In VMware Aria Operations VMs are analyzed financially from the perspective of cost and price.
- Cost
- Cost represents your expenditure to operate the VM for your customer. In VMware Aria Operations, configure Cost Drivers to automatically calculate VM costs based on infrastructure expenses. Cost Drivers encompass server hardware, storage, licenses, applications, maintenance, labor, network, facilities, and additional costs set within VMware Aria Operations.
- Price
- Price is what you charge your customer for using the VM. It can be based on the VM's cost or a predefined rate card, including upcharges, profit, and service charges.
For configuring pricing cards for VMware Aria Automation managed VMs, see the topic, What is Cloud Assembly. For other VMs, the information about configuring pricing cards is in the topic, Add New Pricing Card.
How to Use the Dashboard
Select an object in the Select a Group widget to view the price of the group. Price Summary of Selected Group shows the month to date price of the group. VM Price Distribution (Top 100) shows the most expensive VMs in the group. Powered Off VMs shows reclaimable VMs and their potential savings. Idle VMs shows reclaimable VMs and their potential savings. VMs with Snapshots shows reclaimable snapshots and their age. Price of VMs in the Selected Group shows the price and configuration of each VM in the selected group.
