HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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your asset information is restored when you restore the database. See ”Performing an RMAN Hot
Backup” on page 230 for more information.
First set up your chargeback as described in the topic, ”Setting Up Chargeback Manager” on
page 604. When you are done with adding your chargeback information, you can view
chargeback as following:
• By element - Displays chargeback for a single element. See ”Viewing Chargeback by
Element” on page 628 for more information.
• By department - Displays chargeback for a department. See ”Viewing Chargeback by
Department” on page 629 for more information.
• By owner - Displays chargeback for by owner. See ”Viewing Chargeback by Owner” on
page 630 for more information.
Chargeback Manager also provides the following reports. See ”Viewing Chargeback Reports” on
page 631 for more information.
• Array Based Assets - Displays asset information from storage arrays: host name, department,
HBA port, HBA port WWN, storage volume, volume size, and cost.
• Asset Based - Displays the following asset-based chargeback for each department owning
elements: department, asset name, ownership ratio, and chargeback amount. Total asset-based
cost per month is also displayed.
• Storage Based - Displays storage-based chargeback for each department owning
applications: department, application, ownership ratio, total capacity, and chargeback
amount. Total storage-based cost per month is also displayed.
• Storage System Based by Tier - Displays storage-based chargeback by tier.
After viewing the reports, you can e-mail them to co-workers. You can even set up a schedule for a
chargeback report to be mailed at regular intervals to a co-worker. See the topics, ”E-mailing a
Chargeback Report” on page 632 and ”Adding an E-mail Schedule for a Chargeback Report” on
page 633 for more information.
Chargeback Manager helps you track of the status of your elements. Elements that have recently
been discovered are automatically given the status of New. You can then change the status of
elements to in use, missing or repaired. Since the management server cannot determine what you
plan to do with an element, you must change the status manually. However, you can easily change
the status of a group of elements at once. See ”Changing the Status of an Element” on page 606
for more information.
Chargeback Manager also provides a brief listing of your assets by name, status, serial number,
vendor/model, and description. You can filter elements by status and/or type for easy navigation.
You can even create custom filters. See ”About Filtering Assets” on page 638.
Setting Up Chargeback Manager
To be able to view chargeback, you must first complete the steps in the following table.