In Veeam Cloud connect, virtual machines backup data are stored in Cloud repository. Usage and Billing solution has integrated with VAC to compute the cost for Veeam Cloud connect usage.
Note: This is a licensed feature and will not be available by default along with the Usage and Billing solutions.
Configuring VAC Settings
Follow the below steps to configure VAC settings thru Billing.exe tool. Download the tool from here.
1.
Logon to Usage and Billing API machine.
2.
Open Command prompt.
3.
Navigate to the folder which contains Billing.exe tool.
4.
Type the following command to update the app setting and then press enter,
Edit ‘IsEnabled’ setting of Veeam Usage extension (can find Veeam usage extension by Id: ‘CloudAssert.Veeam.VeeamCloudConnectextension.v0.1’) as True to enable it.
Enabling Usage Extension processor
1.
Logon to Usage and Billing – Agent service machine.
2.
Navigate to ‘C:\Program Files\CloudAssertBilling\CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService’.
3.
Open the ‘CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService.exe.config’ file.
4.
Enable the Usage extension processor by setting its value to True.
5. Specify the path of ‘UsageExtensionsSettings.json’.
Enabling pricing for VAC resources
1.
Enable pricing for VAC resources, as required. (Refer to Creating a Pay-As-You-Go Pricing Profile)
Provider Name
Meter Name
Description
Veeam
VmCount
Count of Virtual machine backups per VAC Tenant
Veeam
ReplicaCount
Count of Replica backups per VAC Tenant
Veeam
ServersCount
Count of Server backups per VAC Tenant
Veeam
WorstationCount
Count of Virtual machine backups per VAC Tenant
Veeam
UsedSpace
Used space of a backup repository.
2. The above meters are available in the default pricing profile. Admin can set the desired prices as required.