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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
6 Set the share percentages and click Apply.
The share percentages must total up to 100.
The shared virtual machine is displayed in the hierarchy. You can change the share percentage or share the
virtual machine again with more entities, by performing the same steps.
Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
You can backdate a chargeback hierarchy so that the resource utilization details for the last three months from
the current date are considered.
You must have update privilege on the hierarchy to perform this task.
NOTE If you have upgraded to vCenter Chargeback 1.5 and the chargeback hierarchy contains entities from
vCenter Server instances added before the upgrade, then do not backdate the hierarchy.
You cannot backdate hierarchies imported from a VMware Cloud Director setup in to vCenter Chargeback
Manager. vCenter Chargeback Manager identifies the hierarchies imported from VMware Cloud Director by
using the attribute VcloudOrgEntity set on them. Therefore, if the VcloudOrgEntity attribute is set on any user-
defined hierarchy in vCenter Chargeback Manager, you cannot backdate that hierarchy.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the left pane
of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed. The right pane provides various details about
the selected hierarchy.
2 Click the arrow icon next to Tools below the hierarchy.
The Hierarchy tools options are displayed.
3 Click Backdate.
4 Click OK in the information dialog box.
View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
A chargeback hierarchy can contain entities from more than one vCenter Server. In a chargeback hierarchy,
you can identify the vCenter Server to which an entity belongs by viewing its properties.
You must have a read privilege on the hierarchy and the chargeback hierarchical entity to perform this task.
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 vCenter Server entity and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
The vCenter Server Entity Properties screen displays the vCenter Server to which the entity belongs and the
complete inventory path of the vCenter Server entity.
Chapter 4 Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
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