9 Introduction

Chargeback SOAP API

HP CloudSystem Matrix 7.1 includes a new chargeback feature. Chargeback is primarily a metering system capable of collecting and exposing usage data for the provisioned infrastructure.

Using the infrastructure orchestration chargeback feature, the administrator can:

Map allocation data to services, logical servers, logical networks, and logical disks

Map uptime for logical servers

Filter data for a specific period in time

The chargeback server collects, stores and exposes usage and cost metrics for services and individual resources in these services. Collected metrics are accessible through the chargeback SOAP API. Chargeback web services retrieve the allocation data according to the filter specified in the request.

The resulting output file is a structured XML file that contains the usage and cost metrics required to build a user customized report. Several different tools can be used to process XML files and build complex reports; however, there are cases for which only a simple report is required. This appendix describes how to create customized simple reports from those XML files using a client to connect to the chargeback SOAP API.

The chargeback command line interface can also be used to retrieve allocation data.

For more information about the chargeback feature, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.

NOTE: While the chargeback API is similar in build and specifications to the HP Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration API, there is no overlap between the two.

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