• Avoid using the following characters: <, >, ^

6.When you are done, click OK.

Adding Asset Information

This section describes the following:

•”Adding Asset Information” on page 559

•”Adding General Information” on page 560

•”Adding Staff Information” on page 561

•”Adding Geographic Information” on page 561

•”Adding Licensing and Warranty Information” on page 561

•”Adding Custom Information” on page 562

Adding Asset Information

Chargeback Manager provides a handy way for you to keep track of your asset information for an element. You can easily store warranty and licensing information, as well as contact information for the element. For example, assume a switch on the network is having some problems, and you want to contact the person in charge of that switch. You can use the element's asset record to not only find the contact information for that switch, but also the location of that switch.

IMPORTANT: After you add information about all of your assets, back up the database. Backing up the database saves your chargeback information. If the database fails, your asset information is restored when you restore the database. See ”Performing an RMAN Hot Backup” on page 204 for more information.

You can view and add asset information by doing the following:

1.Access Chargeback Manager, as described in ”Accessing Chargeback Manager” on page 555.

2.Do one of the following:

•Click the icon corresponding to the element.

•Click the link for the element in the right pane.

3.To access the different types of asset information, click the Asset Record node or the nodes under it. To view general information about an element, click the Asset Record node in the tree. To view specific asset information such as ownership, click the Staff node.

You can also access the tree from Application Viewer and System Manager:

•To access the tree from Application Viewer, click the name of an application in the Application Viewer tree. In the right pane, click the Asset Management tab.

•To access the tree from System Manager, double-click an element in the topology. In the right pane, click the Asset Management tab.

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