Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Chargeback Parameter Definition Window

 

Use this window to create an invoice and specify the output format for the invoice. You can select the output format to be a Tivoli Storage Resource Manager invoice or the CIMS output format. If you select CIMS as your output format, you can then export the invoice to your CIMS application. You can select the type of charge and the cost per resource for the invoice.

Field Descriptions

Field Name

Description

Output Format

Determine the type of output format for your invoice.

Invoice

Select this option to generate the output in the StorageChargeback default format.

CIMS

Select this option to generate the output in a format exportable to CIMS.

Types of Charges

Use this section to determine what cost to charge for the usage of a

specific resource.

OS Storage Usage by User

Select this option to charge users and user groups for their usage of OS

storage resources.

 

  • Cost per - Select the unit of measurement upon which you want to charge. Valid options are Kilobyte, Megabyte, and Gigabyte. After you select the unit of measurement, enter the numerical value to charge for the unit of measurement you selected. For example, if you want to charge $1.00 per megabyte of storage usage, select Megabyte as the unit of measurement and enter 1 as the cost per megabyte.

 

  • Profile - Select a Profile that was used to gather user statistics during the Scan. Only one profile may be selected so all scans that collect data for chargeback should use the same profile such as, Tivoli.Summary By Owner.

 

What information appears on the invoice when you select this

option?

 

  • the total space consumed by user groups and the cost of that usage

  • the total space consumed by each user in the environment and the cost charged to each user

 

OS Disk Capacity By Computer

Select this option to charge usage costs according to the storage space

used on computers and computer groups.

 

  • Cost per - Select the unit of measurement upon which you want to charge. Valid options are Kilobyte, Megabyte, and Gigabyte.

 

After you select the unit of measurement, enter the numerical value to charge for the unit of measurement you selected. For example, if you want to charge $1.00 per megabyte of storage usage, select Megabyte as the unit of measurement and enter 1 as the cost per megabyte.

 

What information appears on the invoice when you select this

option?

 

  • the total space consumed by computer groups and the cost of that usage

  • the total space consumed on each computer in the environment and the cost of that usage

DB Storage Usage By User

Select this option to charge users and user groups for their usage of

Oracle storage resources.

 

  • Cost per - Select the unit of measurement upon which you want to charge. Valid options are Kilobyte, Megabyte, and Gigabyte.

 

After you select the unit of measurement, enter the numerical value to charge for the unit of measurement you selected. For example, if you want to charge $1.00 per megabyte of storage usage, select Megabyte as the unit of measurement and enter 1 as the cost per megabyte.

 

  • Profile - Select a Profile that was used to gather user statistics during the Scan. Only one profile may be selected, so all scans that collected data for charge back should use the same profile defined, such as Tivoli.DB User Space.

 

What information appears on the invoice when you select this

option?

 

  • the total space consumed by DB user groups and the cost of that usage

  • the total space consumed by each DB user in the environment and the cost charged to each user

DB Total Size by Tablespace

Select this option to charge usage costs according to the storage space

used on tablespaces and tablespace groups.

 

  • Cost per - Select the unit of measurement upon which you want to charge. Valid options are Kilobyte, Megabyte, and Gigabyte.

 

After you select the unit of measurement, enter the numerical value to charge for the unit of measurement you selected. For example, if you want to charge $1.00 per megabyte of storage usage, select Megabyte as the unit of measurement and enter 1 as the cost per megabyte.

 

What information appears on the invoice when you select this

option?

 

  • the total space consumed by tablespace groups and the cost of that usage

  • the total space consumed on each tablespace in the environment and the cost of that usage

 
For more information, see, Using StorageChargeback.