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Add a vCenter Chargeback Entity

You can add vCenter Chargeback entities to a chargeback hierarchy to logically group vCenter Server entities

in the hierarchy. A vCenter Chargeback entity can represent the departments, cost centers, and business units

in an organization.

To add a vCenter Chargeback entity to a chargeback hierarchy, you must have update privilege on the

chargeback hierarchy and the parent entity.

Procedure

1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the

left pane of the page.

The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed.

2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign (+) to the left of the hierarchy name.

The first-level entities in the hierarchy are displayed. You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by

clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub-entities.

3 Right-click the hierarchy or the entity in the hierarchy to which you want to add a vCenter Chargeback

entity and select New Chargeback Folder from the pop-up menu.

You can add vCenter Chargeback entities to the hierarchy or to another vCenter Chargeback entity in the

hierarchy. You cannot add a vCenter Chargeback entity to a vCenter Server entity.

4 Provide a name for the added entity and click outside the entity-name text box.

The character limit for the entity name is 255 characters. The entity names are not case-sensitive.

The entity with the provided name is added to the chargeback hierarchy.

What to do next

You can undo an add operation by right-clicking the newly added entity and selecting the Revert this add

operation option. However, this option is not available on the entity if any further changes are made to the

entity or to the chargeback hierarchy.

Add a vCenter Server Entity

If you are creating a custom chargeback hierarchy, you must add vCenter Server entities, such as ESX Server

hosts and virtual machines, to it. You can also add a cluster or an entire data center to the hierarchy.

To add a vCenter Server entity to a chargeback hierarchy, you must have the read privilege on the vCenter

Server and update privilege on the chargeback hierarchy and the parent entity.

Prerequisites

Ensure that the vCenter Server is added to vCenter Chargeback and the Hosts & Clusters and VMs & Templates

Synchronization job successfully synchronized the vCenter Server inventory in the vCenter Chargeback

database.