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Labs and Lab Members

A lab is a logical container for one or more lab members.

A lab member can be a DevTest server or a non-DevTest server.

• The valid types of DevTest servers are coordinator, simulator, and Virtual Service Environment.
• Examples of non-DevTest servers include a database and a web server.

The following graphic shows a lab with two members: a coordinator and a simulator.

A lab can have one or more child labs. The following graphic shows the hierarchical nature of labs. Lab_1 is the parent of Lab_2 and Lab_3. Lab_3 is the parent of Lab_4.

The fully qualified name of a child lab uses a forward slash as the separator. For example, the fully qualified name of Lab_4 in the previous graphic is Lab_1/Lab_3/Lab_4.

A lab named Default is included with DevTest. If you start a coordinator, simulator, or Virtual Service Environment without specifying a lab, the Default lab is used.

A lab member has one of the following statuses:

• Uninitialized
• Starting
• Running
• Unknown

If a lab member is a DevTest server, the status proceeds from Uninitialized to Starting to Running.

If a lab member is a non-DevTest server, the status goes directly from Uninitialized to Running.