In this lesson you, in the role of lab manager, reserve
a lab resource for a specific period.
In this lesson, you use the BetaTest test environment that
you created in
Lesson 2.5: Create 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:
- Point to the Lab Management icon
(
), and click View
Lab Resources. The View Lab Resources editor opens.
- Click the Select lab resource description (
) icon.
The Select Lab Resource Description window opens.
- Click BetaTest, the test environment
that was created in lesson 2.5. The two lab resources that we defined
for this test environment are displayed. Select betaMachine and
click OK.
- Expand the View Builder section
and click Run. Lab resources that match the
attributes you defined in the BetaTest test environment lab resource
description display.
- Click on the name Machine1. The
Machine1 details editor opens.
- At the bottom of the editor, expand the Reservations section.
- In Reserve From, click the calendar icon
(
), and
select a future date as the date to start using the lab resource (Machine1).
- In Reserve To, click the calendar icon,
and select an end date that is two weeks after the date you entered
in From to finish using Machine1.
- Click the Reserve Machine icon (
). Notice that the graph displays the dates that you selected.
The reservation information is displayed in the table below the graph.