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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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Managing the vCenter Chargeback Virtual Appliance
AfterthevCenterChargebackvirtualapplianceisdeployedandthevirtualmachinehasbooted,youcanlog
intothevirtualmachineusingthefollowingcredentials:
Username:root
Password:vmware
Afteryouhaveloggedintothevirtualmachine,youcanmanagetheDataCollectorandApacheTomcatservices.
YoucanperformthefollowingactionsontheDataCollectorservice:
StarttheDataCollectorservicebyrunningthefollowingcommand:
service vCenter-DC start
StoptheDataCollectorservicebyrunningthefollowingcommand:
service vCenter-DC stop
RestarttheDataCollectorservicebyrunningthefollowingcommand:
service vCenter-DC restart
YoucanperformthefollowingactionsontheApacheTomcatservice:
StarttheApacheTomcatservicebyrunningthefollowingcommand:
service cbm-tomcat start
StoptheApacheTomcatservicebyrunningthefollowingcommand:
service cbm-tomcat stop
RestarttheApacheTomcatservicebyrunningthefollowingcommand:
service cbm-tomcat restart
Youcanalsomodifythetimezonesetonthevirtualappliancebyrunningthefollowingcommandfromthe
commandprompt:
bash /opt/vmware/cbm/scripts/reset-timezone.sh
Uninstalling vCenter Chargeback
YoucanuninstallavCenterChargebackinstance,bystartingtheuninstallerfromtheStart > Programs >
VMware > VMware vCenter Chargeback > Uninstall VMware vCenter Chargebackmenu.Ifyouremove
theapplicationusingAdd/RemovePrograms,theapplicationisnotremovedcleanlyandyoumighthaveto
manuallydeletesomefilesthatwerenotdeletedduringtheuninstallprocess.
Beforeuninstalling
avCenterChargebackinstance,ensurethattheRegisterAsVIClientPluginoptionis
deselectedforallthevCenterServerinstancesaddedtotheapplication.Ifthisoptionisnotdeselectedandthe
vCenterChargebackinstanceisuninstalled,youcannotremovetheplug‐infromtheVIClient.
Ifyouuninstall
aninstancethatispartofacluster,ensurethatyoumanuallyremovetheentriescorresponding
totheinstancefromtheworker.propertiesfilelocatedat
<Installation_Directory>\Apache2.2\conf\onthemachinethattheloadbalancerisrunningon.
For example,iftheinstancenameischargeTest,youmustremovethefollowingsectionfrom
the
worker.propertiesfile:
# Set properties for chargeTest (ajp99)
worker.chargeTest.type=ajp99
worker.chargeTest.host=90.0.1.1
worker.chargeTest.port=8009
worker.chargeTest.lbfactor=1
Theentry(ajp99),inthiscase,istheAJPportoftheloadbalancer.