1.0
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
- Changes to the vCenter Server Hierarchy are not Reflected in vCenter Chargeback
- Unable to Fetch the Primary Group of a LDAP User
- Unable to Access the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Index
vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide
16 VMware, Inc.
Install vCenter Chargeback
Thissectioncoversthefollowinginstallationscenarios:
“BasicInstallationorFirst‐TimeInstallation”onpage 16
“ClusterInstallation”onpage 18
“BasicInstallationUsingExistingDatabaseSchema”onpage 20
Downloadtheinstallerfile,vCenter-CB-1.0.0-<build_number>.zip,andextractthecontentofthisZIP
filetothemachineonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheapplication.Ifyoutrytoruntheinstallerfromashared
locationonthenetwork,theinstallermightfail.
Basic Installation or First-Time Installation
Whenyouinstalltheproductforthefirsttime,theinstallerperformsthefollowingtasks:
Connectstothedatabaseandcreatesaschemafortheapplicationdata.
Installstheapplication.
Installstheloadbalancer,whichreceivesandroutesalluserrequeststotheapplication.
Installsthedatacollector,whichsynchronizesthevCenterChargebackdatabasewiththevCenterServer
databases.
NetworkConfiguration
StaticIPAddress WritedowntheIPaddressofthemachineonwhichyouplantoinstallvCenter
Chargeback.EnsurethatthemachinehasastaticIPaddress.
PortNumbers HTTPPort(default:8080)
Load‐balancerPort(default:8009)
HTTPSPort(default:443)
DatabaseConfiguration
Type MicrosoftSQLServer2005orlater
OracleDatabase10g
orlater
Databasename CreateadatabaseforvCenterChargebackandnotedown thedatabasename
URL IPaddressofthevCenterChargebackdatabase
EnsurethatthemachineonwhichthedatabaseisinstalledhasastaticIP
address.
TNSlistenerportforOracledatabase
DatabaseinstancenameforSQLServerdatabase
Databaseusername
and
password
Usernameofthedatabaseuserwhohasprivilegestocreateanddeleteschema,
aswellastoreadfromandwritetothedatabase
Passwordforthisuser
SoftwareConfiguration
MicrosoftSQLServer EnsurethattheSQLServerBrowserserviceisrunning
MSIInstallation IsMSIinstallationenabled?
Ifnot,installMicrosoftVisual
C++2005RedistributablePackage(x86)
PortExceptionson
WindowsFirewall
IfyouhaveenabledWindowsFirewall,youmustsettheportexceptionsforthe
HTTPport,loadbalancerport,andHTTPSport.
NOTEPriortostartingtheinstallation,checkwhetherthedefaultportsarefree.Ifnot,ensurethatyouprovide
alternativeportnumbersduringtheinstallation.
Table 2-1. vCenter Chargeback Pre-Install Checklist (Continued)
Item Requirement Checked