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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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prerequisites 14
using existing database schema 21
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LDAP Server
configure 32
edit 32
remove 33
license key
about 31
delete 40
manage 39
replace 40
M
modify currency setting 34
modify log level 34
P
permissions
access UI tabs 49
cost type 48
global type 48
hierarchy type 48
modify at entity level 50
report type 48
revoke 51
role-based access control 48
R
rate factor 64
report generation schedules
email scheduled report 81
generate 79
manage 80
remove schedule 80
reschedule 80
scheduling parameters 78
report template
configure 40
manage 40
reports
archive 81
create generation schedules 78
email 82
export 82
generate cost comparison report 77
generate cost report 76
manage 81
schedule 82
types 75
roles
assign super user role 49
assign user role on hierarchy 49
create 52
delete 53
modify 53
predefined roles 51
revoke 51
S
scripts
data purging 89
data restoring 89
generic 88
space calculation scripts 88
SMTP Server
configure 33
edit 33
remove 34
system health
about 85
manage thresholds 43
system requirements
database management systems 14
hardware 13
operating systems 14
software 14
vCenter Server 14
web browsers 14
T
troubleshooting
issues 91
utility 86
U
uninstalling vCenter Chargeback 28
user action events 86
users
authentication 53
change password 54
create LDAP group 46
create LDAP user 46
create local user 45
delete 47
modify 47
utilities
change database password 87
database management scripts 88
troubleshooting 86