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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 Save.
If the SSL certificate on the vCenter Server has changed, a dialog requesting you to accept the new SSL
certificate is displayed.
5 Accept the SSL certificate request.
If you click Cancel, the modify vCenter Server operation is cancelled.
The modified information is reflected in the table displayed on the page.
Delete vCenter Server Information
If you no longer want to calculate costs and generate reports for the virtual machines managed by a vCenter
Server, you can remove the vCenter Server from the vCenter Chargeback Manager.
To perform this task, you must have the Super User role or the Administrator role. If you have the
Administrator role, you can delete only those vCenter Server settings that you have configured.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, clickvCenter Servers.
A table listing all the vCenter Servers is displayed.
2 Select the vCenter Server that you want to remove and click Delete.
If any of the entities of the vCenter Server are part of a chargeback hierarchy, the Manage linked entities
screen is displayed.
3 (Optional) Click Delete all these entries to remove the entities from the hierarchy permanently.
You can retain the entities by clicking Keep all these entries. If you choose to retain the entities, they will
be temporarily removed from the hierarchy and will appear automatically when you re-add the vCenter
Server at a later stage.
4 If none of the vCenter Server entities are part of any of the chargeback hierarchies, the a dialog box
confirming the delete operation request is displayed. Click OK.
Managing Data Collectors
When you install vCenter Chargeback Manager, you can optionally install a data collector. You can register
more than one data collector with a vCenter Chargeback Manager instance. You can also install the Cloud
Director Data Collector and the vShield Manager Data Collector.
All the data collectors registered with the application can be managed from the Settings tab. You must have
the Super User role to view and manage the data collectors.
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View Data Collectors on page 23
vCenter Chargeback Manager stores and displays information about each data collector registered with
the application. The data collectors registered with the application and their corresponding details can
be viewed from the Settings tab.
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Enable Data Collector on page 25
If a data collector registered with the application is disabled, you can enable it from the application.
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Disable Data Collector on page 25
When a data collector is installed, it is registered with the application and is enabled by default. If you
do not want to use a data collector, you can disable it from the application.
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Delete Data Collector on page 26
A data collector registered with the application can be removed or deleted.
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