User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback
- Installing vCenter Chargeback
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- Prerequisites for vCenter Chargeback
- Download and Extract the vCenter Chargeback Installer
- Install vCenter Chargeback
- Create a vCenter Chargeback Cluster
- Install vCenter Chargeback with an Existing Database Schema
- Upgrading vCenter Chargeback
- Services Related to the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Accessing the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Data Collector
- Uninstall vCenter Chargeback
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback Entity
- Add a vCenter Server Entity
- Rename a Chargeback Hierarchy or a Chargeback Entity
- Delete an Entity from the Hierarchy
- Delete a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Assign Attributes
- Move Entities Within a Hierarchy
- Allocate Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity
- Share Virtual Machine Cost
- Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
- Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Troubleshooting vCenter Chargeback
- Troubleshooting Utility
- Troubleshooting Issues in vCenter Chargeback
- Changed Timezone Setting Is Not Reflected
- Changes to Chargeback Hierarchy Are Not Reflected in the Concurrent User-Sessions
- Changes to the vCenter Server Hierarchy Are Not Reflected in vCenter Chargeback
- Installer Throws the SQL Driver Not Found Error
- LDAP Server Configuration Fails
- Non-English Characters Are Not Correctly Stored in the vCenter Chargeback Database
- Report Does Not Display the Disk Read and Disk Write Information
- Report Does Not Display the Memory Usage Value and the Corresponding Cost
- Report Does Not Display the Network Transmitted and Network Received Information
- Service Temporarily Unavailable Error
- Status of Failed Data Collector Is Not Reflected Immediately on the System Health Tab
- Storage Synchronization Job Fails
- Text and Messages on the vCenter Chargeback User Interface Are Not Correctly Displayed
- Unable to Access the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Unable to Add an LDAP Server
- Unable to Add vCenter Server in vCenter Chargeback
- Unable to Change the Password for the vCenter Chargeback Keystore
- Unable to Configure Another VMware Cloud Director Setup with vCenter Chargeback
- Unable to Connect to the vCenter Chargeback Database
- Unable to Connect to the vCenter Server Database
- Unable to Email Report
- Unable to Fetch the Primary Group of a LDAP User
- Unable to Use Custom SSL Certificates
- Unable to View the vCenter Chargeback Plug-In in the VI Client
- Index
Table 9-1. Generic SQL Scripts
Script Name Description
countActiveConns
This script returns the number of active connections to the database.
countRows
This script returns the number of rows in each of the tables in the database.
dbSize
This script return the space occupied by the tables in the database.
Space Calculation Scripts
The space calculation scripts shipped with vCenter Chargeback enable you to calculate the space that can be
retrieved by purging the old data from the database tables.
Prerequisites for Running the Space Calculation Scripts
You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback database to run the space
calculation scripts. The v_months_in_history parameter in the Oracle scripts and the @MONTHS_IN_HISTORY
parameter in the SQL Server scripts is set to 6 months by default. You can change this in the scripts to the
desired number of months.
About the Space Calculation Scripts
Table 9-2 lists the space calculation scripts provided with vCenter Chargeback.
Table 9-2. Space Calculation Scripts
Script Description
spaceCostData
This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the cost data that is older
than the specified number of months.
spaceHierarchyData
This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the hierarchy data that
is older than the specified number of months.
spaceReportData
This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the report data that is
older than the specified number of months.
spaceTablesData
This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the cost, hierarchy, and
report data that is older than the specified number of months.
spaceStatsData
This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the performance statistics
data (from the CB_VC_PERFORMANCE_STAT table) that is older than the specified number of
months.
Data Purging Scripts
The data purging scripts enable you to remove data older than the specified number of months from the vCenter
Chargeback database tables.
Prerequisites for Running the Data Purging Scripts
You must have the SELECT and DELETE permissions on the vCenter Chargeback database tables to run the
data purging scripts. Before you run the scripts, take a backup of the vCenter Chargeback database.
About the Data Purging Scripts
Table 9-3 lists the data purging scripts provided with vCenter Chargeback.
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