29.1 Creating an Add-on Service

Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator, Catalog Manager

When you associate an add-on service with a workload template, the setup costs and monthly operating costs are applied to any business service workloads deployed to the resource group’s hosts.

For example, you might define the setup cost of the service at $25 and its monthly operating costs at $10, making the initial month’s cost $35 and $25 monthly thereafter.

An add-on service can be associated to multiple workload templates. For example, two similar workload templates might offer the same service.

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Catalog.

  2. On the Add-ons tab, click Services, then click Create to open a Create Add-on Service dialog box.

  3. In the General section of the dialog, provide the following details for the add-on service:

    Name: Specify a name for the service. The name should be different from any other service name.

    Monthly Cost: Define the ongoing cost (per month) for using the workload templates associated with the service.

    Setup Cost: Specify the one-time fee associated with the licensing, installation, and configuration of the service.

    Creation Date: Displays the current date.

    Description: Provide any additional information to further identify the service.

    Configuration Instructions: Enter text asking the user of the service how the service should be configured. If you enter text here, the business service owner must provide a reply in order to add the service to a workload.

  4. Click Create to display the Create Add-On Service dialog box

  5. Associate the service with workload templates:

    1. Under Associations, click the Workload Templates tab.

    2. Click Add to display the Add Workload Templates dialog box

    3. Select the workload templates to add.

      You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple objectives.

    4. Click OK to add the selected objectives to the Service Level Objectives list.

  6. Associate the service level with resource groups:

    1. Under Associations, click the Resource Groups tab.

    2. Click Add to display the Add Resource Groups dialog box.

    3. Select the groups to add.

      You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple workload templates.

    4. Click OK.