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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
reserved units of that day and accounts for the maximum of the two. If for any
days of the week the daily samples are unavailable, then vCenter Chargeback
Manager uses the 2 hour samples only for those days to calculate the total CPU
and memory units to be charged.
Maximum of CPU Usage
and CPU Reservation
In this policy, the maximum of used and reserved units of CPU along with the
actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources is considered for
calculating the total cost. The total CPU units to be charged is calculated in the
same way as specified for the Maximum of Usage and Reservation billing
policy.
Maximum of Memory
Usage and Memory
Reservation
In this policy, the maximum of used and reserved units of memory along with
the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources is considered for
calculating the total cost. The total memory units to be charged is calculated in
the same way as specified for the Maximum of Usage and Reservation billing
policy.
Fixed Cost and Actual
Usage
This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity and the
actual utilization of the chargeable computing resources for calculating the
total cost.
Fixed Cost and
Allocation
This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity and the
user-defined allocations units of the chargeable computing resources for
calculating the total cost.
Fixed Cost and
Reservation
This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity, the
reserved capacity of CPU and memory, and the actual utilization of other
chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost.
Fixed Cost and CPU
Reservation
This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity, the
reserved capacity of CPU, and the actual utilization of other chargeable
computing resources for calculating the total cost.
Fixed Cost and Memory
Reservation
This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity, the
reserved capacity of memory, and the actual utilization of other chargeable
computing resources for calculating the total cost.
Fixed Cost and
Maximum of Usage and
Reservation
This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity, the
maximum of used and reserved units of CPU, the maximum of used and
reserved units of memory, and the actual utilization of other chargeable
computing resources for calculating the total cost. The total CPU and memory
units to be charged is calculated in the same way as specified for the Maximum
of Usage and Reservation billing policy.
Fixed Cost and
Maximum of CPU Usage
and CPU Reservation
This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity, the
maximum of used and reserved units of CPU, and the actual utilization of other
chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost. The total CPU
units to be charged is calculated in the same way as specified for the Maximum
of Usage and Reservation billing policy.
Fixed Cost and
Maximum of Memory
Usage and Memory
Reservation
This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity, the
maximum of used and reserved units of memory, and the actual utilization of
other chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost. The total
memory units to be charged is calculated in the same way as specified for the
Maximum of Usage and Reservation billing policy.
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