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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
Chargeable Computing Resource
A chargeable computing resource is any computing resource that must be accounted for when calculating the
IT operational costs. The usage of the computing resources is measured and the corresponding charge is
calculated.
vCenter Chargeback Manager accounts for the following computing resources:
CPU
The CPU usage is measured in GHz.
Memory
The memory usage is measured in GB.
Network bandwidth
The network usage (both upload and download) is measured in GB/hour.
Storage
The usage is measured in GB.
Disk Read and Write
The usage is measured in GB/hour.
vCPU
The number of virtual CPUs in the virtual machine.
If the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector and vShield Manager Data Collector is installed, vCenter
Chargeback Manager also accounts for the following resources:
Count of Networks
The number of networks that belong to an organization or a vApp in VMware
Cloud Director.
NAT Service
Whether the NAT service for VMware Cloud Director network is enabled or
not.
DHCP Service
Whether the DHCP service for VMware Cloud Director network is enabled or
not.
Firewall Service
Whether the firewall service for VMware Cloud Director network is enabled
or not.
IPSec VPN Tunnel Count
The number of enabled IPSec VPN tunnels.
External network
transmit and receive
The external network usage (both upload and download) is measured in MB.
External network
transmit and receive rate
The external network usage (both upload and download) is measured in
MB/hour.
NOTE The cloud data collectors fetch the external network traffic data only for networks that have a vShield
Edge instance in vShield Manager. An Edge instance is present only if the network is either PRIVATE_ROUTED
ORG NETWORK, ROUTED VAPP NETWORK or FENCED VAPP NETWORK. Therefore, the external
network counters are not charged for other types of vCloud Director networks. Also, the chargeable external
traffic networks are present at org level. Therefore, these counters are not accounted for in reports that are
generated at the vDC level.
Base Rate
Base rate is a global rate that you want to charge for a unit of chargeable computing resource used, reserved,
or allocated for a specific duration.
Table 5-1 lists a set of sample base rates for a unit of each chargeable computing resource.
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