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Reserve Specific Systems

The View system inventory link on the Reservation Manager home page displays a System Inventory table. This table shows things as CPU speed, memory, and disk space for the physical systems that you have access to. You can reserve these systems from here.

• Select one or more resources in the System Inventory table, and select Reserve from the Actions menu.

  Note: If you select multiple systems, the Reserve action is available only if all selected systems are of the same Hardware Class.

• (Optional) Choose any software that you want to install on the system being reserved.
• Choose to reserve now for several days, or enter start and end dates and times. Both options also let you reserve a system with no expiration date and time.

  Times start and end on the hour, and the end time must be at least one hour after the start time. If you specify an end time that exceeds the number of days for which you can reserve a system, Reservation Manager rejects your request.

• (Optional) Specify the following additional information:

  Administrator Password

  Lets you set the password for the Windows administrator or Linux root accounts.

  Note: This field does not appear by default. The site administrator controls whether users can set the administrator or root password.

  Confirm Password

  Displays the field if the administrator password is present. Enter the same password to verify it.

  Project ID

  (Optional) Defines the ID that associates the request with a specific project. This field is useful for evaluating requests and for allocating or charging costs to a specific project.

  The Reservation Manager administrator can configure this field so that it is required. In this case, the Reservation Manager displays a corresponding note in the information bar. You can submit your reservation request only after you enter a project ID. The Reservation Manager does not validate the entered value.

  Notes

  (Optional) Defines additional information you want to provide about the request.

  Send Notifications to

  (Optional) Defines the email address to which Reservation Manager sends notifications regarding this request. You can override any default value with a different address. Separate multiple email addresses with a semicolon. Reservation Manager sends email notifications when a reserved system is available for use and when the expiration of the reservation period is approaching.