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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
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Chapter 2 Installing vCenter Chargeback
To add an application instance to a cluster
1Inacommand‐linewindow,enterthefollowingcommand:
cd <Installation_Folder>/vCenter-CB-Tools/load-balancer/bin/
here,<Installation_Folder>isthecompletefolderpathprovidedduringthevCenterChargeback
installation.
2Runthefollowingcommand:
ModifyLBWorkers <Host IP Address> <Load-Balancer Port> <Server Instance Name>
where:
HostIPAddress:TheIPaddressofthemachineonwhichthenewvCenterChargebackinstanceis
installed.
Load‐BalancerPort:Theportthroughwhichtheapplicationinstancecommunicateswiththeload
balancer.ThisissameastheportconfiguredduringthenewvCenterChargebackinstallation.
ServerInstanceName:ThenameofthenewvCenterChargebackinstancethatyouwanttoaddto
thecluster.Thisisthenamethatyouhaveprovidedduringtheinstallation.
3RestarttheLoadBalancerservicefromtheStart > Programs > VMware > VMware vCenter
Chargeback > vCenter Chargeback Servicesmenu.
Basic Installation Using Existing Database Schema
Youcaninstallastand‐alonevCenterChargebackinstancethatusesanexistingvCenterChargebackschema.
To install the application
1RunthevCenter-CB.exefile.
Theinstallationwizardisdisplayed.
2ClickNextontheIntroductionscreen.
3Accepttheend‐userlicenseagreement,andclickNext.
4Providethepathfortheinstallationdirectory,andclickNext.
Ensurethat
theinstallationdirectorypathhasatleastonedirectory(forexample,
C:\vCenterChargeback10\)anddoesnotpointtojustadrive(forexample,C:\).Ifthespecified
installationdirectoryexists,ensurethatitisempty.Ifthespecifiedinstallationdirectorydoesnotexist,
theinstallerwillcreatethedirectory.
5Providethe
followingvCenterChargebackdatabase‐relatedinformation,andclickNext:
DatabaseType:ThetypeofdatabaseusedtocreatethevCenterChargebackdatabase.Thiscanbe
eitherSQLSERVERorORACLE.
DatabaseURL:TheIPaddressofthesystemonwhichthevCenterChargebackdatabaseisinstalled
alongwiththeportatwhichthedatabaselistenerserviceisrunningorthevCenterChargeback
databaseinstancename.EnsurethatthespecifieddatabaseURLpointstoadatabasethathasa
vCenterChargeback
schemaandisnotbeingusedbyanyvCenterChargebackinstance.
ForOracleDatabase,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:
<IP Address>:<TNS Listener Port>
<Host Name>:<TNS Listener Port>
ForSQLServer,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:
<IP Address>\<Database Instance Name>
<Host Name>\<Database Instance Name>
DatabasePort:(Optional)Theportonwhichthedatabaseserviceislisteningforrequests.
DatabaseName:NameoftheexistingvCenterChargebackdatabase.