Deploying a system plan by using the HMC

You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to deploy all or part of a system plan to a managed system.

1. Choose one of the following navigation options depending on the interface type of the Hardware Management Console (HMC):
   • If you are using an HMC Classic interface, complete the following steps:
     1. In the navigation area of the HMC, select System Plans. The System Plans page opens.
     2. In the contents area, select the system plan that you want to deploy.
     3. Select Tasks > Deploy system plan. The Deploy System Plan Wizard starts.

   • The HMC Classic interface is not supported in Hardware Management Console (HMC) Version 8.7.0, or later. The functions that were previously available in the HMC Classic interface are now available in the HMC Enhanced+ interface.

     If you are using an HMC that is at version 8.7.0, or later, complete the following steps:

     1. In the navigation pane, click the HMC Management icon .
     2. Click All System Plans. The All System plans page is displayed.
     3. In the contents area, select the system plan that you want to deploy.
     4. Select Action > Deploy. The Deploy System Plan Wizard starts.
2. On the Welcome page, complete the following steps:
   1. Select the system-plan file that contains the system plan that you want to deploy.
   2. Select the managed system to which you want to deploy the system plan and click Next. If the system plan does not match the managed system to which you want to deploy the plan, the wizard displays a window with this information. Click OK to continue, or Cancel to select a different system plan.
      Note: If the system-plan file contains multiple system plans, the wizard provides a step so that you can select a specific system plan from the file. The wizard does not provide this step unless there is more than one system plan in the specified file.
3. On the Validation page, complete the following steps:
   1. Wait for the wizard to validate the managed system and its hardware against the system plan. The validation process can take several minutes.
   2. If the validation process completes successfully, click Next.
   3. If the validation process fails, correct the problems that the error messages indicate, click Cancel to exit the wizard, and restart this procedure from the beginning. To help you correct any validation problems, you might want to create a system plan that is based on the current configuration of the managed system. By using such a system plan, you can compare the system plan that you want to deploy with the current configuration of the managed system. You can do this by using the Create System Plan task in the HMC, or by running the following command from the HMC command line:

      mksysplan -m name_of_managed_system -f name_of_new_system_plan.sysplan

      This action creates a system plan that you can view and compare to the old system plan to help diagnose any problems.
4. Optional: On the Partition Deployment page, if you do not want to create all the logical partitions, partition profiles, virtual adapter types, or virtual adapters in the system plan, clear the boxes in the Deploy column next to the logical partitions, partition profiles, virtual adapter types, or virtual adapters that you do not want to create. Virtual serial adapters are required in virtual slots 0 and 1 for each logical partition. You cannot create the logical partition unless you create these virtual serial adapters.
5. On the Summary page, review the system deployment step order and click Finish. The HMC uses the system plan to create the specified logical partitions. This process can take several minutes.