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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
Delete a Billing Policy
You can delete custom billing policies if they are no longer required.
You must have delete privilege on the billing policy to perform this task.
NOTE The system-defined billing policies cannot be deleted.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Cost tab, click Billing Policy.
A table listing all the billing policies created in the application is displayed.
2 Select the required billing policy from the table and click Delete.
3 Click OK to confirm the delete operation.
Configuring Cost at the Entity Level
The base rates defined in a cost model are global values and can be applied uniformly to the entities and
hierarchies for which you generate a report.
In a real-world scenario, however, you might want to charge each entity or a set of entities differently. That is,
the resource usage costs for one virtual machine might differ from that for the other. This can be achieved only
if the costs for each entity or a set of entities in the hierarchy are configured separately. You might also want
charge specific fixed costs for some of the entities.
View Cost Configuration of an Entity
You can view entity-specific cost configuration details in the Configure Cost tab.
You must have read privilege on the hierarchy, chargeback hierarchical entities, and the corresponding cost
models to perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Configure Cost tab, click View Entity Cost.
2 Select a hierarchy from the hierarchies included in the drop-down menu.
The menu includes only the hierarchies on which you have at least the read privilege.
3 Expand the hierarchy and select the required entity.
4 Enter the time period for which you want to view the entity-specific cost configuration details.
5 Select the required cost model from the Cost Model drop-down menu.
Only the cost models on which you have the read privilege are displayed in the drop-down menu.
6 Click Fetch.
The entity-specific cost configuration details for the selected entity and cost model and the specified duration
are displayed. If the entity is not configured for the specified duration or cost model, a message stating the
same is displayed on the page.
Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements
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