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In Abiquo 6.1, you can activate the Backup GB usage in the platform in Configuration view on the Billing tab, as for other usage types.
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The platform obtains size of storage used by the backup from the backup results. In this initial version, Abiquo supports Backup GB for Veeam.
To bill users for their backups, edit your pricing models and in the Resource prices section, for your datacenter, on the Prices tab, set a price for Backup per GB for your datacenter on the Resource prices tab.
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To generate the backup billing data, the platform sums obtains the total storage occupied by for a backup (from the backup systemresults), divides by time that the backup is valid (not expired), and then applies the price of Backup GB.
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If you power off a VM, it will consume less space in the backup system, so the charges will be smaller. |