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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
Set the Rate Factors on a Tier, Datastore, or Storage Profile
vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you define rate factors at the datastore level. You can set the rate factors on
individual datastores, storage profiles, and tiers.
NOTE You cannot set rate factors on individual datastores that are already grouped under a storage profile or
tier. Also, you cannot set rate factors on storage profiles that are grouped under a tier.
Prerequisites
You must have the entity cost modify privilege on the tier and update privilege on the cost model to set rate
factors on a tier. You must have read privilege on the vCenter Server and update privilege on the cost model
to set rate factors on a datastore.
Procedure
1 In the Configure Cost tab, click Edit Infrastructure Cost.
2 Select DataStores from the drop-down menu.
3 Select the tier for which you want to configure the rate factor.
The right pane of the page displays the datastores included in the tier, their details, and the field to
configure the rate factor for the tier.
If you want to set the rate factor on an ungrouped datastore or storage profile, select the required datastore
or storage profile from the ungrouped folder.
4 Select the cost model from the drop-down menu.
5 Select the duration for which the rate factor will be effective.
The default selection is Update from now onwards, indicating that the rate factors will be effective from
the time of setting them on the datastore till they are modified at a future date.
If you want to set the rate factors for a specific duration, select Update for the effective period and specify
the start and end date of the time period. The dates have to be entered in the mm/dd/yyyy format. If the end
time is not specified, the rate factors will be effective till they are modified at a future date. You can view
the existing rate factors for the specified time period by clicking Get Rate Factors.
For a tier, the duration is always from the time of setting the rate factor till it is updated at a future time.
6 Specify the rate factor and click Set.
7 Click OK on the information dialog box.
The new rate factor is set on the datastore or tier for the selected cost model and specified time period.
Move a Datastore or Storage Profile to Another Tier
You can move datastores and storage profiles across tiers.
After a datastore or storage profile is moved from one tier to another tier, the rate factor that it inherited from
first tier is overridden by the rate factor configured on the second tier. However, this rate factor change history
is maintained.
If a datastore or storage profile is ungrouped, then any rate factor set explicitly on the datastore or storage
profile is applicable.
You must have update privilege on the tier and read privilege on the vCenter Server to perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Configure Cost tab, click Edit Infrastructure Cost.
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