Administrator Guide

4. If the Charge on Allocated Space check box was selected in the previous step, select the Charge on Difference check
box if you want to configure Chargeback to charge based on the difference between the amount of space a volume
currently uses and the amount of space that a volume used during the last automated Chargeback run.
5. To add additional charges that are based on the number of snapshots that have been created for a volume, select the
Charge for Snapshots check box and enter the cost per snapshot in the Snapshot Cost field.
6. To charge a higher rate for volume data that uses Fast Track disk space, select the Charge Extra for Fast Track check
box and enter the percentage to increase the cost for volumes that use Fast Track disk space in the Fast Track Percent
Increase field.
7. Select how to assign a base cost to storage from the Assign Cost By drop‑down.
● Global Disk Classes: Costs are assigned to each available disk class.
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Individual Storage Center Disk Tier: Costs are assigned per storage tier level for each Storage Center.
8. Select a location from the Currency Locale drop-down menu to specify the type currency to display in Chargeback.
For example, if the selected location is United States, the currency unit is dollars ($).
NOTE: If selecting a location causes characters to be displayed incorrectly, download the appropriate Windows language
pack.
9. To specify a department that unassigned volumes will be assigned to when Chargeback is run, select the Use Default
Department check box and enter select the department from the Default Department drop-down menu.
10. To automatically create a report when Chargeback is run:
a. Select the Export Report check box.
b. To automatically create individual department reports when Chargeback is run, select the Export Department Reports
check box.
c. Enter the complete path of a directory to save the reports to in the Export Report Directory field. The directory must
be a public directory that exists on the same server as the Storage Manager Data Collection Manager.
d. Select the file format of the Chargeback reports from the Export Report File Type drop-down menu.
11. Select how often to perform an automated Chargeback run from the Schedule drop-down menu.
● Daily: An automated Chargeback run is performed once a day.
● Weekly: An automated Chargeback run is performed once a week on the day selected from the Day of Week drop-down
menu.
● Monthly: An automated Chargeback run is performed once a month.
● Quarterly: An automated Chargeback run is performed once a quarter starting with the month selected the First
Month drop-down menu and every third month thereafter.
12. Click Next.
● If you selected Global Disk Classes in step 7, see Assign Storage Costs for Global Disk Classes on page 597.
● If you selected Individual Storage Center Disk Tier in step 7, see Assign Storage Costs for Storage Center Disk Tiers on
page 598.
Assign Storage Costs for Global Disk Classes
If the Edit Chargeback Settings wizard displays this page, assign a cost to each disk class.
Steps
1. For each available disk class, select the unit of storage on which to base the storage cost from the per drop-down menu.
2. For each available disk class, enter an amount to charge per unit of storage in the Cost field.
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