You can import a system-plan file into a Hardware Management Console (HMC) from various types of media,
a remote FTP site, or the computer from which you remotely access the HMC. You can then deploy the imported
system plan to a system that the HMC manages.
You can import a system-plan file into the HMC from
any of the following locations:
- From the computer on which you remotely access the HMC.
- From various media that is mounted on the HMC,
such as optical discs or USB drives.
- From a remote site by using FTP. To use this option, you must fulfill
the following requirements:
- The HMC must have
a network connection to the remote site.
- An FTP server must be active on the remote site.
- Port 21 must be open on the remote site.
Note: You cannot import a system plan that has an identical name to any
system plan that is available on the HMC.
To
import a system-plan file, you must be a super administrator. For
more information about user roles, see Managing HMC users
and tasks.
To import a system-plan file into the HMC,
complete the following steps:
- In the navigation area of the HMC,
select System Plans.
- In the tasks area, select Import System
Plan. The Import System Plan window opens.
- Select the source of the system-plan file that you want to import.
Use the following table to complete the appropriate steps for importing the
system plan from the selected source location of the file.
| Source of the system plan to import |
Complete
the following steps: |
|---|
| This computer |
- Select Import from this computer to the HMC.
- Click Import to display the Upload File window.
- Click Browse.
- Select the system-plan file that you want to import and click Open.
- Click OK to upload the file.
|
| Media |
- Select Import from media.
- In the System plan file name field, enter the name
of the system-plan file.
Note: The name of the system-plan file must end with
the .sysplan file name suffix and can use alphanumeric
characters only.
- In the Sub-directory on media field,
enter the path in which the system-plan file is located on the media.
Note: Specify
the subdirectory location only, rather than the fully qualified path and file
name.
- Click Import to display the Select Media Device
window.
- Select the media that contains the system-plan file that you want to import.
- Click OK.
|
| Remote FTP site |
- Select Import from a remote FTP site.
- In the System plan file name field, enter the name
of the system-plan file.
Note: The name of the system-plan file must end with
the .sysplan file name suffix and can use alphanumeric
characters only.
- In the Remote site hostname field, enter the host
name or IP address of the remote FTP site.
- In the User ID field, enter the user ID to use
to access the remote FTP site.
- In the Password field, enter the password to use
to access the remote FTP site.
- In the Remote directory field, enter the path in
which the system-plan file is located on the remote FTP site. If you do not
enter a path, the HMC uses
the default path specified on the remote FTP site.
|
- Click Import. If the HMC returns an error, return to
the Import System Plan window and verify that the information
you entered is correct. If necessary, click Cancel,
return to step 2, and
redo the procedure, ensuring that the information you specify at each step
is correct.
Note: As an alternative to the HMC Web
user interface, you can use the cpysysplan command from the HMC command line interface to import
a system plan.
When you complete the process of importing the system-plan
file, you can deploy the system plan in the system-plan file to a system that
the HMC manages. If you
imported the system-plan file from media, you can unmount the media by using
the umount command from the HMC command
line interface.