This task is used to create a new system plan for a system that this 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.
The new system plan also can contain hardware information that the HMC is able to obtain from the selected managed system. However, the HMC might not be able to detect all system hardware and partition settings. For example, the HMC is not able to detect the types of disk drives installed on the managed system unless the HMC uses Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) to monitor resources on the managed system.
To maximize the information that the HMC can obtain from the managed system, power on the managed system and activate the logical partitions on the managed system before creating the new system plan.
When you use the HMC to create a system plan for a managed system, you can capture partition configuration information and a limited amount of associated hardware configuration information. Additionally, you can set up Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) prior to creating a system plan to capture more detailed information. Although it may cause the creation of the system plan to take several more minutes to finish processing, by using RMC you can capture disk drive and tape drive configuration information for a managed system in the system plan.
Use the online Help for more information on creating a system plan.
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