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Table 6. Cost Displayed During the Request and Provisioning Life Cycle
Life Cycle Stage Value Displayed for Cost
Viewing the catalog item details before a
request
Projected costs based on the cost profile, the values for machine resources specified
in the component blueprints, lease duration specified in the vApp blueprint, and the
daily costs specified in the component blueprints and vApp blueprint.
The values of some of the cost drivers can be unknown before a machine is
requested:
n
The component blueprints can specify a range for machine resources. The
requester can specify any value in the blueprint range.
n
More than one reservation can be available for provisioning the vApp. If these
reservations have different virtual datacenters, different cost profiles can apply.
n
More than one datastore can be available for provisioning the vApp, either on the
same reservation or on different reservations, that have different storage cost
profiles.
n
If more than one reservation or datastore is available, the daily cost apperas as a
range with the lower bound being the minimum resource use multiplied by the
lowest resource cost for memory, CPU, and storage, and the upper bound being
the maximum resource use multiplied by the highest cost.
If the vApp blueprint specifies a range for the lease duration or the daily cost is a
range, the lease cost appears as a range with the lower bound being the minimum
lease duration multiplied by the minimum cost, and the upper bound being the
maximum lease duration multiplied by the maximum cost.
Completing the request form Projected costs based on the cost profile, the values for machine resources and lease
duration specified in the request form and the blueprint cost.
The daily cost can be a range if more than one reservation is available for provisioning
the component machines and these reservations have different virtual datacenters that
vary in cost. Alternatively, more than one datastore can be available for provisioning
the component machines, either on the same reservation or on different reservations,
that vary in cost.
By default the request form shows the request for the vApp, but the requester can
select a specific vApp component to edit the properties of the component. The values
for daily and lease cost are updated as the user edits the relevant values in the
request form.
Viewing details of a submitted request or
approving a request
Projected costs based on the requested machine resources, lease duration, and
blueprint cost.
The daily cost can be a range if more than one reservation is available for provisioning
the component machines and these reservations have different virtual datacenters that
vary in cost. Alternatively, more than one datastore can be available for provisioning
the component machines, either on the same reservation or on different reservations,
that vary in cost.
Depending on the approval policy, an approver can edit values for machine resources
or lease duration that affect the cost, but the cost information is not updated in the
request.
Viewing the details of a provisioned
machine
Actual daily cost, lease cost, and cost-to-date based on the resource use of the
provisioned component machines, lease duration, blueprint costs, and number of days
since the vApp was provisioned. You can view the cost details for both the vApp as a
whole and its component machines.
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