HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)
HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide 663
Viewing Chargeback by Department
You can determine how much a department is being charged for equipment use by viewing
chargeback by department. This feature lets you view the monthly costs associated with using
hardware and applications.
IMPORTANT: The management server displays chargeback information up to the end of the
previous month. For example, assume you view chargeback information in the middle of February.
The calculations for chargeback would include the month of January, but not February.
To view chargeback by department:
1. Access Chargeback Manager as described in ”Accessing Chargeback Manager” on
page 639.
2. Click the Departments tab in the right pane.
3. Click the icon next corresponding to the element for which you want to view chargeback.
You are shown the following information:
• Department Name - Provided when the department was added.
• Department Number - Provided when the department was added.
• E-mail - May be blank if information was not provided.
• Phone - May be blank if information was not provided.
• Monthly Infrastructure Cost for Asset - How much it costs to operate the element on a monthly
basis.
• Ownership Cost - How much it costs the department in operating the element
• Total Asset-based Chargeback - How much it costs the department in operating the element.
This number is based on the following formula:
(Monthly Infrastructure cost) + ((Depreciation) x
(Ownership %))
• Monthly Infrastructure Cost for Storage-based Chargeback - How much it costs for an
application to use a specified amount of storage.
• Total Storage-based Chargeback - How much it costs the department for an application to
use a specified amount of storage:
Monthly Infrastructure Cost + Ownership Cost
where Ownership Cost is (Ownership %) x (Storage Cost)
This page also displays two tables:
• Asset-Based Chargeback lists the asset, depreciation, ownership percentage, and ownership
cost.
• Storage-Based Chargeback lists the application, storage allotted, storage used, storage cost,
ownership %, and ownership cost. The storage allotted value includes mounted and
unmounted storage. Any volumes the application can access are included in the storage
calculations.