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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback
- Installing vCenter Chargeback
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Create a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Manage a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Server Entity
- Add a vCenter Chargeback 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
- Share Virtual Machine Cost
- View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
- Creating and Configuring a Cost Model
- Generating Reports
- System Health, Utilities, and Troubleshooting
- System Health
- Events
- Utilities
- Troubleshooting
- Unable to Send Report Through Email
- Storage Syncing Job Fails
- Unable to use Custom SSL Certificates
- Unable to View the vCenter Chargeback Plug-In in the VI Client
- Report Does not Display the Memory Usage Value and the Corresponding Cost
- Report Does not Display the Network Transmitted and Network Received Stats
- Report Does not Display the Disk Read and Disk Write Stats
- Unable to Add vCenter Server in vCenter Chargeback
- Changed Timezone Setting is not Reflected
- Installer Throws the SQL Driver not Found Error
- Status of Failed Data Collector is not Reflected Immediately on the System Health tab
- Non-English Characters are not Correctly Stored in the vCenter Chargeback Database
- Service Temporarily Unavailable Error Thrown when Accessing vCenter Chargeback
- Text and Messages on the vCenter Chargeback User Interface are not Correctly Displayed
- Error Occurs While Importing a Hierarchy from a CSV File
- Changes to Chargeback Hierarchy are not Reflected in the Concurrent User-Sessions
- Unable to Access the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Unable to Remove the vCenter Chargeback Plug-In from the VI Client
- Unable to Fetch the Primary Group of a LDAP User
- Changes to the vCenter Server Hierarchy Are Not Reflected in vCenter Chargeback
- Index
vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide
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Pre-Installation Checklist
ThechecklistprovidedinTable 2‐1helpsyouensurethatyouhavealltherequiredinformationandhave
performedthenecessarypre‐installtasks.
Table 2-1. vCenter Chargeback Pre-Install Checklist
Item Requirement Checked
HardwareConfiguration
CPU 2.0GHzorfasterIntelorAMDx86processor
RAM 3.0GBormore
Diskspace Minimum1.1GB;Recommended2.0GBormore
Card 10/100Ethernetadapter(Gigabitrecommended)
NetworkConfiguration
StaticIPAddress WritedowntheIPaddressofthemachineonwhichyouplantoinstall
vCenterChargeback.Ensurethatthemachinehas
astaticIPaddress.
PortNumbers HTTPPort(default:8080)
Load‐balancerPort(default:8009)
HTTPSPort(default:443)
DatabaseConfiguration
Type MicrosoftSQLServer2005orlater
OracleDatabase10gorlater
Databasename CreateadatabaseforvCen terChargebackandnotedownthedatabase
name.
URL IPaddressofthevCenterChargebackdatabase
Ensurethatthemachine
onwhichthedatabaseisinstalledhasastatic
IPaddress.
TNSlistenerportforOracledatabase
DatabaseinstancenameforSQLServerdatabase
Databaseusernameand
password
Usernameofthedatabaseuserwhohasprivilegestocreateanddelete
schema,aswellastoreadfromandwriteto
thedatabase.
Passwordforthisuser
IfyouareusingWindowsAuthenticationforaMicrosoftSQLServer
database,thenyoumusthavetheWindowsuseraccountname.This
usermusthavetheLog on as a servicepermission.
PasswordforthisWindowsuseraccount
IfyouareusingWindowsauthentication,ensurethatyourunthe
installerin
thecontextofthisWindowsuser.
SoftwareConfiguration
MicrosoftSQLServer EnsurethattheSQLServerBrowserserviceisrunning
MSIInstallation IsMSIinstallationenabled?
Ifnot,installMicrosoftVisualC++2005RedistributablePackage(x86).
PortExceptionson
WindowsFirewall
IfyouhaveenabledWindowsFirewall,youmustsettheport
exceptionsforthe
HTTPport,loadbalancerport,andHTTPSport.
NOTEPriortostartingtheinstallation,checkwhetherthedefaultportsarefree.Ifnot,ensurethatyouprovide
alternativeportnumbersduringtheinstallation.