BRMS facilitates centralized management of media by maintaining a consistent view of removable tape media, its contents, location, and availability across multiple i servers or partitions referred to as networked systems. This common media scratch pool contains shared tape volumes that are eligible for use by any participating networked system.

BRMS is the IBM strategic solution for planning and managing save and restore operations on your IBM i product. BRMS base product provides all of the functions that most IBM i users need to implement a fully automated, single system, backup, recovery, and media management strategy.

BRMS 是 IBM 战略解决方案，用于规划和管理 IBM i 产品上的保存和复原操作。 BRMS 基本产品提供大多数 IBM i 用户实现完全自动化的单一系统，备份，恢复和介质管理策略所需的所有功能。

In releases IBM i 6.1 and later, it is possible to do encrypted backups using software encryption with BRMS. To set up the environment, it is necessary to create a master key, create a key store file, generate a key store file entry, and then create or change a media policy that will use the environment created.

see BRMS (5770-BR2) Installation Migration steps, including saving the QUSRBRM library (the BRMS database) before deleting 5770-BR1

Using BRMS, you can manage your most critical and complex backups, including online backups of Lotus servers, simply and easily. You can also recover your system fully in the event of a disaster or failure. In addition to these backup and recovery features, BRMS enables you to track all of your backup media from creation to expiration.

IBM has announced the withdrawal of the 5770-BR1 product ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/eos-eom-non-expiring-brms-cics-msp ) with a replacement product 5770-BR2. The 5770-BR2 product follows along with IBM's product simplification journey and is a single product option containing all functionality.

IBM的BRMS工具：Operations Decision Manager（ODM），之前被称为ILOG JRules，具有非常丰富的功能模块，当然价格也相对较高。 IBM ODM套件更适合那些需要进行 决策分析 和复杂事件处理的应用场景。

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication describes the configuration and use of the IBM i 7.1 Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) Enterprise Enhancements. It focuses on the web-based IBM Navigator for i, which provides a comprehensive set of …

This redbook focuses on the installation and management of BRMS/400 using tape libraries such as IBM 9427, IBM 3494, IBM 3570, and IBM 3590. It provides implementation guidelines for using BRMS/400 to automate your save, restore, archive, and retrieve operations.