Work with lab resources
The lab management tool helps you manage lab resources in your testing labs by providing a way to track your resources and administer lab-resource reservations and requests.
In this tutorial, the lessons are performed by someone in the software tester role (Tanuj) and another person in the test manager role (Tammy). Tasks that are performed in the test manager role include overseeing the lab resources. For example, a test manager oversees installing, setting up, and maintaining lab resources for the entire lab and managing requests for lab resources. Tasks that are performed in the tester role include testing software products under development and reserving and requesting lab resources.
Learning objectives
In this tutorial, you learn how to create and view lab-resource data, and how to create and respond to lab-resource reservations and requests. You learn how to perform these tasks:- Create lab resource data.
- Reserve lab resources.
- Request a lab resource with a specific configuration.
- Fulfill lab resource requests.
Time required
The time required to complete this tutorial is approximately 60 minutes.- Introduction: Work with lab resources
This tutorial teaches you how to create lab-resource data, reserve lab resources, and manage requests for lab resources using the lab management tool. - Module 1: Create lab resource data
In this module, you, in the role of test manager, learn how to create lab resources that populate the lab management database. Lab resources are physical machines, virtual machines, and virtual images. Test environments and test cells are also used as lab resources. - Module 2: Request and reserve lab resources
In this module, you learn how to manage lab-resource requests and reserve lab resources.