Send usage charge files
Usage charge files for each tenant of the exported month will be recovered to the following directory on the primary site. Refer to "15.4.6 Sending Usage charges" in the "Operation Guide CE" for the format of the usage charge files.
Usage Charge Files
Stored folder
Installation_folder\RCXCTMG\Charging\importdata\yyyyMMddHHmm
yyyyMMddHHmm indicates the date and time when the switchover operation was performed.
File Name
yyyyMM_Tenant_name[_Deleted_date].zip
yyyyMM is the cutoff year and month of the tenant.
"_Deleted_date" will be appended if the tenant is deleted.
These usage charge files will be needed for the accounts manager to determine the usage charges for each tenant on the month of the recovery.
Send these files to the accounts manager of each tenant based on the tenant information file. The tenant information file is a file describing the tenant and it holds information such as tenant name, cutoff date, accounting E-mail address and so on. The tenant information file is stored in the same directory as the usage charge files.
Tenant Information File
Stored folder
Installation_folder\RCXCTMG\Charging\importdata\yyyyMMddHHmm
yyyyMMddHHmm indicates the date and time when the switchover operation was performed.
File Name
tenant_info.csv
Format
CSV file with "Tenant name", "Tenant display name", "Tenant deleted date", "Tenant last cutoff date", "Tenant next cutoff date", and "Accounting E-mail address" columns.
#TenantName,TenantDisplayName,TenantDeletedDate,TenantLastCutoffDate,TenantNextCutoffDate,AccountingMailAddress tenant01,tenant001,,2012-05-31,2012-06-30,tenant1@example.com tenant02,tenant002,,2012-05-31,2012-06-30,tenant2@example.com tenant03,tenant003,2012-05-27 16:48,2012-05-31,2012-06-30,tenant3@example.com tenant04,tenant004,,2012-05-31,2012-06-30,tenant4@example.com |
Send usage charge files to the accounts manager as follows.
Operations to Perform Batch Switchover of All Resources
Send the recovered usage charge files of each tenant to the accounts manager. For each usage charge file, which tenant it corresponds to can be determined from the file name. Obtain the accounting E-mail addresses from the tenant information file and send the usage charge files.
Operation Involving Resource Switchover by Tenant
Obtain the accounting E-mail addresses of the switchover tenant from the tenant information file and send the target usage charge files.
When sending the usage charge files, also notify the recipient of the following information.
The usage files of the backup site will be sent separately on the day after the cutoff date.
Usage charges for the month of the recovery have to be calculated with the usage charge files of the affected site and the backup site.
In cases such as when the accounting calculation is stopped due to the disaster on the day of the cutoff of the tenant or the tenant has already been deleted, there is no accumulated data on the backup site. Therefore, the usage charge files will not be sent from the backup site. Notify the accounts manager that those tenants can be charged only from the usage charge files from the primary site. The cutoff date of the tenant can be obtained from tenant information file.
Notify the tenant administrator
In the Usage Charge window of the backup site, the usage charges are those of the backup up site only. Therefore, the infrastructure administrator has to inform tenant administrators of this fact, and if necessary, disclose the usage charge information of the primary site.
Note
Note that the calculation of the usage charge for the backup site will start the day following the recovery.
