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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
Contents
About the User's Guide 5
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Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager 7
What Is Chargeback 7
Chargeback Solution for Virtual Environments 7
Overview of vCenter Chargeback Manager 8
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Configuring Administration Settings 11
Activate the Application 11
Configuring Generic Settings 12
Managing LDAP Servers 15
Managing vCenter Servers 17
Managing Data Collectors 22
Managing the Application License 29
Manage Report View 30
Managing Attributes 31
Manage System Health Thresholds 33
Manage Computing Resources 33
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Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions 35
Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager 35
Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager 36
Managing Roles 37
Managing Users 44
vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication 52
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Managing Chargeback Hierarchies 55
Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy 55
Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy 58
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Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements 67
vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost-Related Elements 67
Managing Cost Models 73
Managing Fixed Costs 77
Managing Cost Templates 80
Managing Billing Policies 82
Configuring Cost at the Entity Level 85
Physical Infrastructure Costing 87
Configuring a Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines 91
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