Reserving a lab resource for a specified time period

The function that this topic describes might not be available, depending on how lab management permissions and client access licenses have been defined for your user account. You can search for a lab resource that matches the hardware and software configurations that you need for your testing effort. You can find out when the lab resource is available, and then select the lab resource and reserve it for a specified period.

Before you begin

Ensure that there is a test environment defined with the hardware and software attributes that you need.

About this task

To find and reserve a lab resource that matches a specific test environment for a specified period:

Procedure

  1. Point to Lab Management, (Lab Management), and click Find Lab Resource. The Find Lab Resource editor opens. This editor is case-sensitive.
  2. Under Search Criteria, click the Select lab resource description icon (Select lab resource description). The Select Lab Resource Description window opens.
  3. Click the test environment to use to search for a lab resource. Under Search Criteria, the name of the test environment and the lab resource that is defined in the test environment 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 can select one of these options to reserve the lab resource for these amounts of time.
  4. In From, click the calendar icon (Reserve several dates), and select the date to start using the lab resource; then select the start time.
  5. In Until, click the calendar icon, and select the date to finish using the lab resource; then select the end time.
  6. Click Search. Lab resources that are available during the dates and times you specified and that match the criteria in the test environment you selected are displayed in the list.
  7. Select the checkbox for a lab resource, and click the Reserve Machine icon (Reserve). The Reserved column displays the Reserve Machine icon and the lab resource is reserved for you for the dates and times that you specified.
  8. Click the lab resource. The details editor for the lab resource are displayed.
  9. Point to Reservations, and click the Expand icon (Expand). The dates for which the lab resource is reserved and the name of the person who reserved it are displayed.

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