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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 6 Creating and Configuring a Cost Model
View Cost Configuration of an Entity
Youcanviewentity‐specificcostconfigurationdetailsintheConfigureCosttab.
To view the cost configuration at the entity level
1IntheConfigureCosttab,clickViewEntityCostConfiguration.
2 Selectahierarchyfromthelistofhierarchies.
3 Expandthehierarchyandselecttherequiredentity.
4Enterthetimeperiodforwhichyouwanttoviewtheentity‐specific
costconfigurationdetails.
5 SelectthecostmodelandclickFetch.
Theentity‐specificcostconfigurationdetailsfortheselectedentityandcostmodelandthespecified
durationaredisplayed.Iftheentityisnotconfiguredforthespecifieddurationorcostmodel,amessage
statingthesameisdisplayedonthe
page.
Edit Cost Configuration of an Entity
Theentity‐specificcostconfigurationdetailscanbesetfromtheConfigureCosttab.Thecostconfigurationis
appliedonanentityforthespecifiedcostmodelandtimeperiod.Thesecostconfigurationdetailswillbe
consideredwhenareportisgeneratedontheentityusingthespecifiedcostmodel.
To configure the cost at the entity level
1In
theConfigureCosttab,clickEditEntityCostConfiguration.
2 Selecttherequiredhierarchyfromthelistofhierarchies.
3 Expandthehierarchyandselecttheentityforwhichyouwanttoconfigurethecosts.
4 Selectthecostmodelthatyouwanttoapplyontheentity.
5Specifythedurationforwhichthecost
configurationwillbeeffective.
ThedefaultselectionisUpdatefromnowonwards,indicatingthatthecostconfigurationdetailswillbe
effectivefromthetimeofsettingthesedetailsontheentitytillinfinity.
Ifyouwanttosetthecostconfigurationdetailsforaspecificduration,selectUpdatefortheeffective
periodandspecifythestartandenddateofthetimeperiod.Thedateshavetobeenteredin the
mm/dd/yyyyformat.Iftheendtimeisnotspec ified,thecostconfigurationdetailswillbeeffectivetill
infinity.Youcanviewtheexistingcos t configu rationdetailsforthespecifiedtime
periodbyclickingGet
costconfiguration.
6 (Optional)SelectacosttemplatefromtheApplyaCostTemplatelist.
Theratefactorsandfixedcostsdefinedinthecosttemplatearepopulatedinthecorrespondingfieldsonthe
screen.Youcanmodifytheratefactor s forindividualresources.Youcanalsoadd
orremovethefixedcosts.
7EntertheratefactorsforthecomputingresourcesintheRateFactorstabandclickUpdateRateFactors.
Theratefactorvaluecanbebetween0and999.99.Theapplicationconsidersaprecisionofuptotwo
decimalplaces.Iftheratefactorisnotspecified
foracomputingresource,vCenterChargebackuses1as
theratefactorofthecomputingresource.
WhenyouclickUpdateRateFactors,onlythedefinedratefactorsaresetontheentity.Noothercost
configurationisset.
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MPORTANTEnsurethatyoufollowthesequencestatedinthisprocedure.Afteryouhaveenteredsome
information,revertingtoanearlierstepinthetaskmightresettheentriesonthepage.