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rob | 27 Aug 2008 13:59
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How does one read a sysplan file?

I had my bp send me a sysplan file.  I just want to look at it, not import 
it into my hmc or something. 
Looking at it via notepad or wordpad is junk.  I figure I should use
http://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/systemplanningtool/download.shtml
However, my bp also sent me a text printout from the spt (System Planning 
Tool).
It is worth downloading the spt, or just use the text?

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Bryan Dietz | 27 Aug 2008 16:59
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Re: How does one read a sysplan file?

Rob,  The sysplan is really just a zip file.

Open with your fav zip application.

Inside you will find a report.txt.

I can assume this is what your are looking for.

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rob@... said the following on 8/27/2008 7:59 AM:
> I had my bp send me a sysplan file.  I just want to look at it, not import 
> it into my hmc or something. 
> Looking at it via notepad or wordpad is junk.  I figure I should use
> http://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/systemplanningtool/download.shtml
> However, my bp also sent me a text printout from the spt (System Planning 
> Tool).
> It is worth downloading the spt, or just use the text?
> 
> Rob Berendt
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rob | 27 Aug 2008 17:41
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Re: How does one read a sysplan file?

That did help.  And report.txt was what my bp usually sends me.
I see the comments that the BP was talking about in the sysplan.csdml file 
though.  Opening that with notepad wraps.  Opening it with wordpad is 
formatted.  Opening it with WDSC was on par with wordpad.  I would have 
thought it would have handled a markup language better.
If I renamed it from .csdml to .xml it looked much prettier but was less 
functional.  For instance, searching for a frame serial number is easy in 
a text format, but I couldn't get the search to work right for a xml file 
in wdsc.

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Jones, John (US | 27 Aug 2008 14:53

RE: How does one read a sysplan file?

The SPT provides a hardware-centric view of your system.  That's nice
when you want to add/delete/move components or do 'what ifs' for
changing the layout or moving components around to free up slots and
whatnot.  Most recently I used it to tweak the card placement in one of
our systems to support added 5761 Fibre tape controllers.

If you just want to browse a pre-made config, the printout is probably
fine.  If you find yourself questioning the BP's decisions, you might
want to use the SPT to help validate why card placement was done the way
they presented it to you.

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Lukas Beeler | 27 Aug 2008 14:27
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Re: How does one read a sysplan file?

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:59 PM,  <rob@...> wrote:
> I had my bp send me a sysplan file.  I just want to look at it, not import
> it into my hmc or something.
> Looking at it via notepad or wordpad is junk.  I figure I should use
> http://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/systemplanningtool/download.shtml
> However, my bp also sent me a text printout from the spt (System Planning
> Tool).
> It is worth downloading the spt, or just use the text?

Your BP should also be able to provide you with a PDF Printout of the
graphics displayed by the SPT.

I'm a visual person, so i prefer the nice output from SPT/HMC/IVM, but
it's not like there is more information on those sheets.

You could use SPT to test out smaller changes on the config in itself, though.

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rob | 27 Aug 2008 15:04
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Re: How does one read a sysplan file?

One thing I don't like about the text is if you have multiple frames and 
you see
0595-5
You might assume that means the 0595 that is frame 5.  The BP admits that 
this is confusing and that the real sysplan has comments that do not 
appear, even if he turns on show comments, when printing this simple text 
version.
Assuming it was frame 5 had me on the phone with the bp saying that it was 
missing stuff.  So it would have saved us a conference call.

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Jones, John (US | 27 Aug 2008 15:48

RE: How does one read a sysplan file?

In SPT you can rename the frames; I use their serial number.  Makes
things a lot easier.

SPT runs as a service & the interface is via your browser.  IE seems to
work a little better that Firefox.

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One thing I don't like about the text is if you have multiple frames and

you see
0595-5
You might assume that means the 0595 that is frame 5.  The BP admits
that 
this is confusing and that the real sysplan has comments that do not 
appear, even if he turns on show comments, when printing this simple
text
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