Re: BRMS backup target options other than VTL

Well in theory the DD device might support iSCSI (I don't know, not a DD guy) but that would let you connect to it via Ethernet instead.

Don't know why the fiber channel card won't talk. Given you have a number of devices backing up to the DD I figure you have a switch so that should handle speed differences.

If you have no switch, then you can't go above 8G speed on the server. No direct attach with 16G critters.

- L

On 1/26/2024 9:53 AM, Bob Schwartz wrote:

Can BRMS backup to something other than tape/VTL?

Question for the group:
I was wondering if BRMS can backup to a backup appliance such as a Dell-EMC
DataProtect DD6400?
similar to what Veeam does, using the network, over Ethernet? Or, does BRMS
have to see a VTL on ISCSI or FiberChannel?
I don't want to go to the cloud - at least not now.

A little background:
We are in the middle of upgrading our DataDomain backup appliance(s) to
DD6400, along with other data center hardware.
The Power 8 is scheduled to go to Power 10 in a few months.

Currently our IBM Power 8 server is running IBM i/OS V7R4. We use BRMS for
all backup functions.
BRMS writes to a VTL hosted on a Dell-EMC DataDomain DD6300. The DD6300 is
attached to the Power 8 by fiber channel
The DD6300 also is a backup target for Veeam. We use Veeam to backup
everything, but the IBM i (Windows, Linux SQL ...etc.).
The DD6300 replicates everything to an offsite DD6300 in another facility.

Problem or obstacle:
The new DD6400 fiber channel card can't talk to the existing fiber channel
card in our Power 8 server.
I can keep backing up the Power 8 to the DD6300 until the new Power 10
server is up and running.

Thank you in advance,

Bob Schwartz
Director of Technology Services
Glynn County Board of Education
5505 Altama Ave
Brunswick, GA 31525