All System Plans

A system plan is a specification of the logical partition configuration of a single managed system.

The table lists all the system plans that can be used to configure a managed system. You can create your own system plan or import an existing system plan.

Create System Plan

You can create a new system plan for a system that this Hardware Management Console (HMC) manages. The new system plan contains specifications for the logical partitions and partition profiles of the managed system that you used to create the plan.

  1. Click Create.
  2. Select a managed system from the available list and complete the System plan name and Plan description fields.
  3. Check any options that you want.
  4. Click Create.

Import System Plan

You can import a system plan file to the Hardware Management Console (HMC). The new system plan contains specifications for the logical partitions and partition profiles of the managed system that you used to create the plan.

  1. Click Import.
  2. Select a source to import the system plan file to the HMC.
  3. Click Import.

Export System Plan

You can export a system plan file from the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

  1. Select the system plan from the list and click Actions > Export.
  2. Select a source to export the system plan file to the HMC.
  3. Click Export.

Deploy System Plan

You can deploy a system plan file to one or more systems that the HMC manages. The managed system that you deploy the system plan on must have hardware that is identical to the hardware in the system plan.

  1. Select the system plan from the list and click Actions > Deploy.
  2. Follow the instructions on the Deploy System Plan wizard.

Delete System Plan

You can delete a system plan file from the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

  1. Select the system plan from the list and click Actions > Delete.

Refresh

You can refresh the table to see any recent changes to the available system plans.

  1. Click Refresh to update the table with the latest data.

Use the online Help if you need additional information about this task.