The type of cost driver that the administrator should configure to allocate the cost of database software across a vSphere cluster that has been licensed is Applications. Applications are software components that run on top of the virtual machines and provide business value. Examples of applications are database software, web servers, middleware, etc. You can assign application costs to VMs based on the type of application they run, such as Oracle, SQL Server, Apache, etc. You can also create custom application types and assign costs to them. By configuring application costs, you can track the expenses of running different types of applications on your private cloud and optimize your resource utilization and budget12. References: 1: Application Cost Driver 2: Costing with VMware vRealize Operations Part 1