Creating an installation plan helps you make sure the software you install is able to meet your installation's requirements for software function. However, software function alone will not meet all the needs of your business, and there are other things you should consider when planning to build a system, such as:

• Achieving efficient virtual storage mapping
• Achieving best application performance
• Building a minimum number of system software configurations
• Reducing installation and migration time
• Reducing the opportunities for error during migration
• Making it easy to manage the system after it is in production
• Minimizing migration actions for the people who use the system.