Cloud Provider Metering is a service you can use to centralize and automate reporting on resource use. It is made up of two components—VMware vCloud Usage Meter agents and VMware vCloud Usage Insight. Cloud Provider Monitoring enables you to collect data from on-premise instances via the agent and analyze that data with Usage Insight.
Once reports are created, you can view, manipulate, or export data from the VMware Cloud Provider Commerce Portal. Additionally, reports are retained by Usage Insight for up to three years, eliminating the need to store data separately.
To use this service, you need to install a Usage Meter agent on any host that you want to track. The agent then collects data for all applications on that host and counts any licenses in use as billable. You can scale agents as needed to cover your entire environment and update agents in place.