HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 and 7.3 Update 1 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

• Cost for network customization – Consists of the following customization types:
IP Assignment Type – displays the change in cost per IP address for a given assignment
type.
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◦ Network – displays the change in cost per IP address for each network in the template.
• Cost for OS customization – Consists of the following customization types:
OS Type – displays the change in cost per server of the chosen OS.◦
◦ Virtualization Type – displays the change in cost per server for virtualization.
• Cost frequency – assigned to a service and inherited by all resources. This represents the
recurrence of each cost mentioned above.
The chargeback system derives cost based on the value in minutes per cost frequency.
Cost frequency can be set to the following:
Day 24 hours
Week 7 days, which is 168 hours
Month 30 days, which is 720 hours
Using the infrastructure orchestration chargeback feature, the administrator can:
• Map allocation data to services, logical servers, logical networks, and logical disks
• Map uptime for logical servers
• Filter data for a specific period in time
• Store allocation data for the last 365 days, and archive monthly data after 365 days
SOAP API extensions and the chargeback command line interface can be used to retrieve
allocation data. See “Using the CLI to retrieve chargeback data” (page 161) for more information.
NOTE: The APIs and CLI command can retrieve data only for the last 365 days. Ensure that you
save old data before it is more than one year old so that you can access the data, if needed.
Specifying fixed costs for templates and services
Matrix infrastructure orchestration allows a template architect to add a fixed cost to a template, in
addition to server, network, and storage costs. Examples of fixed costs are power or setup costs.
Enter a fixed cost in infrastructure orchestration designer by clicking the Cost tab in a template and
entering a value in the Fixed Cost text box on the Summary window.
Select a value for Cost Frequency, which is the time interval for which a fixed cost is calculated.
Values are Month (default), Week, Day, Hour, or Unspecified.
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