You can set up automatic reporting for Rental and Term contracts by registering your Usage Meter instances with a contract.
If you have defined sites for your contracts, you register Usage Meter instances on a site level. If you do not have sites for your contracts, you register Usage Meter instances on a contract level.
You can set
Usage Meter instances to
Test or
Production mode. When set to
Production mode, the usage reported by the instance counts towards your monthly billing order. Once you set a
Usage Meter instance to
Production mode, you can no longer change it to
Test mode.
Note: If you are registering a
Usage Meter instance with a Term contract for automatic reporting of
VMware Tanzu, you need to make sure the
Usage Meter instance is also registered with a Rental contract. Automatic reporting of
VMware Tanzu can only be established when a
Usage Meter instance is registered with both a Rental contract and a Term contract.
Prerequisites
- Verify that you are logged in with an account that has the Auto Report Operations role assigned.
- Enable Auto Reporting for Rental in the Profile settings. If deactivated, a user with the Auto Report Operations role must enable it first. See How do I opt in for automatic reporting.
- If registering a Usage Meter 4.x instance, verify that you have opted into the Flex Pricing Model from your Profile settings. See How do I opt in for Flex Pricing Model.
Procedure
Results
The Usage Meter instance appears in the list of instances.
If set to Production, the data collected by the instance is automatically populated in following MBO reports and made ready for submission.
What to do next
- Click the link above the table to check the status of your Usage Meter instances in vCloud Usage Insight.
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To move instances across sites, click the options button and select Edit. Use the Site drop-down menu to select a new site and click Ok.
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To delete an instance, click the options button and select Delete.