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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About the User's Guide
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Managing Roles
- Managing Users
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager Entity
- Add a vCenter Server 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
- Allocate Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity
- Share Virtual Machine Cost
- Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
- Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Index
report generation schedules 105
schedule 113
types 95
view in interactive report view 111
resource, permissions defined for 36
roles
assign user role for a resource 50
assign user role on vCenter Chargeback
Manager 49
create 42
delete 43
managing 37
modify 43
predefined roles 38
revoke role for a resource 51
revoke role on vCenter Chargeback
Manager 51
S
scripts
data purging scripts 136
generic scripts 135
guest OS licensing script 127, 130
performance statistics script 132
space calculation scripts 135
statistics collection 127
search
archived reports 117
scheduled reports 110
SMTP server setting
configure 12
modify 12
remove 13
statistics collection scripts
guest OS licensing script 127
performance statistics script 132
storage allocation script 130
system health
about 123
manage thresholds 33
monitoring 123
U
user action events 124
users
assign role for a resource 50
assign role on vCenter Chargeback
Manager 49
authenticating 52
change password 53
create LDAP group 47
create LDAP user 46
create local user 45
creating 45
delete 48
managing 44
modify 48
revoke role for a resource 51
revoke role on vCenter Chargeback
Manager 51
utilities
about 125
administration utilities 125
change database password 125
database management scripts 134
database password change 125
IP address reset 126
reset IP address 126
V
vCenter Chargeback Manager
architectural overview 8
authenticate in to 52
configuring costs 67
configuring settings 11
cost elements 67
events 124
managing users, roles, and permissions 35
monitor system health 123
permissions defined in 36
remove 14
resource-based authorization 35
vCenter Server
configure 17
delete 22
manage 17
modify 20
virtual machine instance pricing
about 91
create 92
delete 94
edit 93
modify priority 93
Index
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