HP Storage Essentials Chargeback Manager Software Creating an Asset Record, Accessing Chargeback Manager

Table 132 Setting Up Chargeback Manager

Step	Description	Where to Find More Info
1	Create an asset record if it does not	”Creating an Asset Record” on
	exist. You can use Chargeback	page 555
	Manager for applications and
	hardware the management server does
	not detect. Just create an asset record
	for that element.
2	Set the status of the asset.	”Changing the Status of an Element”
		on page 556
3	(Optional) Add asset information for	”Adding Asset Information” on
	asset management.	page 559
4	Add departments.	”Adding Departments” on page 562
5	Set up Chargeback Manager.	• ”Setting Up Asset-Based
		Chargeback Manager” on
		page 564
		• ”Setting Up Storage-Based
		Chargeback Manager” on
		page 567

Accessing Chargeback Manager

To access Chargeback Manager, do one of the following:

•Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Chargeback Manager.

•Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home. Then, click Chargeback Manager in the left pane.

Creating an Asset Record

IMPORTANT: Only a user belonging to a role that has System Configuration selected on the Edit Role page (such as the Domain Administrator role) is allowed to create a record.

You can use Chargeback Manager for any application or hardware, even those the management server does not detect. Just create an asset record for that application or hardware the management server does not monitor. Then, follow the steps for setting up Chargeback Manager, as described in the topic,”Setting Up Chargeback Manager” on page 554.

After you create a record, the element you created the record for is treated as a discovered element. A discovered element is an element that has been detected by the management server, but the

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