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How to Change the Cost Analysis Configuration

CA Chorus Cost Analysis comes with a set of standard system analysis scripts that analyze your environment to help you manage your data center costs. The calculations are based on the attribute values in the Customer Site Costs Data object and data provided by the storage engine.

The E4HI0011 job contains industry norm defaults, and should have been run during installation. As you use the system and become familiar with the cost analysis scenarios and calculations, configure values that correctly reflect your site so that Costs Analysis can provide you true, meaningful information. You can change the values in the Cost/Value field the following ways:

• Editing the Detail tab Cost/Value field values in the Customer Site Costs Data object using the Investigator
• Editing Cost/Value field values and submitting the E4HI0011 job

Note: For general usage information about Cost Analysis, see the CA Chorus for Storage Management User Guide.

To change values in the Cost/Value field using the Investigator

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Customer Site Costs Data object.
2. Select the row containing the value you want to change.
3. Select the value cell of the Cost/Value field that you want to change in the Details pane and select the edit (pencil) icon.
4. Change the value, click Save and then OK.

   The Cost/Value field value is updated in the object and is used in future analysis scenario calculations.

   Note: Changing Cost/Value field values this way does not update the values displayed in the E4HI0011 job.

To change values in the Cost/Value field using the E4HI0011 job

Follow these steps:

1. Copy the E4HJBCRD member to the E4HI0011 job in the chorusstor_runtime_hlq.CE4HJCL data set.
2. Follow the instructions in the E4HI0011 job and edit it accordingly to reflect your environment.

   Note: If Cost/Value field values have been changed in the Customer Site Costs Data object using the Investigator, then those values are not displayed in the E4HI0011 job. The Cost/Value field values displayed in the Customer Site Costs Data object are the values used in analysis scenario calculations.

3. Submit the job.
4. Verify that the following return code is received:

   EXPECTED RESULT RC = 0

   The changes are made to Cost Analysis.

   Note: If you change variables and rerun the job after JBoss is started for the first time, you do not have to restart JBoss. That is, you can change variable values and rerun this job at any time and any changes you make are immediately reflected in CA Chorus. Consequently, you do not need to shut down or restart the CA Chorus server before or after rerunning this job.

5. Verify that your changes are activated by reviewing the Cost/Value field values in the Customer Site Costs Data object. This object resides in the Cost Analysis, Base System Analysis directory of the Storage tree in the Investigator.

   A series of analysis scripts are executed once each day. The results from the analysis are visible in the Investigator where you can view the most current executions of these scripts and view up to one year of history (default).