A summary of BRMS reports
BRMS provides powerful reporting capabilities to help you manage your save operations more effectively and track the information that BRMS records.
The following table shows the BRMS reports that are available for printing, the name each report has in the output queue, and a brief description of each report.
| Report name | File name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Backup plan | QP1ABP | Lists all backup policies and the items that make up each policy. |
| Backup statistics | QP1ABS | Summarizes the information about the objects that have been saved by BRMS. |
| Container | QP1ACN | Lists containers that are based on class, status, and location. |
| Container pool | QP1ACT | Lists all container pools that are specified in BRMS. |
| Devices and libraries | QP1ADV | Lists all devices that are defined to BRMS. |
| Disaster recovery | QP1ARCY - analysis; QP1A2RCY - volume summary; QP1AASP - disk pools; QP1AJR - journal receiver chain; QP1AJREXC - journal receiver exception | Lists the steps necessary to recover your system, the volumes that are required to complete a recovery, and the disk pools that are set up on your system. |
| Disk pools | QP1AASP | Lists all disk pools that are set up and provides statistical information for each. |
| Journal receivers | QP1AJR - journal receiver chain; QP1AJREXC - journal receiver exception | Lists the journal receiver chains and also any exceptions to those chains. |
| Lists | QP1ALQ - printer output QP1AFL - folder QP1AOB - object QP1AFL - directory | Shows all of the items in each of the lists. |
| Locations | QP1ASL | Shows the storage locations that are set up for your system and the current contents and maximums that are set up. |
| Location analysis | QP1A2SL | Lists all locations that are specified to BRMS, together with details of the current and maximum volumes and containers at each location. |
| Volumes (active) | QP1AMM | Summarizes the status, location information, and volume identifier information for the active volumes in a media library. |
| Volumes (all) | QP1AMM | Summarizes the status, location information, and volume identifier information for all volumes in a media library. |
| Volumes (expired) | QP1AMM | Summarizes the status and location information for the expired volumes in a media library. |
| Media movement | QP1APVMS | Shows all volumes that are scheduled to move from one location to another location. |
| Media pools | QP1AMT | Shows basic information for each media pool that is defined to BRMS. |
| Media statistics | QP1AVU | Shows how your media are being used; helps to identify if any volumes are being used excessively when compared to others. |
| Media library media | QP1A1MD | Shows all media or specific media in a media library device that you specify. |
| Media balance | QP1ABAL | Shows the scratch media currently available and the scratch media requirements for BRMS operations. This information is provided for each system that is specified in the System name (SYSNAME) parameter. |
| Move policies | QP1AMP | Shows the move sequences and associated values for each move policy that is defined to BRMS. |
| Save files | QP1ASF | Shows all libraries that are saved to save files and whose media content information is not deleted. |
Following is a list of all the reports that are available in BRMS. This list provides the title of each report, the command or commands that you can use to generate the report, and the associated printer file. The list includes source information (QUSRBRM/QA1ASRC) for printer files for the three Print Label reports, which you can change as necessary. To see the actual layout of these reports, go to the Reports menu (GO BRMRPT), from which you can process any of these reports. The parenthesized name (QP1Axxxx) in the section titles are the names of the printer files that contain the final reports.