This section describes how to create Backup Manager Billing and Chargeback Policies. This policies are then used by the following reports, as described in the APTARE StorageConsole Report Reference Guide.

The Billing and Usage reports can be used to determine which business units are using your resources. In addition, you can use these reports to calculate chargeback costs.

If you’re in the process of rolling out chargeback policies, consider using these reports as planning tools—to see what impact your policies might have on your business units or customers.

However, you need not charge your business units in order to find the Billing and Usage Reports useful. You simply can use the reports to gauge which business units are consuming the majority of your resources.