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Start a Lab

When you start a cloud-based lab, you are starting an instance of the lab. A lab can have multiple instances, all of which are independent of each other.

In the Server Console, the Network panel displays the started lab in a tree structure. The following graphic shows the Network panel.

LISA Network panel

The right panel displays the started lab in the network graph. The following graphic shows the network graph.

Server Console displaying the DCM and related labs

The lisa.dcm.labstartup.min property controls the number of minutes that DevTest waits for the Virtual Lab Manager (VLM) provider to start the lab. For more information, see Configure DCM Properties.

Note: You do not need to start the Default lab explicitly.

You can start a lab in the following ways: