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Table 3-1. Resource Types Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager (Continued)
Resource Type Description
Chargeback Hierarchical
Entity
This resource type refers to any entity created or added to a hierarchy in vCenter Chargeback
Manager. A user must have read permission on the entity and the corresponding hierarchy
to access it.
Attribute This resource type refers to any attribute created or imported in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
Only users with the Administrator role and Super User role have create permission for this
resource type.
Tier This resource type refers to the storage tiers created in vCenter Chargeback Manager. A user
must have read permission on the vCenter Server to access storage tiers.
Cost Model This resource type refers to the cost models defined or created in vCenter Chargeback
Manager. A user must have read permission on a cost model to use it for cost configuration
and report generation.
Cost Template This resource type refers to the cost templates created in vCenter Chargeback Manager. A user
must have read permission on a cost template to use it for cost configuration.
Fixed Cost This resource type refers to the fixed costs created in vCenter Chargeback Manager. A user
must have read permission on a fixed cost to use it for cost configuration.
Report This resource type refers to the reports created in vCenter Chargeback Manager. A user must
have read permission on a report to access the report.
Schedule This resource type refers to the reporting schedules created in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
A user must have read permission on a schedule to access the reporting schedule.
Role This resource type refers to the roles defined or created in vCenter Chargeback Manager. Only
users with the Administrator role or Super User role have create permission for this resource
type.
Billing Policy This resource type refers to the billing policies defined or created in vCenter Chargeback
Manager. A user must have read permission on a billing policy to use it for cost configuration
and report generation.
Automatic Report
Scheduler
This resource type refers to the automatic report schedulers defined or created in vCenter
Chargeback Manager. A user must have read permission on an automatic report scheduler to
access it and the corresponding schedules.
Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
vCenter Chargeback Manager provides five different permissions, create, read, update, delete, and entity cost
modify, which can be set on a role for the different resource types.
Table 3-2 shows the permissions that can be set for the resource types defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
Table 3-2. Permissions Applicable for Each Resource Type
Resource Type Create Read Update Delete
Entity Cost
Modify
VMware vCenter
Server
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Data Collector Yes Yes Yes Yes No
LDAP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SMTP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Chargeback
Hierarchy
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Chargeback
Hierarchical Entity
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Attribute Yes Yes Yes Yes No
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