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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
5Providethepathfortheinstallationdirectory,andclickNext.
Ensurethattheinstallationdirectorypathhasatleastonedirectory(forexample,
C:\vCenterChargeback10\)anddoesnotpointtojustadrive(forexample,C:\).Ifthespecified
installationdirectoryexists,ensurethatitisempty.Ifthespecifiedinstallation
directorydoesnotexist,
theinstallerwillcreatethedirectory.
6ProvidethefollowingvCenterChargebackdatabase‐relatedinformation,andclickNext:
DatabaseType:ThetypeofdatabaseusedtocreatethevCenterChargebackdatabase.Thiscanbe
eitherSQLSERVERorORACLE.
DatabaseURL:TheIPaddressofthesystemonwhichthevCenterChargebackdatabaseisinstalled
alongwiththeportatwhichthedatabaselistenerserviceisrunningorthevCenterChargeback
databaseinstancename.
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.
SQLAuthenticationMode:ThisoptionisapplicableonlyforSQLServerdatabases.ForanSQL
Serverdatabase,theauthenticationtypecanbeeitherSQLServerAuthenticationorWindows
Authentication.
DatabaseUsername:Thenameofthedatabaseuser.Thedatabaseusermusthaveprivilegestocreate
anddeleteschema,aswellasreadfromandwritetothedatabase.IfyouselectWindows
AuthenticationforSQLAuthenticationMode,youmustprovidetheWindowsuseraccountname.
Theusernamemust
beoftheformDomainName\UserName.Also,theusermusthavetheLog on as
a servicepermission.
DatabasePassword:Passwordfortheusernamethatyouhaveprovided.IfyouselectWindows
Authenticationastheauthenticationtype,youmustprovidethepasswordfortheWindowsuser
account.
IftheinstallerconnectstothedatabaseanddetectsavCenterChargebackschema,adialogisdisplayed.
7ClickOK.
8Reviewthe
informationdisplayedonthePre‐InstallationSummaryscreen,andclickInstall.
Theinstallerstartsinstallingthedatacollector.Iftheinstallationissuccessful,theURLforaccessing
vCenterChargebackisdisplayed.
9NotethisURL,andclickDone.
Afteryouinstallaseparatedatacollector,theDataCollectorservicestartsandruns
automatically.Youcan
manuallystartandstoptheservicefromtheStart > Programs > VMware > VMware vCenter Chargeback
DataCollectormenu.
N
OTEEnsurethatyouprovidethedetailsofthevCenterChargebackdatabasethatthedatacollector
mustsynchronizewiththevCenterServerdatabases.
N
OTEIftheinstallationfails,theuninstallerstarts automaticallyand removesallthecomponentsinstalled.
CAUTIONThedatacollectorsystemtimemustbethesameasthevCenterChargebackandvCenter
Chargebackdatabasesystemtime.Thatis,thesystemtimeofallthesemachinesshouldbeinsync.