Foglight Chargeback 5.7.7

Host Groups View

You use this view to assign multiple hosts in one group and generate a chargeback report based on those hosts. For example, you can group business units (for example, accounting, human resources, or engineering) VMs to create a report for that business unit.

Figure 6. Host Groups view

The Host Groups tab provides the following views:

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Tasks—from the Tasks view you can:

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Create New Reports—provides a wizard that allows you to configure a report and select a host group (a group of computers) for a particular business unit. The reports are generated in PDF, Excel, and XML. (For more information, see Creating New Reports.)

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Add New Host Groups—allows you to create host groups to tailor chargeback reports to business unit reporting needs.

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Set Currency—allows the changing of the default currency for Chargeback. For more information, see Set Currency.


	IMPORTANT: Changing the currency symbol affects only the text of the currency entered. It does not convert currency.

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Host Groups At A Glance—this view provides a quick visual summary of the hosts that have been assigned to host groups created for business units.

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Host Groups—lists all the created host groups. From this view you can:

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Add New Host Groups

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Edit Host Groups

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Delete Host Groups

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Hosts Assigned To—this table shows all hosts that are assigned to the group that has been selected in the Host Groups list. Hosts can be searched for, selected, and removed from the assigned table. To remove a host from this table, select it from the list and click Unassign on the toolbar. This moves the selected host into the unassigned table, and disassociates it from the selected host group.

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Hosts Not Assigned To—this table shows all the hosts that are not assigned to the selected group. To add a host to a selected host group, choose the host you wish to add and click the Assign button from the toolbar. This moves the host into the Hosts Assigned To table, and associates the host with the host group that was selected. Each column in the table can be sorted based on individual preferences.

Using the Host Groups View

From the Host Groups view you perform the following tasks:

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You create host groups to place hosts in a grouping by using the Create New Host Group wizard.

To create a new Host Group:

Click Add New Host Group.

Click Add in the Host Groups view.

The Create New Host Group wizard appears.

Enter a name for the host group, short description, and detailed description if required.

Click Save.

The host group creates and appears in Host Groups.

Add the required hosts by selecting the newly created host group in Host Groups.

In Hosts Not Assigned To table, select the required hosts.

Click Assign.

The hosts are moved into Hosts Assigned To table. You can now use this group to create a chargeback report.

Edit Host Groups

You can edit host groups to tailor names and descriptions.

To edit a host group:

In the Host Groups view, click the Host Group to edit.

Click Edit.

The Edit Host Group dialog appears.

Make the required edits.

Click Save.

Delete Host Groups

You can delete host groups no longer required for chargeback reporting.

To delete a host group:

Select the host group to delete.

Click Delete.

The Confirmation Dialog appears.

Click Delete.

Tiered Flat Rate (TFR Assignments) View

When using the Foglight™ Chargeback tiered flat rate model, a tier is a level of expense for a virtual or physical machine. For example, an organization has decided to build a new virtual infrastructure, mandating that any new server requested by the various business units of the company must first be created as a virtual machine. Only after verifying that a virtual machine cannot properly handle the application workload, would the physical server options be explored. You use the tiered flat model to determine monthly costs of an individual host or a group of hosts. The TFR Assignments view provides an overview of the tiered flat rate hosts and assignments and allows you to create TFR models.

Figure 7. Tiered Flat Rate View

The TFR Assignments tab provides the following views:

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Tasks—from the Tasks view you can:

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Create New Report—provides a wizard that allows you to configure a report and select a host group (a group of computers) for a particular business unit. The reports are generated in PDF, Excel, and XML. For more information, see Creating New Reports.

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Add New Tiers—allows you to create new tiered flat rate templates, assign monthly rates, and descriptions.

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Set Currency—allows the changing of the default currency for Chargeback.


	IMPORTANT: Changing the currency symbol affects only the text of the currency entered. It does not convert currency.

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Tiered Flat Rate At A Glance—this view provides a visual summary of the hosts that have been assigned to tiers.

Figure 8. Tiered Flat Rate at a Glance view

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Tiered Flat Rates—lists all the created tiers. From this view you can:

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Add New Tiers

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Edit Tiers

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Hosts Assigned To—this table shows all hosts that are assigned to the tier that have been selected in the tiers listing table. Hosts can be searched for, selected, and removed from the assigned table. To remove a host from this table, select it from the list and click Unassign on the toolbar. This moves the selected host into the unassigned table, and disassociates it from the selected tier. Each column in the table can be sorted based on individual preferences.

Figure 9. Hosts Assigned To table

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Hosts Not Assigned To—this table shows all the hosts that are not assigned to the selected tier. To add a host to a selected tier, choose the host you wish to add and click Assign on the toolbar. This moves the host into the Assigned To table view, and associates the host with the tier that was selected. Each column in the table can be sorted.