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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
Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager Entity
You can add vCenter Chargeback Manager entities to a chargeback hierarchy to logically group vCenter Server
entities in the hierarchy. A vCenter Chargeback Manager entity can represent the departments, cost centers,
and business units in an organization.
To add a vCenter Chargeback Manager entity to a chargeback hierarchy, you must have update privilege on
the chargeback hierarchy and the parent entity.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the
left pane of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed.
2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign (+) to the left of the hierarchy name.
The first-level entities in the hierarchy are displayed. You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by
clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub-entities.
3 Right-click the hierarchy or the entity in the hierarchy to which you want to add a vCenter Chargeback
Manager entity and select New Chargeback Folder from the pop-up menu.
You can add vCenter Chargeback Manager entities to the hierarchy or to another vCenter Chargeback
Manager entity in the hierarchy. You cannot add a vCenter Chargeback Manager entity to a vCenter Server
entity.
4 Provide a name for the added entity and click outside the entity-name text box.
The character limit for the entity name is 255 characters. The entity names are not case-sensitive.
The entity with the provided name is added to the chargeback hierarchy.
What to do next
You can undo an add operation by right-clicking the newly added entity and selecting the Revert this add
operation option. However, this option is not available on the entity if any further changes are made to the
entity or to the chargeback hierarchy.
Add a vCenter Server Entity
If you are creating a custom chargeback hierarchy, you must add vCenter Server entities, such as ESXi Server
hosts and virtual machines, to it. You can also add a cluster or an entire data center to the hierarchy.
To add a vCenter Server entity to a chargeback hierarchy, you must have the read privilege on the vCenter
Server and update privilege on the chargeback hierarchy and the parent entity.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the vCenter Server is added to vCenter Chargeback and the Hosts & Clusters and VMs & Templates
Synchronization job successfully synchronized the vCenter Server inventory in the vCenter Chargeback
Manager database.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the
left pane of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed.
Chapter 4 Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
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