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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
6Provideanameforthevirtualmachine,andclickNext.
7 SelecttheESXServerhostorresourcepoolonwhichthevirtualmachineshouldbedeployed,andclick
Next.
8 Selecttherequireddatastore,andclickNext.
9Reviewtheinformationdisplayedonthesummaryscreen,andclickFinish.
10 VIClientstarts
importingthevirtualappliance.ClickOK.
11 Aftertheimportiscomplete,poweronthevirtualmachine.
Ifyouare usingvCenterConvertertodeploythevirtualappliance,ensurethatyouusethevCenter
Converter 4.0.1standaloneclientoralaterrelease.YoucanalsodeploythevirtualapplianceusingvSphere
Client4.0.
To configure the virtual appliance on first boot:
1Onthecommandprompt,typeyesandpressEntertoacceptEULA.
2 SelectthetimezoneandclickOK.
EnsurethatthevCenterChargebackvirtualapplianceisinsyncwiththevCenterChargebackdatabase
andthevCenterServerinstancesthatyouwanttoaddtoit.
3ForspecifyingastaticIP
address,typenandentertheIPaddress,Netmask,Gateway,DNSServer1,and
DNSServer2details.
ForspecifyingaDHCPaddress,typey.
4Ifaproxyisrequiredtoreachtheinternet,typeyandtheprovidetheproxydetails.
5Typeytoconfirmthenetworkconfiguration.
6 Selectthedatabasetype
ofthevCenterChargebackdatabase.
ThedefaultisMicrosoftSQLServer.
7ProvidetheIPaddressofthevCenterChargebackdatabase.
8 (optional)Providethedatabaseinstancename.
YouarepromptedtoenterthisinformationonlyifyouhaveselectedthedatabasetypeasMicrosoftSQL
Server.
9Providethedatabaselistenerportnumber.
Ifthe
databaseinstancenameisnotprovided,youmustprovidetheportnumber,elsethedefaultport
numberdisplayedonthescreenisconsidered.
10 ProvidethenameofthevCenterChargebackdatabase,thedatabaseusername,andthepassword.
11 Selecttherequiredoptionforcleaningthedatabase.
Thedefaultisyes(1).
12 Providethe
usernameandpasswordfortheapplication.
13 Confirmthepassword.
Afterthevirtualmachinehasbooted,thescreendisplaysaURLsimilarto
http://<IP address>:8080/cbmui/index.htm foraccessingthevCenterChargebackapplication.
N
OTEvCenterChargeback1.0.1virtualappliancedoesnotsupportWindowsauthenticationforvCenter
ChargebackdatabaseandvCenterServerdatabase.
IMPORTANTBeforedeletingavCenterChargebackvirtualappliance,ensurethattheRegisterAsVIClient
PluginoptionisdeselectedforallthevCenterServerinstancesaddedtothevirtualappliance.Ifthisoptionis
notdeselectedandthevirtualapplianceisdeleted,thenyoucannotremovetheplug‐infromthe
VIClient.