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2 Assign a Cost Profile to a Physical Machine
Fabric administrators can assign a cost profile to a physical machine to add memory and CPU costs
to the calculated cost for provisioning the machine.
Create a Cost Profile
Fabric administrators create cost profiles to define daily costs for memory and CPU for physical
machines.
The values for daily cost specified in a cost profile can be up to four decimal places, although the values
are rounded to two decimal places when displayed to end users in the catalog.
Storage cost specified in a cost profile is not taken into account for physical machines. If you assign a
cost profile that includes a value for storage cost to a physical machine, it is ignored. You can account for
the cost of using storage in the daily cost specified in the blueprint for the physical machine.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a fabric administrator.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Compute Resources > Cost Profiles.
2 Click New Cost Profile.
3 Enter a name and, optionally, a description.
4 Type a value for the daily cost per gigabyte of memory in the Memory Cost (per GB) text box.
5 Type a value for the daily cost per CPU in the CPU Cost text box.
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Click the Save icon ( ).
Assign a Cost Profile to a Physical Machine
Fabric administrators can assign a cost profile to a physical machine to add memory and CPU costs to
the calculated cost for provisioning the machine.
Prerequisites
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Create a physical machine reservation.
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a fabric administrator.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Machines > Reserved Machines.
2 Point to a machine and click Edit.
3 Click the Hardware tab.
4 Select a cost profile from the Cost Profile drop-down menu.
The daily values for memory cost and CPU cost from the selected cost profile appear.
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