Introduction to Metering Manager

The ThinkAgile CP Metering Manager provides an easy way for private cloud operators to keep track of how resources are being consumed by different organizations, as well as track users for planning, analytics, and billing purposes. It is ideal for integration with internal and external charge-back systems.

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A free, stand-alone application that you can download from the Lenovo Cloud Marketplace, the Metering Manager enables you to generate reports to monitor and track cloud resource consumption at the application and virtual datacenter levels. You can easily export usage data for use by your billing applications.

Figure 1. Sample settings for running a report on Storage Bandwidth consumption

• Set up the Metering Manager
  Follow these steps to set up the ThinkAgile CP Metering Manager.
• Log in to Metering Manager
  Follow these steps to log in to the ThinkAgile CP Metering Manager.
• Add a Developer Token
  Before you can begin using the Metering Manager application, you need to add a ThinkAgile CP developer API token so that the application can communicate with ThinkAgile CP. In the ThinkAgile CP Cloud Controller management portal, you can obtain an API token under Developer Options.
• View the dashboard
  The Dashboard shows a list of current reports in the Metering Manager. Follow these steps to view the Metering Manager Dashboard.
• Manage reports
  You can easily create, view, manage metering reports in the ThinkAgile CP Metering Manager
• Manage Groups and Users
  In the ThinkAgile CP Metering Manager you can easily manage users and groups, such as adding groups, adding and assigning users to groups, modifying users, and modifying groups.
• Change the account password
  Follow these steps to change your account password in the ThinkAgile CP Metering Manager.
• Accessing the Metering Manager Instance Overview
  This section covers how to access the Metering Manager Instance Overview.