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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
4 Click Add.
A dialog requesting you to add an SSL certificate for secure communication with the vCenter Server is
displayed.
5 Accept the SSL certificate request.
If you click Cancel, the add vCenter Server operation is cancelled.
The vCenter Server is added to the application and included in the table listing the vCenter Server instances.
What to do next
You can log in to the vCenter Server by using a vSphere Client and access the vCenter Chargeback
Manager plug-in if you have selected the Register As vSphere Client Plug-in option. You must, however,
provide the IP address or the DNS name of the vCenter Server during login. If you use localhost during login,
the plug-in might be unavailable.
Edit vCenter Server Information
Changes to the vCenter Server configuration must be manually reflected in the vCenter Chargeback Manager.
For example, if the vCenter Server user account password or the password for the vCenter Server database
user is changed, you must also reflect this change in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
If you change the SSL certificate on the vCenter Server or upgrade the vCenter Server, then you must modify
the vCenter Server information in vCenter Chargeback Manager to import the new SSL certificate. If the new
SSL certificate is not imported on to the vCenter Chargeback Manager machine, then communication with the
vCenter Server fails.
To modify the vCenter Server information in vCenter Chargeback Manager, you must have the Super User
role or the Administrator role. If you have the Administrator role, you can edit only those vCenter Server
settings that you have configured.
NOTE You cannot modify the vCenter Server ID, host name or IP address of the vCenter Server, and the vCenter
Server version number.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, clickvCenter Servers.
A table listing information about the vCenter Server instances added to the application is displayed.
2 Select the vCenter Server for which you want to modify the details, and click Edit.
The vCenter Server Information screen is displayed.
3 Modify the required vCenter Server details.
Option Description
vCenter Server Hostname/IP
FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server. The IP address or host name
cannot be edited after the vCenter Server is added to the application.
vCenter Server Display Name
A display name for the vCenter Server.
vCenter Server Description
A description of the vCenter Server. This is optional.
vCenter Server Username
User name to access the vCenter Server.
vCenter Server Password
Password for the user name entered.
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