Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Configure Chargeback or Modify Chargeback Settings

The Chargeback settings specify how to charge for storage consumption, how to assign base storage costs, and how to generate reports. During the initial setup of Chargeback settings, the Default Department drop-down menu is empty because the departments do not exist yet.

1. Click the Chargeback view.
2. Click Edit Chargeback Settings in the Actions pane. The Edit Chargeback Settings wizard appears.

   

3. Select whether to charge on the allocated space of a volume or the configured space of a volume:
   • To charge based on the amount of space that a volume actually uses, select the Charge on Allocated Space check box.
   • To charge based on the amount of space that each volume is configured to use, clear the Charge on Allocated Space check box.
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.
   • 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:
    1. Select the Export Report check box.
    2. To automatically create individual department reports when Chargeback is run, select the Export Department Reports check box.
    3. 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 Dell Storage Manager Data Collection Manager.
    4. 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.
    • If you selected Individual Storage Center Disk Tier in step 7, see Assign Storage Costs for Storage Center Disk Tiers.