You can create a group of lab resources to track and manage.
You can associate teams of people to a lab resource group. For example,
you can create a group of machines that are dedicated to a particular
testing team. The team of people always has exclusive access to the
group of lab resources that you define.
About this task
To create a group of lab resources:
Procedure
- Point to Lab Management (
), and click Create
Lab Resource Group. The Create Lab Resource Group editor
opens.
- Click <Enter New Lab Resource Group Name>,
and type a name for the lab resource group.
- Enter a start date and an expiration date for the lab resource
group or select the No Expiration check box
for the lab resource group to be permanent.
- In <Click here to enter a description>,
provide a description of the lab resource group.
- In Team Area, select the name of
a project team.
- Click Save to save the definition
of the lab resource group. If there are lab resources
that are already defined for the team you selected, those lab resources
are displayed in the Lab Resource section. You can filter the display
of lab resources by selecting a category in Group by.
- To add lab resources for the group, in the Lab Resource
section, click the Add to group icon (
). The Add
to group window opens and displays a list of all the available lab
resources.
- Select the lab resources for the group. You can select
one, more than one, or all of the lab resources.
- Click OK. The lab resources are
added to the lab resource group definition.
- To remove a lab resource from the group definition, select
the lab resource, and click the Release from Group icon.
The lab resource is removed from the group but is still in the lab
management database.
- Click Save. The lab resource group
is saved and displays in the All Lab Resource Groups editor. To open
the editor, point to the Lab Management icon
(
), and click All
Lab Resource Groups.