HMC Scanner(Java tool to document and monitor HMC/LPARs/VIOS)

I want to tell you about that helpful,informative and handy tool which is called HMC Scanner.

Federico Vagnini,IBM Italy(vagnini@it.ibm.com)
is the author of this tool!

This tool gives you a lot of information easily and in an organized excel sheet.


Am I hearing you LOUD wow yet? ;-) 
If you are not attracted to this tool yet,then check below Information(that u HMC Scanner gives you) is organized in tabs:

• System summary: name, serial number, cores, memory, service processor IP for each server
• LPAR Summary: list of all LPAR by serve with status, environment, version, processor mode
• LPAR CPU: processor configuration of each LPAR
• LPAR MEM: memory configuration of each LPAR
• Physical Slots: list of all slots of each system with LPAR assignment, description, physical location and drc_index
• Virtual Ethernet: network configuration of each virtual switch and each LPAR
• Virtual SCSI: configuration of all virtual SCSI adapters, both client and server
• VSCSI Map: devices mapped by each VIOS to partitions
• Virtual Fibre: virtual fibre channel configuration of client and server with identification of physical adapter assigned
• SW Cores: LPAR and virtual processor pool configuration matrix to compute the number of software licenses. Simulation of alternative scenarios is possible.
• CPU Pool Usage: easy to read history of CPU usage of each system. Based on last 12 months of lslparutil data.
• Sys RAM Usage: easy to read history of physical memory assignement to each LPAR. Based on last 12 months of lslparutil data.
• LPAR CPU Usage: easy to read history of CPU usage of each LPAR. Based on last 12 months of lslparutil 

To download HMC Scanner and get much info,follow this link: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Power%20Systems/page/HMC%20Scanner


Check the following screenshots to get yourself familiar with the output of the HMC Scanner

Notes:
-In PureFlex environments, only Power Systems compute nodes are detected.
-This tool is not officially supported by IBM. No guarantee is given or implied, and you cannot obtain help from IBM.