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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
- 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
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G
global fixed cost
about 58
create 62
delete 63
manage 62
modify 63
I
installing vCenter Chargeback
basic installation 16
cluster installation 18
installation scenarios 16
pre-installation checklist 15
prerequisites 14
using existing database schema 20
L
LDAP Server
configure 28
edit 28
remove 29
license key
about 27
delete 35
manage 35
replace 35
local fixed cost 58
M
modify currency setting 30
modify log level 30
P
permissions
access UI tabs 43
cost type 42
global type 42
hierarchy type 42
modify at entity level 44
report type 42
revoke 45
role-based access control 42
R
rate factor 58
report generation schedules
email scheduled report 74
generate 73
manage 73
remove schedule 74
reschedule 74
scheduling parameters 72
report template
configure 36
manage 36
reports
archive 75
create generation schedules 72
email 76
export 76
generate cost comparison report 71
generate cost report 70
manage 75
schedule 75
types 69
roles
assign super user role 43
assign user role on hierarchy 43
create 46
delete 47
modify 47
predefined roles 45
revoke 45
S
scripts
data purging 83
data restoring 83
generic 82
space calculation scripts 82
SMTP Server
configure 29
edit 29
remove 30
system health
about 79
manage thresholds 38
system requirements
database management systems 14
hardware 13
operating systems 14
software 13
vCenter Server 14
web browsers 14
T
troubleshooting
issues 85
utility 80
U
uninstalling vCenter Chargeback 25
user action events 80
users
authentication 47