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
Index
A
application
accessing 29
activate 39
authenticate in to 73
configure log level 41
configuring generic settings 39
configuring settings 39
managing users, roles, and
permissions 59
permissions defined in 60
resource-based authorization 59
archived reports
delete 123
email 122
manage 121
search 123
view 121
attributes
add 57
assign 82
delete 57
manage 57
B
base rate 88
base rate calculator 94
billing policy
create 101
delete 103
managing 101
modify 102
C
chargeable computing resource 88
chargeback hierarchical entity, allocating
computing resource units 83
chargeback hierarchy
about 75
add vCenter Chargeback entity to 79
add vCenter Server entity to 79
allocating computing resource units for a
entity 83
assign attributes 82
backdate 85
create custom hierarchy 75
creating 75
CSV file format 77
delete entity from 81
delete hierarchy 82
import from CSV file 76
managing 75, 78
move entities 83
rename entity 81
sharing virtual machine cost 84
synchronize with vCenter Server 76
view 78
view vCenter Server entity properties 85
configure
LDAP server setting 42
log level 41
SMTP server setting 40
vCenter Server 45
VMware Cloud Director Data Collector 52
vShield Manager Data Collector 53
configure cost
about 103
at host and cluster levels 105
edit 104
view 103
configuring costs 87
cost model
about 92
create 93
delete 96
manage 92
modify 95
using base rate calculator 94
cost template
about 92
create 99
delete 100
managing 99
modify 100
D
data collector
about 29
delete 51
disable 51
download installer 30
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