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ThischapterexplainshowtoperformsomeofthebasicvCenterChargebacktasksusingtheAPIs.Youcan
createahierarchyandaddentities,addfixedcostandgenerateareportonresourceutilization.
Thechapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “RequirementsforCodeExamples”onpage 11
 “LogIntovCenterChargebackServer”onpage 14
 “A d d vCenterServerInformation”onpage 15
 “A d d aCustomChargebackHierarchy”onpage 16
 “A d d avCenterServerEntitytotheChargebackHierarchy”onpage 17
 “A d d aFixedCost”onpage 19
 “ModifyaFixedCostValue”onpage 20
 “GenerateaReport”onpage 21
Requirements for Code Examples
ThischapterprovidescodeexamplestoexplainhowyoucancalltheAPIs.Torunthesecodeexamples,you
requirethefollowingJARandhelperclassfiles.
JAR Files
ThecodeexamplesneedthefollowingJARfiles.
 commons-httpclient-3.1.jar
 commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
 jdom.jar
YoumustplacetheseJARfilesintheclasspath.
Understanding the Workflow
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