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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 4 Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
Permissions to Access User Interface Tabs
Ontheproductuserinterface,thetabsthatausercanaccessdependsontheroleorpermissionsassignedto
theuser.OnlyusershavingtheSuperUserrolecanaccessallthetabsandallthefeaturesavailableoneach
tab.Auserwithanyotherroleorpermissionassigned
canaccessonlythefollowingtabs:
GettingStarted
ManageHierarchy
ConfigureCost
Reports
Althoughtheusershaveaccesstotheabovementionedtabs,theactionsthattheycanperformoneachtab
dependontheactualroleorpermissionsassignedonthem.
Manage Permissions
Whenyoucreateauser,norolesorpermissionsareassignedtoitbydefault.Youcanassigndifferent
permissionsandrolestoauseronagivenhierarchy.However,youcannotcreateordefineanynew
permission.Thissectioncoversthefollowingtasks:
“A s s i g n theSuperUserRoletoaUser”onpage 49
“A s s i g n aRoletoaUseronaHierarchy”onpage 49
“ModifyPermissionsatEntityLevel”onpage 50
“RevokeRolesandPermissionsAssignedtoaUser”onpage 51
Assign the Super User Role to a User
AssigningtheSuperUserroletoauser,providestheuserwithfullaccesstotheapplication.
To assign the Super User role to a user
1IntheUsers&Rolestab,clickPermissions.
Apagelistingalltheusers,theirusertype,andwhethertheuserisaSuperUserisdisplayed.
2 Selecttheusertowhichyouwant
toassigntheSuperUserrole.
YoucanselectmultipleusersbyholdingdowntheCTRLkeywhileselectingtherequiredusers.
3SelecttheAssigntheSuperUserroletotheselectedusers/groupsoptionunderSet/UnsetSuperUserRole.
4ClickApply.
Adialogconfirmingtheactionisdisplayed.
5ClickOK.
TheselecteduserisassignedtheSuperUserroleandthesameisreflectedinthetableonthepage.
Assign a Role to a User on a Hierarchy
Ausercanhavedifferentrolesondifferentchargebackhierarchies.
To assign a role to a user
1IntheUsers&Rolestab,clickPermissions.
Apagelistingalltheusers,theirtype,andwhethertheuserisaSuperUserisdisplayed.Thepagealso
providesanoptiontoselectahierarchy.
2 Selecttherequiredhierarchyfrom
thelistofhierarchies.
Therightmostpaneonthepagedisplaysalistoftherolesdefinedintheapplication.