Working with Resources › Create a Resource

Create a Resource

You must create the resource before you can set up a resource dependency in a job.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Services perspective.

   A list of server connections is displayed in the Services view.

2. Right-click Resources under your server connection and click New from the pop-up menu.

   The New Resource view opens.

3. Enter the appropriate information.

   Note: The maximum availability count applies to renewable resources only. The availability count cannot exceed the maximum availability count.

4. Click the Save icon.

   The resource is created.

Example: Create a Renewable Resource

You can create a renewable resource named RESREN with an initial availability of 1 and a maximum availability of 3.

To create a renewable resource

1. Open the Services perspective.

   A list of server connections is displayed in the Services view.

2. Right-click Resources under your server connection and click New from the pop-up menu.

   The New Resource view opens.

3. Enter RESREN as the resource name.
4. Enter 1 as the availability count and 3 as the maximum availability count.
5. Click the Save icon.

   The renewable resource is created.