1. On the My Performance Center navigation bar, select Resources > Timeslots.
2. To add a new timeslot, click New Timeslot . To edit a timeslot, select the timeslot and click .

How to Reserve Timeslots for Performance Testing

Performance Testing Timeslots Overview

Choose the method for executing linked tests or test sets:

• Manually. The timeslot reservation reserves testing resources only. You manually execute the linked test or test sets.

• Automatically. The linked tests or test sets automatically start running at the start of the timeslot, without any manual intervention. Setting the test to start automatically enables autostart for the timeslot.

  Note: To set autostart retry settings, refer to HPE ALM Lab Management Guide: Project Settings Details Dialog Box.

Version Control: The last checked-in version of a test always runs, even if you have the test checked out at the start of the timeslot. In version-enabled projects, if a test scheduled to autostart contains scripts that are checked out, the autostart fails.

A descriptive name for the timeslot.

Enables you to link a performance test instance to the timeslot.

By default, there is no linked test, and the selection is empty.

You do not have to link a test to the timeslot. However, linking a test gives you the option of running the test automatically without your manual intervention.

Version Control: You cannot link a test that is checked out.

Enables you to link a test set to the timeslot.

By default, there is no linked test set, and the selection is empty.

You do not have to link a test set to the timeslot. However, linking a test set gives you the option of running the test set automatically without your manual intervention.

Displays the number of Vusers that are defined in the linked test.

Available: Only when a performance test has been linked to the timeslot.

Displays the number of VUDs that are defined in the linked test.

For more information about VUDs, refer to the HPE ALM Lab Management Guide: HP ALM Performance Center Licenses Overview.

Available: Only when a performance test has been linked to the timeslot.

The duration of the timeslot, in hours and minutes.

The date and time (in hours and minutes) that the timeslot starts.

The date and time (in hours and minutes) that the timeslot ends.

Opens the Add Automatch Load Generators dialog box, enabling you to select automatch load generators with specific properties for the timeslot.

Opens the Add Specific Load Generator dialog box, enabling you to select specific load generators for the timeslot.

Enables you to edit the selected request.

• Selecting an automatch load generator opens the Add Automatch Load Generators dialog box.
• Selecting a specific load generator opens the Add Specific Load Generator dialog box.
• Selecting a controller opens the Select Controller dialog box.

Removes selected load generators.

Enables you to define the action to be taken when the performance test run is complete:

• Collate. When the run has finished, the run results are collected from all the load generators.

  Note: To prevent loss of or inaccessibility to run data, select this option so that the results are collected immediately upon completion of the test run.

• Collate and Analyze. When the run has finished, the run results are collected and analyzed. Data analysis requires some time, depending on the size of the results file. If there is no timeslot available to include the data analysis, then select the Collate option instead, and run late Analysis when a data processor becomes available. You run late Analysis from the Results tab.

• None. Frees the machines immediately after the performance test ends. When the run has finished, the run results are left on the load generators. You can analyze the results at a later stage from the Results tab.

AUT Env. Configuration

Enables you to select an AUT environment configuration for the timeslot.

By default, there is no configuration selected, and the selection appears as none.

To link an AUT Environment Configuration, click the [none] link. A window displaying the AUT Environments tree opens. Navigate to the AUT environment configuration to add and click OK.

For more information regarding AUT Environments, see the HPE Application Lifecycle Management User Guide: How to Work with AUT Environments.

When your system is integrated with HP Continuous Delivery Automation (CDA), these options enable you to select deployment actions for the application under test. For more information on the integration between AUT environment configuration and CDA, see the HPE Application Lifecycle Management User Guide: How to Work with AUT Environments.

The following options are available:

• Provision and deploy. Allocates machines on which to deploy the application under test, and prepares the required image so that the application can be installed. That is, the operating system, database server and all required software are installed based on CDA parameters. Following provisioning, the application under test itself is installed.

• Redeploy. Deploys and runs the application under test environment on machines that have already been provisioned.

• Use deployed environment. Uses an existing installation to run the test.

When you select an option, the environment name appears in blue. Click the name to change the selection.

Calculates the availability of the requested resources for the selected timeslot. The results are displayed graphically on the resource availability chart, and a message is displayed in the Timeslot Status tab.

Displays the status of the timeslot reservation.

For details about timeslot failure, see the HPE Application Lifecycle Management User Guide: How to Work with AUT Environments.

Displays pool details and project limits related to the timeslot.