System Planning Tool - IBM Power 595 Technical Overview And Introduction

Live Application Mobility is part of workload partitions, and enables a way to relocate a WPAR
from one system to another.
To assist with the management of WPARs, IBM offers an optional product called Workload
Partition Manager (5765-WPM). WPAR Manager provides a centralized point of control for
managing WPARs across one or more managed systems running AIX 6.1.
Note: Workload partitions are only supported with AIX V6.
For a detailed list of the workload partitions concepts and function, refer to Introduction to
Workload Partition Management in IBM AIX Version 6.1, SG24-7431, located at:
http://www.ibm.com/redbooks

3.11 System Planning Tool

The IBM System Planning Tool (SPT) helps you design a system or systems to be partitioned
with logical partitions. You can also plan for and design non-partitioned systems using the
SPT. The resulting output of your design is called a
file. This file can contain plans for a single system or multiple systems. The .sysplan file can
be used for the following purposes:
To create reports
As input to the IBM configuration tool (eConfig)
To create and deploy partitions on your systems automatically
The SPT is the next generation of the IBM LPAR Validation Tool (LVT). It contains all the
functions from the LVT, and significant functional enhancements. It is integrated with the IBM
Systems Workload Estimator (WLE). System plans generated by the SPT can be deployed on
the system by the Hardware Management Console (HMC).
You can create an entirely new system configuration, or you can create a system
configuration based upon any of the following information:
Performance data from an existing system that the new system is to replace
Performance estimates that anticipates future workloads that you must support
Sample systems that you can customize to fit your needs
Integration between the SPT and both the WLE and IBM Performance Management (PM)
allows you to create a system that is based upon performance and capacity data from an
existing system or that is based on new workloads that you specify.
Use the SPT before you order a system to determine what you must order to support your
workload. You can also use the SPT to determine how to partition an existing system.
The SPT is a PC-based browser application designed to be run in a standalone environment.
The SPT can be used to plan solutions for the following IBM systems:
IBM Power Systems
System p5™ and System i5™
eServer p5 and eServer i5
OpenPower®
iSeries® 8xx and 270 models
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system plan
, which is stored in a .sysplan