Import System Plan

This task is used to import a system plan to other systems or other HMCs.

You can save this system plan and import the plan on other systems that this HMC manages that have hardware that is identical to the hardware in the system plan. You can import the system plan on another HMC and use it to deploy the system plan to other systems the target HMC manages that have hardware that is identical to the hardware in the system plan.

You can also import a system plan created using the System Planning Tool (SPT) at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/systemplanningtool/. The SPT is available to assist you in system planning, design, validation and to provide a system validation report that reflects your system requirements while not exceeding system recommendations. The SPT is a PC-based browser application designed to be run in a standalone environment. The SPT emulates an LPAR configuration and validates that the planned partitions are valid. It allows you to test the placement of hardware within the system to ensure that the placement is valid. When you have prepared your partitioning plan using the SPT, you can save this plan in a system plan file. You can import this file into your HMC and deploy the system plan to a managed system that is managed by the HMC. When you deploy the system plan, the HMC creates the logical partitions from the system plan on the managed system.

You can import a system-plan file from one of three sources:

• You can import a system file from the local system on which you are running the browser to access the HMC.
• You can import a system-plan file from removable media that is currently mounted to the HMC, such as optical discs or USB Mass Storage devices.
• You can import a system-plan file from a remote file transfer protocol (FTP) site. Importing a system-plan file by means of FTP allows you to deploy a system plan from a source other than the current HMC.

Use the online Help for more information on importing a system plan.