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
Authenticating and Managing Users,
Roles, and Permissions 4
vCenter Chargeback provides user management features that enable you to manage the various users, roles,
and permissions defined in the application. The application defines various permissions and also provides
some predefined roles. In addition, it lets you create new roles and users as per your requirements.
Starting with vCenter Chargeback 1.5, the application defines resource-based authorization.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback,” on page 59
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“Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback,” on page 60
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“Managing Roles,” on page 61
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“Managing Users,” on page 66
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“vCenter Chargeback User Authentication,” on page 73
Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback
vCenter Chargeback defines various resource types and authorizes access to a resource on the basis of the role
assigned to a user.
Table 4-1 lists the various resource types defined in vCenter Chargeback.
Table 4-1. Resource Types Defined in vCenter Chargeback
Resource Type Description
VMware vCenter Server This resource type refers to the vCenter Server instances added to vCenter Chargeback. A user
must have read permission on a vCenter Server to read its entities and add them to a
chargeback hierarchy.
Data Collector This resource type refers to data collectors registered withe vCenter Chargeback. Only a super
user has all permissions on this resource type. A user with the Administrator role has only
read permission on this resource type.
LDAP Server This resource type refers to the LDAP servers configured in vCenter Chargeback. An LDAP
user, by default, has read permission on the corresponding LDAP server.
SMTP Server This resource type refers to the SMTP server configured in vCenter Chargeback. Only a super
user has all permissions on this resource type.
Chargeback Hierarchy This resource type refers to the hierarchies created in vCenter Chargeback. A user must have
read permission on a chargeback hierarchy to access the hierarchy.
Chargeback Hierarchical
Entity
This resource type refers to any entity created or added to an hierarchy in vCenter Chargeback.
A user must have read permission on the entity and the corresponding hierarchy to access it.
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