPYMEDIBRM OPTION(*TOFILE) CPYMEDI(*YES) command on
SYSTEM01 and SYSTEM02 to save the media information for both systems.
Add SYSTEM01 on any system in NETWORK1 by using the Change Network
Group option. In this example, you used SYSTEMA to add SYSTEM01.
On SYSTEM01, enter INZBRM OPTION(*NETSYS) FROMSYS(SYSTEMA) to
overwrite the media information files on SYSTEM01 from SYSTEMA.
On SYSTEM01, you need to enter CPYMEDIBRM OPTION(*FROMFILE) command
to append the media information about SYSTEM01. This synchronizes
the SYSTEM01 media information about all other System i platforms within
the network. You will receive several messages when BRMS overwrites
the files. Reply with an "I."
On SYSTEM01, you can use the WRKMEDBRM command to check the media
information.
Repeat steps 4, 5, 6, and 7 for SYSTEM02 by substituting the name
of SYSTEM01 with SYSTEM02 in these steps.
