HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition Software - Manual (Page 676)

Chargeback Manager 638
First set up your chargeback as described in the topic, ” Setting Up Chargeback Manager ” on
page 638. When you are done with adding your chargeback information, you can view
chargeback as follows:
• By element - Displays chargeback for a single element. See ” Viewing Chargeback by Element ”
on page 662 for more information.
• By department - Displays chargeback for a department. See ” Viewing Chargeback by
Department ” on page 662 for more information.
• By owner - Displays chargeback for an owner. See ” Viewing Chargeback by Owner ” on
page 663 for more information.
Chargeback Manager also provides the following reports. See ” Viewing Chargeback Reports ” on
page 665 for more information.
• Array Based Assets - Displays the following asset information from storage arrays: host name,
department, HBA port, HBA port WWN, storage volume, volume size, and cost.
• Asset Based - Displays the following asset-based chargeback information for each department
owning elements: department, asset name, ownership ratio, and chargeback amount. Total
asset-based cost per month is also displayed.
• Storage Based - Displays the following storage-based chargeback information for each
department owning applications: department, application, ownership ratio, total capacity, and
chargeback amount. Total storage-based cost per month is also displayed.
• Storage System Based by Tier - Displays storage-based chargeback by tier.
After viewing the reports, you can e-mail them to co-workers. You can even set up a schedule for a
chargeback report to be mailed at regular intervals to a co-worker. See the topics, ” E-mailing a
Chargeback Report ” on page 665 and ” Adding an E-mail Schedule for a Chargeback Report ” on
page 666 for more information.
Chargeback Manager helps you track the status of your elements. Elements that have recently been
discovered are automatically given the status of New. You can then change the status of elements to
In Use, Missing or Repaired. Since the management server cannot determine what you plan to do
with an element, you must change the status manually. However, you can easily change the status of
a group of elements at once. See ” Changing the Status of an Element ” on page 640 for more
information.
Chargeback Manager also provides a brief listing of your assets by name, status, serial number,
vendor/model, and description. You can filter elements by status and/or type for easy navigation.
You can even create custom filters. See ” About Filtering Assets ” on page 671.
Setting Up Chargeback Manager
To be able to view chargeback, you must first complete the steps in the following table.