Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Name

Displays the name of the cost variable that you add.

Metric

Displays the metric that you select for the cost variable.

Total Date Ranges and Rates

Displays the date ranges and rate in units for the date range that you select.

Variable Name

Enter a name for the cost variable that you want to add.

Variable Metric

Select a variable metric from the drop-down list for the cost variable that you add.

Job Type

Measure costs for a specific type of job, for example Backup or Restore. The default option is All.

Job Policy Type

Measure costs for the jobs that use a specific policy type. In NetBackup, the policy type determines the type of clients that can be part of the policy and, in some cases, the types of backups that can be performed on the clients. Examples include DB2, Sybase, and MS Exchange Server. The default policy type is All.

Job Transport Type

Measure cost for a specific transport type for example, LAN (local area network) or FT (Fibre Transport). The default option is All.

Job Storage Type

Measure cost for a specific storage type for example, tape or disk. OpsCenter supports NetBackup's disk-based data protection feature, which enables you to select disk as a storage type, when a cost variable is created. The default option is All.

Date Range Starts

Select to add a start date to the cost variable.

Date Range Ends

Select to add a end date to the cost variable. You can also select Never as the end date.

Rate

Add an associated rate to the cost variable.

Add New Range

Select to add more date ranges.