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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
Property Description
VMware Cloud Director database
port
Port on which the VMware vCloud Director database is listening for request.
If no port details are specified, vCenter Chargeback Manager considers the
default database port.
VMware Cloud Director database
username
VMware vCloud Director database user name.
VMware Cloud Director database
password
Password for the VMware vCloud Director database user.
Event processor job interval (in
seconds)
VMware Cloud Director Data Collector runs a job that reads and processes
the chargeback events in VMware vCloud Director. This property defines
the time in seconds between two such job runs. If the time between two job
runs is too large, then virtual machines that are created and removed within
this time frame might not be accounted for by vCenter Chargeback Manager
during cost calculation.
Failed events processor job interval
(in seconds)
VMware Cloud Director Data Collector runs a job to clear failed chargeback
events in VMware vCloud Director. This property defines the time in seconds
between two such job runs.
Unprocessed VMware Cloud
Director chargeback event lifetime
(in seconds)
This property defines the time for which an unprocessed event is retained in
the database. The default value is 10 days. After this lifetime period, events
are removed from the database because they are in an inconsistent state and
cannot be processed. Inconsistency can occur due to the following reasons:
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Event was generated when it was not necessary.
n
Event fails to get persisted in the VMware vCloud Director database.
VM Instance job interval (in seconds)
VMware Cloud Director Data Collector runs a job to apply the fixed costs
defined in the virtual machine instance price matrix on the virtual machines
in the vDCs (virtual data centers). This property defines the time in seconds
between two such job runs.
VMware Cloud Director apply
overage charge on Allocation Pool
vDC
Set this flag to true to consider the percentage guarantee value along with
the allocation value for the computing resources. This is global flag and is
applicable for all Org vDCs in the Allocation Pool model. The default value
is false.
The Change Data Collector property screen is displayed.
4 Modify the property value and click Save.
What to do next
After you modify a property value, you must restart the data collector for the change to take effect.
You can test the connection to the vCloud Director database by clicking the Test VMware Cloud Director
database connection link.
Configure vShield Manager Data Collector
If you have installed the vShield Manager Data Collector, you must specify the user name and password to
access the vShield Manager instances. You can set this access information from the Data Collectors page of the
Settings tab.
The vShield Manager Data Collector cannot function if the user name and password for the vShield Manager
instances are not set. After installing the vShield Manager Data Collector, the vShield Manager instances do
not appear immediately in vCenter Chargeback Manager. You can see these instances in the application only
after the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector processes the vShield Manager-related events.
Only users with the Super User role assigned to them can perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, click Data Collectors.
2 Select the vShield Manager tab.
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