Managing Plans

You can use the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software browser interface to manage plans. The following pages in the browser interface include information about how to view and manage plans:

• Plans page. List plans and add new plans to the list. You can also access other plan pages to view plan details.

  To see which plans are already checked in, choose Plans from the navigation menu.

• Details page. View detailed information about the plan, such as its attributes and values. This page also provides information and buttons that enable you to manage the plan.

  • To see details about a plan, go to the Plans page, click the name of the plan you want, and view details on the Details page.

  • To delete a plan, go to the plan's Details page and click Delete. Click Continue To Delete, or click Cancel if you do not want to delete the plan.

• Advanced Edit page. Change what a plan does by changing the plan's XML.

  To edit a plan, see How to Edit a Plan.

In addition to managing plans, you can create plans and run plans as described later in this chapter.

You can also use the CLI to work with plans. See Summary of Plan CLI Commands. For detailed information about the CLI commands, see the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual.

How to Edit a Plan

Steps

1. Go to the Details page of the plan you want, and click Advanced Edit.

2. Modify the XML or import new XML for the plan.

   To import a plan from another system, do one of the following:

   • Type the full path of the file, then click Replace.

   • Click Browse and locate the file, then click Replace.

3. Check in the plan.

   • Click Check In to save the plan with the same name.

     The Plans page appears.

   • Click Check In As to save the plan with a different name.

     A new page appears that tells you that you are about to check in a plan. The version number is incremented.

4. Click Continue To Check In.