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Example of a Consuming Service

Now that you have successfully published the service, a service consumer can go the folder that is used during publishing of the service and begin to consume the published services.

For example, assume that you have created a service with the name Test VM Template, using the Service Offering Using VM Template under the Catalog Services folder. Now your Service Consumer can create a new reservation.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to CA Service Catalog.
2. Click Requests.
3. Click the Catalog Services folder.

   The services page lists the Test VM Template.

4. Click Test VM Template.

   The reservation form opens.

   Note: Contact your Service Provider, if you need to change the image displayed in the form.

5. Complete the following information:

   Reservation Name

   Specifies the name for the reservation.

   Reservation Date and Time

   Specifies the date and time required for the reservation. You can specify the starting and ending date and time.

   Cost Center

   Specifies the name of the cost center.

   Department

   Specifies the name of the department.

   Quantity

   Specifies the number of virtual machines.

   Additional Disk (in GB)

   Specifies the size of additional disks required.

   (Optional) Add Users

   Specifies the names of secondary users who can manage the reservation and can have administrative access to the virtual machines.

6. Click Check Out.

   After you check out, the recurring cost of the reservation for the period selected is displayed as follows:

   • Base Cost = quantity X configured base cost
   • Storage Cost = size of the configured storage X configured storage cost
   • Additional Storage Cost = size of additional disk X size of the storage cost
7. Click Save and Submit.

   You get email notification after the reservation request gets approved and completed.