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This is still on the BRMS team backlog list, the community can continue to vote to influence priority.
We do not use IASP, Flash Copy, etc. All disks are internal and are hosted from a partition of IBM i. We use replication software, Quick-EDD.
The BRMS team needs more information to further assess your Request for Enhancement. BRMS currently has support for this RFE if the backup environment is using IASP data, which addresses some customer environments. The current support is documented on the BRMS wiki at https://helpsystemswiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IWT/pages/165642353/IASP+FlashCopy.
Does the H/A environment associated with this request meet the documented IASP support? If not, if the current IASP support was enhanced to include Full System FlashCopy and SYSBAS data, could that possibly fit this request?
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed. For smaller clients who are using replication and BRMS, you may be backing up your target machine every night and not backing up the source machine very often, yet the BRMS recovery report is built on the source side -- it would be great to be able to see and use the information from the target side to recover the source side.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/
Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
The BRMS team will use this request as input to planning but no commitment is made or implied. The request will be updated in the future if the request is implemented. The BRMS team will use votes and comments from others in the community to help prioritize this request
The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a MEDIUM priority requirement that should be addressed. In this RFE SW replication is mentioned but Full System Flash Copy environments have the same issue. If a solution could be found that would be great.
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM
The BRMS team has received the requirement and is evaluating it. The BRMS team will provide a response after evaluation is complete.