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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
Managing and Configuring vCenter
Chargeback Manager Cost Elements 5
vCenter Chargeback Manager provides various cost-related elements. These elements enable you to define the
cost to be charged for each computing resource, fixed costs, and the cost calculation formula.
You must set the various cost-related elements in vCenter Chargeback Manager to successfully generate the
required cost reports.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost-Related Elements,” on page 67
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“Managing Cost Models,” on page 73
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“Managing Fixed Costs,” on page 77
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“Managing Cost Templates,” on page 80
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“Managing Billing Policies,” on page 82
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“Configuring Cost at the Entity Level,” on page 85
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“Physical Infrastructure Costing,” on page 87
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“Configuring a Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines,” on page 91
vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost-Related Elements
You must know about the vCenter Chargeback Manager cost-related elements to effectively create and
configure a cost model.
vCenter Chargeback Manager includes the following cost related elements.
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Chargeable computing resource
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Base rate
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Rate factor
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Fixed cost
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Billing policy
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Cost model
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Cost template
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