Protection for the iSeries platform is agentless. This means that installation of protection software is not required. All backups are placed on the default disk device on the system. A default disk device must be set before initiating an iSeries backup. The iSeries software uses the FTP protocol in order to backup files from the iSeries to the system. Therefore, the FTP Server must be configured and running on the iSeries.
Before protecting your iSeries client, be sure you are running a supported version. For supported versions, see the Unitrends Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix.
Performance of iSeries protection is influenced heavily by the following:
• Commercial Processing Workload (CPW) of the iSeries server(s)
• Amount of library data
• Amount of Integrated File System (IFS) data
• Available network bandwidth
For recommendations of performance enhancements for the iSeries FTP server, access the following link:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/rzaiq/rzaiqsubsystem.htm
After configuring iSeries backups, the iSeries server name(s) can be seen in the Clients screen on the Administrator Interface. You cannot modify any client attributes using this interface, including enabling synchronization and/or encryption. All client settings are applied while creating the iSeries backup profile (described later in this chapter).
iSeries OS versions supported are V5R3, V5R4, V6R1, and V7R1.