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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
Table 5-1. Sample Base Rate Values
Chargeable Resource Unit Duration Base Rate ($)
CPU GHz Hourly 0.0399
Memory GB Hourly 0.0048
Network Received and Transmitted GB/hour Hourly 0.0008
Storage GB Hourly 0.0013
Disk Read and Write GB/hour Hourly 0.0008
vCPU Count Hourly 0.04
The base rate duration is configurable. vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you define the base rate for an hour,
day, week, month, quarter, half-year, or year for each computing resource. The precision for a base rate value
is four digits.
Rate Factor
Rate factor is the multiplication factor to be used along with the base rate to calculate the charge for a unit of
chargeable computing resource used or allocated for a specified duration. Rate factors are useful when you
want to charge the entities in a hierarchy differently.
The rate factors enable you to apply a cost that is a multiple or a fraction of the base rate. The rate factor value
can be between 0 and 999.99. The precision is up to two decimal places.
Table 5-2 lists sample base rates, rate factors, and the total cost for a unit of the chargeable computing resource
consumed, reserved, or allocated.
Table 5-2. Sample Base Rates and Rate Factors
Chargeable Resource Base Rate ($) Rate Factor Total Charge ($)
CPU 0.0399 1.1 0.0439
Memory 0.0048 1.1 0.0053
Network Received and Transmitted 0.0008 1 0.0008
Storage 0.0013 1 0.0013
Disk Read and Write 0.0008 0.75 0.0006
vCPU 0.04 1 0.04
Fixed Cost
A fixed cost is a definite cost that can be charged on an entity. Fixed costs can be recurring costs or one-time
costs.
Recurring costs that are charged periodically for specific resources or services can be defined as fixed costs in
the application. For example, the annual maintenance cost for the network or for each server. Costs that are
applicable to almost all the entities and hierarchies can be defined as fixed costs. This lets you update such
costs periodically and manage them centrally. It also ensures that all the entities and hierarchies are uniformly
charged for common services and resources.
In addition, you can also define fixed costs that are specific to an entity, a group of entities, or an entire hierarchy.
For example, the real estate cost for physical storage of the servers. This cost differs based on the actual
geographic location.
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