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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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8 SelecttheFixedCoststabtoapplythefixedcostsontheentity.
Toaddafixedcost:
a SelecttherequiredfixedcostfromtheApplyaFixedCostlist.
bClickAdd.
Thefixedcostisaddedtothelistoffixedcostsdisplayedinthetable.
c (Optional)Toapplythisfixedcost
totheimmediatechildentitiesoftheselectedentity,selectthe
correspondingcheckboxintheDistributecolumnofthetable.
Ifthecheckboxisselected,thefixedcostisappliedtoeachofthechildentitiesoftheselectedentity.
However,thiscostwillnotbeappliedtothe
selectedentity.Whenacostreportisgenerated,thefixed
costsonthechildentitieswillberolled‐uptotheparententity.
Foreachfixedcostthatyouwanttoinclude,repeatStep a,Step bandStep c.
Toaddacustomfixedcost:
aEnterthenameandamountofthecustom
fixedcostandselectadurationindicatinghowoftenthe
costisincurred.
bClickAdd.
Thecustomfixedcostisaddedtothelistoffixedcostsdisplayedinthetable.
c (Optional)Toapplythisfixedcosttotheimmediatechildentitiesoftheselectedentity,selectthe
correspondingcheckbox
intheDistributecolumnofthetable.
Ifthecheckboxisselected,thefixedcostisappliedtoeachofthechildentitiesoftheselectedentity.
However,thiscostwillnotbeappliedtotheselectedentity.Whenacostreportisgenerated,thefixed
costsonthechild
entitieswillberolled‐uptotheparententity.
Foreachcustomfixedcostthatyouwanttoinclude,repeatStep a,Step bandStep c.
9ClickUpdateFixedCoststosettheaddedfixedcostsontheentity.
WhenyouclickUpdateFixedCosts,onlythedefinedfixedcostsaresetontheentity.Noothercost
configurationisset.
10 SelecttheEnable/DisableBillingtabtoconfigurethebillingstatus.
Theavailableoptionsare:
Enable:(default)Thisoptionenablesbillingontheentityforthespecifiedtimeperiod.Youcanuse
thisoptionifbillingwasearlierdisabledontheentityforthespecifiedtimeperiod.
Disable:Selectthisoptionifyouwanttodisablebillingontheentityforthespecifiedtimeperiod.
11 ClickUpdateBilling.
WhenyouclickUpdateBilling,onlythedefinedbillingstatusissetontheentity.Noothercost
configurationisset.
Thecostconfigurationdetailsaresetontheentity
fortheselecteddurationandcostmodel.Youmustrepeat
thisprocedureforeachcostmodelthatyouwanttoconfigureontheentity.
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OTEAdurationvalueofMonthlyisequalto30days,Quarterlyisequalto91days,Half‐yearlyis
equalto182days,andYearlyisequalto365days.