Managing lab resources
You can track the resources in your lab using the lab management
tool. You can create data for physical machines and virtual images, search
for resources with specific configurations, and manage requests. If you have
the lab management client access license and administration permissions, you
can create and reservations for lab resources. If you are integrated with
an external provider application with virtualization capabilities, you can
work with virtual machine and image collections. If you are integrated with
provider applications that provide deployment and inventory capabilities,
you can update lab resource data to display the latest lab resource configurations
and new lab resources that have been added, and you can run scripts,
projects, or libraries that are configured in the external provider applications
on remote lab resources.
- Creating and viewing lab resources
You can populate the lab management database with
lab resource information in several ways. You can import existing lab resource
data and create new lab resource data in the lab management tool. You can
create groups of lab resources and assign them to teams of testers. You can
search for lab resources with specific attributes, for example, specific operating
systems and software.
- Working with lab resource reservations and requests
You can reserve lab resources for immediate use or for specified
periods. You can also request a lab resource from a lab manager. Lab managers
can track and manage lab resource requests by viewing the status of all requests,
assigning requests to lab personnel to fulfill, or fulfilling them directly.
However, the reservation functions described in this section of the online
help might not be available, depending on how lab management permissions and
client access licenses have been defined for your user account.