In this lesson you, in the role of a lab manager, reserve
a lab resource for a specific period.
In this lesson, you use the BetaTest test environment that
you created in "Lesson 2: Creating a lab resource test environment"
to search for a lab resource that matches the test environment. You
then reserve the lab resource for two weeks.
To find and reserve
a lab resource:
- In the left sidebar, point to the Lab Management icon
(
), and click Find
Lab Resource. The Find Lab Resource editor opens. This
editor is case-sensitive.
- Under Search, click the Select
lab resource description (
) icon.
The Select Lab Resource Description window opens.
- Click BetaTest, the test environment
that was created earlier in this tutorial and click OK.
Under Search, the name of the test environment
(BetaTest) and the lab resource that is defined in the test environment
(Machine1) are displayed along with the attributes that are defined
for the lab resource. Availability contains
options to reserve a lab resource for today, tomorrow, the next two
days, and the next five days. You will reserve the lab resource for
two weeks.
- In From, click the calendar icon
(
), and
select a date in the future as the date to start using the lab resource
(Machine1).
- In Until, click the calendar icon,
and select an end date that is two weeks after the date you entered
in From to finish using Machine1.
- In the list of lab resources, click the Refresh icon
(
). Machine1 is listed.
- Select the Machine1 check box, and click the Reserve
Machine icon (
).
The Reserve Machine icon is displayed in the
Reserved column and Machine1 is reserved for you on the dates you
selected.
- Click Machine1. The Machine1 details
editor opens.
- Point to Reservations, and click
the Expand icon (
). The dates for which Machine1
is reserved and the name of the person who reserved it are displayed.