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Chapter 15. Working with Usage

Parameter Name	Description

	Default: The time zone of the management
	server.

usage.sanity.check.interval	The number of days between sanity checks. Set
	this in order to periodically search for records
	with erroneous data before issuing customer
	invoices. For example, this checks for VM usage
	records created after the VM was destroyed, and
	similar checks for templates, volumes, and so
	on. It also checks for usage times longer than the
	aggregation range. If any issue is found, the alert
	ALERT_TYPE_USAGE_SANITY_RESULT = 21
	is sent.

usage.stats.job.aggregation.range	The time period in minutes between Usage
	Server processing jobs. For example, if you set it
	to 1440, the Usage Server will run once per day.
	If you set it to 600, it will run every ten hours.
	In general, when a Usage Server job runs, it
	processes all events generated since usage was
	last run.
	There is special handling for the case of 1440
	(once per day). In this case the Usage Server
	does not necessarily process all records since
	Usage was last run. CloudPlatform assumes
	that you require processing once per day for the
	previous, complete day’s records. For example,
	if the current day is October 7, then it is assumed
	you would like to process records for October
	6, from midnight to midnight. CloudPlatform
	assumes this “midnight to midnight” is relative to
	the usage.execution.timezone.
	Default: 1440

usage.stats.job.exec.time	The time when the Usage Server processing will
	start. It is specified in 24-hour format (HH:MM)
	in the time zone of the server, which should be
	GMT. For example, to start the Usage job at
	10:30 GMT, enter “10:30”.
	If usage.stats.job.aggregation.range is also
	set, and its value is not 1440, then its value
	will be added to usage.stats.job.exec.time to
	get the time to run the Usage Server job again.
	This is repeated until 24 hours have elapsed,
	and the next day's processing begins again at
	usage.stats.job.exec.time.
	Default: 00:15.

For example, suppose that your server is in GMT, your user population is predominantly in the East Coast of the United States, and you would like to process usage records every night at 2 AM local (EST) time. Choose these settings:

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Chapter 15. Working with Usage

Parameter Name

ALERT_TYPE_USAGE_SANITY_RESULT = 21

4.2 specifications