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Cost Management tools

BMC AMI Cost Management

 provides group-based Cost Managemen t, Administration, Reporting, and Planning tools.

Cost Management Tools

Note

You need to be a BMC AMI Cost Management Cost Administrator to access the Cost Management Tools. For more information, see Cost-Management-User-Groups.

BMC AMI Cost Management Cost Administrators can access tools that:

  • Specify duration and parameters for IBM software contracts
  • Configure CPC pricing metrics and PricingPlex
  • Specify cost coefficient values for MLC products
  • Create new TFP configurations

Cost Management Tools

Description

Manage Software Contracts

Add, modify or remove software contracts

You can perform the following tasks:

  • Define the duration, total budget, and periods of your IBM contract
  • Specify the budget amount for specific months during a period
  • Account for any Cost Table change events that will take affect during the term of the contract

For more information, see Manage-Software-Contracts.

Manage CPC Configurations

Configure default Pricing Metrics and PricingPlex information

For more information, see Using-the-Manage-CPC-Configurations-tool.

MSU Cost Editor

Setup and manage the cost structure of MLC products for your enterprise based on your agreement with IBM

You can perform the following tasks:

  • Edit cost tables and assign cost coefficients to predefined MSU ranges for individual MLC products
  • Specify pricing metric override values
  • Specify if MLC products are covered by a Single Version Charge (SVC) agreement
  • Specify reporting locale

For more information, see Using-the-MSU-Cost-Editor and Managing-multiple-cost-tables.

Manage TFP Configurations

Configure and create one or more TFP solutions for better cost management

You can perform the following tasks:

  • Create multiple TFP solutions
  • Add, modify, or remove TFP solutions
  • Add different combinations of LPARs to your TFP solutions based on your requirements
  • Assign a solution for DevTest

For more information, see Using-the-Manage-TFP-Configurations-tool.

Administration Tools

Note

You need to be a BMC AMI Cost Management Product Administrator to access the Administration Tools. For more information, see Cost-Management-User-Groups.

BMC AMI Cost Management Product Administrators can access tools that can:

  • Manage profiles that BMC AMI Cost Management uses to access data
  • Build models that determine the composition of the data
  • View Application, Service, and Model Build log files
  • Configure BMC AMI Cost Management with Compuware's iStrobe

The following table provides details about the Administration Tools:

Administration Tool

Description

Manage CDB Server Profiles

Add, modify, or remove CDB server profiles

This tool also provides a list of the available CDB Server profiles once they have been added by the administrator.

For more information, see Defining-connections-to-Capacity-Database-Web-Services-servers.

Manage Model Builder Tasks

Add, modify or remove Model Builder Tasks

You can perform the following actions to your cost models:

  • Specify different workload types and filters
  • Gather data from different Capacity Database Web Services servers and databases
  • Setup time zone offsets
  • Exclude particular LPARs from the model
  • Designate zNALC LPARs to include in the model
  • Include mobile workload transaction reductions in the model
  • Schedule the Model Builder Task to run at a specific time on specific days

This tool provides a list of the available Model Builder Tasks that have been created by the administrator. Additionally, you have the option to run any task immediately.

For more information, see Defining-Model-Builder-Tasks and Scheduling-Model-Builder-Tasks.

Application Log Viewer

View the following types of logs:

  • Model Build logs
  • MLC Contract Build logs
  • Model Build Event logs
  • Service Event logs
  • RBA Audit logs
  • Audit logs

For more information, see Displaying-Cost-Management-log-files.

iStrobe Configuration Tool

Configure the Compuware iStrobe web location

For more information, see Configuring-the-Compuware-iStrobe-web-location.

Group-based component tools

Based on the user's group assignment, BMC AMI Cost Management can perform a variety of reporting and analysis functions. The following table describes the available tools:

Component

Description

MLC Monthly Reporting

Generate monthly MSU Summary Reports and perform comparative analysis of R4HA MSU Utilizations by MLC Product, CPC, LPAR, or Workload

MLC Planning

Create sub-capacity licensed product cost optimization plans for future activity and data center environment changes

MLC Software Contract Reporting

Generate MLC Software Contract Summary Reports and perform comparative analysis of budgeted allocations, actual monthly costs, and future cost projections for the entire duration of a contract

iCap Configurations

Create a configuration file for iCap (BMC Intelligent Capping for zEnterprise)

TFP Monthly Reporting

Generate TFP Monthly Summary Reports


Related topic

Overview-of-BMC-AMI-Cost-Management



 

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