HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

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Accessing Chargeback Manager
To access Chargeback Manager, do one of the following:
•Select Tools > Storage Essentials > Chargeback Manager.
•Select Tools > Storage Essentials > Home, and then click Chargeback Manager in the left
pane.
Creating an Asset Record
IMPORTANT: Only a user belonging to a role that has System Configuration selected on the Edit
Role page (such as the Domain Administrator role) is allowed to create a record.
You can use Chargeback Manager for any application or hardware, even those the management
server does not detect. Create an asset record for the application or hardware the management
server does not monitor, and then follow the steps for setting up Chargeback Manager, as
described in the topic,”Setting Up Chargeback Manager” on page 638.
After you create a record, the element for which you created the record is treated as a discovered
element. A discovered element is an element that has been detected by the management server, but
Table 154 Setting Up Chargeback Manager
Step Description Where to Find More Info
1 Create an asset record if it does not
exist. You can use Chargeback
Manager for applications and
hardware that the management server
does not detect. Just create an asset
record for each element.
”Creating an Asset Record” on
page 639
2 Set the status of the asset. ”Changing the Status of an Element”
on page 640
3 Optional: Add asset information for
asset management.
”Adding Asset Information” on
page 644
4 Add departments. ”Adding Departments” on page 648
5 Set up Chargeback Manager. • ”Setting Up Asset-Based
Chargeback Manager” on
page 650
• ”Setting Up Storage-Based
Chargeback Manager” on
page 653