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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
5 In the Base Rates tab, modify the base rates for the chargeable computing resources, the duration, and the
effective time period.
a (Optional) To fetch the historical base rate values, select the Update for the effective period option,
specify the required time period, and click Get.
b Click the Show link next to Historical values.
The historical base rate values for the specified period is displayed for each of the computing
resources.
c To add another set of base rates, set the effective time period, set the base rates and corresponding
duration, and then click Set.
Repeat this for each set of base rates that you want to add to the cost model. You can also modify the
existing base rates for different time periods.
6 (Optional) To create or modify the overage rate for a computing resource, select Overage and provide the
rate to be charged for the allocated units of the computing resource and that for the units used beyond the
allocation.
7 Modify the fixed cost for vServices and guest operating systems in the Other Costs tab.
8 Click Save to save all your changes.
NOTE The name of the cost model and the start dates are mandatory information and do not have any default
values.
Delete a Cost Model
You can remove invalid or unwanted cost models from the application. However, you cannot delete the Default
Chargeback Cost Model and Default Allocation Based Chargeback Cost Model.
You must have delete privilege on the cost model to perform this task.
CAUTION If a cost model is deleted, any entity-specific cost configuration done for this cost model will also be
deleted and the information cannot be retrieved.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Cost tab, click Cost Models.
A table listing all the cost models created in the application is displayed.
2 Select the cost model that you want to delete, and click Delete.
A dialog box confirming the action is displayed.
3 Click OK.
The cost model is deleted from the application and, consequently, from the table listing the cost models.
Managing Fixed Costs
vCenter Chargeback Manager provides functionality to create and manage fixed costs. These fixed costs
provide a means to charge various resources identically.
The fixed costs defined in the application can be viewed and managed from the Fixed Cost page of the Manage
Cost tab.
Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements
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