Troubleshooting system plan conversion

When you convert a system plan into the format that the System Planning Tool (SPT) uses, you might encounter some problems that you need to resolve or better understand.

Problem: My Hardware Management Console (HMC) system plan is not as detailed as I expected it to be.

Solution: The following factors influence the quantity of data that you can capture when you create your system plan:

Type and level of management tool. You can capture the most data by using an HMC at version 7.3.3, or later. Earlier versions of the HMC and the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) provide less detailed information.
Operating environment. You can capture more data for logical partitions that run IBM® i than for those that run AIX® or Linux®.

Ensure that you optimize the data that you collect in the system plan when you create the plan on the HMC.

Problem: I do not see some of my hardware in the converted plan

Solution: At this time, the SPT Conversion Wizard might not be able to identify all of the hardware that is in your system plan. It identifies some components based on the information it has and ignores others if it does not have enough data to make an identification. When you get to the end of the wizard, you can view information about which hardware the wizard could not identify. For more information about handling any conversion messages, see Converting a system plan.