Copying Control Groups Between Networked System i platforms

With BRMS, you can specify whether to copy control groups on your own system or send the information to other systems in the BRMS network. *LCL is the default value when you copy a control group, which means that BRMS copies the control group to another name on your local system. You can also specify a remote system name and the network identifier for the remote system or *NETGRP for all the systems in the BRMS network. This copies the control group to the target system or systems that you specified. BRMS uses DDM to copy the information across to the QA1ACM file.

                               Copy Backup Control Group                     
                                                                             
 To copy control group, type New Name, press enter.                          
                                                                             
 Control                      Remote       Remote                            
 Group          New Name      Location     Network ID     Overwrite          
 ALLUSR         ALLUSR        *NETGRP                     *YES               
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
 F3=Exit   F12=Cancel                                                        

Though this is a useful option, you should keep the following limitations in mind:

• BRMS copies control group attributes across to the target system. These attributes revert to the system defaults. However, BRMS does not copy the subsystems and job queues.
• There is an Overwrite field that you can specify. This will overwrite the same named control group on the remote system. Any list contained within the control group being copied that exists on the remote system will not be overwritten. Any list that does not exist on the remote system will be created on the remote system.
• If your control group has data inappropriate for the new system (for example, an unknown library), BRMS does not issue a warning message at the time of the copy. If the target system does not support a backup item, you need to remove them. In such cases, you need to edit the control group to make the appropriate changes.
• BRMS does not copy the control group text across the system. You must manually add the text on the target system.

Because of these limitations, you should review the control group after the copy to ensure that BRMS copied it correctly. You may need to tailor the values to fit the operational requirements for that particular system.