Adding a lab resource to Rational Build Forge using Rational Quality Manager

You can add lab resources to IBM® Rational® Build Forge® by using the lab management feature in IBM Rational Quality Manager.

Before you begin

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. The Rational Build Forge (version 7.0.2 iFix2 or higher) agent must be installed on the target machine.

About this task

To add a lab resource to Rational Build Forge using Rational Quality Manager:

Procedure

  1. Point to Lab Management (Lab Management), and click All Lab Resources. The All Lab Resources editor opens.
  2. Select a lab resource to add to Rational Build Forge. Be sure that either the IP address or the hostname is defined. If it is not defined, you must add this information to the lab resource.
    1. To enter the IP address, point to Hardware and if necessary, click the Expand icon (Expand). In IP Address, type the IP address of the machine.
    2. To enter the hostname, point to Operating System and if necessary, click the Expand icon (Expand) and then click the Add icon (Add) to open the Operating System section. In Hostname, type the hostname of the machine.
  3. Click the Add to provider icon (Add to provider). The Add Lab Resource to Build Forge window opens.
  4. Enter the user name and password of the user account on the lab resource that you are adding to Rational Build Forge.
  5. In Provider, select the Rational Build Forge server to add the lab resource to. In most cases, the default value for the Rational Build Forge server is correct.
  6. In Temp Path, type the path to the Rational Build Forge agent folder. This field is mandatory.
  7. If the Rational Build Forge agent machine is configured to use a port other than the default port of 5555, in Port, type the port number. If you did not configure an alternate port for the Rational Build Forge agent machine or accept the default during the installation of the agent machine, then you do not need to enter anything in the Port field.
  8. Click Save. The progress bar shows progress in connecting to the Rational Build Forge server. A status message displays that states the lab resource was successfully added to Rational Build Forge.

Results

If the lab resource was not added to Rational Build Forge, an error message displays that explains why the lab resource was not added. Common reasons that a lab resource cannot be added to Rational Build Forge include:

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