This book is part of the Deployment Guide series. It provides a step-by-step guide for deploying Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager V7.1. It is intended to help an IBM or business partner service person to plan and perform the deployment of the product. The discussion of Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager includes an explanation of its architecture and components. Some planning and sizing consideration before you implement the product is given, and some guidelines on setting up service engagement for the product are also included. The deployment discussed in the book would be appropriate for a demonstration or a small deployment system, although the information is highly relevant for larger deployments also. This book also offers some usage scenarios that can be used for demonstrating the product. Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.