Creating Cost Meter Cards
To configure on-premises cost management, you first need to create a Cost Meter Card. You can create Cost Meter Cards using the following methods:
Manual Creation via UI: You can manually create Cost Meter Cards by selecting and filling in the required fields. Manually created Cost Meter Cards are added to the existing Cost Meter Card File ID and displayed alongside other Cost Meter Cards.
Uploading a JSON File: Uploading a JSON file updates the version of the Cost Meter Card File for that organization. A new Cost Meter Card File ID is generated each time a JSON is uploaded. Only the Cost Meter Cards associated with the latest Cost Meter Card File ID will be displayed in the UI.
To create the Cost Meter Cards, perform the following steps:
Log in to the Virtana Global View and click Governance.
Select On-Premises Cost Governance and click Cost Meter Cards.
The Cost Meter Cards page opens.
Figure 1. Cost Meter Cards page
Table 10. Cost Meter Cards Fields DescriptionField
Description
Meter Name
User-defined name for the Meter Card.
Site
Name of the isolated geographic area where the resource or service is provisioned.
Vendor
Identifies the entity that made the resources or services available.
Category
Identifies the category of the Meter Card.
Price
Indicates the cost of the Meter Card.
Billing Start Date
Timestamp indicating the start of the billing period.
Billing End Date
Timestamp indicating the end of the billing period.
Status
Indicates whether the Meter Card is active or inactive.
Click Create/Upload New Meter Card.
The Create New Meter Card window opens.
To create meter cards, you can either upload a JSON file or create them manually.
Enter the following details to create a Meter Card manually:
Table 11. Meter Card Fields and their DescriptionField
Description
Meter Card Title
User-defined title for the Meter Card.
Billing Information
Billing Period Start
Timestamp indicating the start of the billing period.
Billing Period End
Timestamp indicating the end of the billing period.
Currency
Specifies the currency code, for example, USD, INR.
Pricing Information
Category
Identifies the category of the Meter Card, for example, compute, or storage.
Unit
Specifies the vendor-defined measurement unit.
Unit Price
Indicates the cost as per the defined units of the Meter Card.
Location
Site
Name of the isolated geographic area where the resource or service is provisioned.
Lineage of Charge
Vendor
Identifies the entity that made the resources or services available.
Additional Information (Optional)
IO Instance
System-generated universally unique identifier associated with a specific appliance or device.
Entity Name
Descriptive name or label representing the resource, service, or organizational entity related to the charge.
Change the status of the meter card to Active.
You can optionally add additional parameters for cost calculations, such as SKU ID and Lineage of Charge.
Click Save to create the Meter Card. You can create multiple Meter Cards with different criteria for various use cases.
Based on the Cost Meter Cards, the On-Premises Storage and Compute Dashboards will show the cost of consumed resources. See Editing Cost Meter Cards to edit and update the existing Cost Meter Cards.