Optimize Your Development and Test Lab Infrastructure
Streamline development and test lab infrastructure and operations through Virtual Lab Automation. With VMware Lab Manager, VMware’s Virtual Lab Automation system, IT can leverage VMware Infrastructure to achieve significant cost savings and operational benefits by pooling servers, networking, storage and other resources that can be shared across development and test teams. Provision complex multi-machine configurations in seconds, rather than days. Provide on-demand access to a shared library of complex system environments, giving your developers and testers instant use of the resources they need, while leaving IT in administrative control.
Capture and Reproduce Software Defects—Every Time
Enable developers and testers to quickly reproduce software defects and resolve them earlier in the software lifecycle—and ensure higher quality software and systems. VMware Lab Manager enables “closed loop” defect reporting and resolution through its unique ability to “snapshot” complex multi-machine configurations in an error state, capture them to the library, and make them available for sharing—and troubleshooting—across development and test teams.
Integrate with Leading Test Management Tools
Enable users to access VMware Lab Manager seamlessly from within their preferred test management tools. Off-the-shelf integrations with Borland SilkCentral Test Manager and HP Quality Center allow users simply to select the desired multi-tier configuration and Lab Manager will do the rest — automatically provision the test environment, tear down the environment after a test is run, and capture the state of the application, test date and virtual machine configuration in the event of a failed test.
Change the Way You Manage the Lab
By automating the development and test lab with VMware Lab Manager, you can cut capital and operating costs even while enabling the AD team to accelerate and improve their development and test processes. Automate low-level, time-consuming tasks so you can focus your IT staff on higher value activities.
| Capability | IT Benefits | Software Development Team Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Create a centralized pool of virtualized servers, storage and networking equipment shared across software development and test teams and team members. | Reduce server-to-staff ratios by over 75%Slash equipment-related capital and operating expenditures | Accelerate software development cycles |
| Automatically and rapidly set up and tear down complex, multi-machine software configurations for use in development and test activities. | Reduce provisioning time/costs by more than 50% | Increase the number of certified deployment configurations supported by new software systems Find and fix more bugs, earlier in the software development lifecycle |
| Give every developer or test engineer the equivalent of their own fully-equipped data center with dedicated provisioning staff. | Remove the repetitive AD provisioning support burden from IT | Eliminate the time and energy wasted begging for, re-configuring and protecting hoarded servers, storage and networking equipmentEnable "real world" unit testing |
| Maintain a comprehensive library of customer and production system environments. | Enable self-service provisioning by lab users | Eliminate upgrade breakageDeliver better support to users of a software systemRapidly troubleshoot customer production problems |
| Suspend and capture “live” multi-machine configurations to a shared library. | Maintain a historical record of builds and test scenarios | Reproduce bugs reliably and reduce time spent debugging softwareReduce the number of latent software defects that bring down production systemsMaintain a historical record of builds and test scenarios |
| Effortlessly move configurations between development and test facilities. | Lower the cost of communication between distributed software development teamsEnhance the efficiency and productivity of outsourced development and test partners |
Virtual Lab Automation Next Steps
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