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3 Enter information about the vCenter Server and its corresponding database that has to be added to the
application.
Option Description
vCenter Server Hostname/IP
FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server. The IP address or host name
cannot be edited after the vCenter Server is added to the application.
vCenter Server Display Name
A display name for the vCenter Server.
vCenter Server Description
A description of the vCenter Server. This is optional.
vCenter Server Username
User name to access the vCenter Server.
vCenter Server Password
Password for the user name entered.
Database URL
URL to access the vCenter Server database.
For Oracle Database, this URL must have the format:
IP address/host name : TNS listener port
For example:
123.123.123.123:1521
If the listener port is not included in the database URL, vCenter Chargeback
Manager connects to the database by using the default listener port 1521.
For Microsoft SQL Server, this URL can be in the following formats:
IP address/host name \ database instance name
or
IP address/host name : database port
For example:
123.123.123.123\chargeback_db
If the database port is not included in the database URL, vCenter Chargeback
Manager connects to the database by using the default port 1433.
You can also specify a well formed JDBC URL that starts with 'jdbc' and
contains the database name. If the vCenter Server database is on an Oracle
RAC environment, then you must provide a JDBC URL for the database.
Database Name
Name of the vCenter Server database. For example, vim_vcdb, which is the
default name given by vCenter Server. If you are using Oracle Database, then
the database name can be either the service name or SID. If you are providing
the service name, ensure that you prefix the service name with a forward
slash (/). For example:
/ service_name
Database Type
The database type can be either SQL Server (default) or Oracle.
Authentication Type
This option is available only if you have set the Database Type to SQL
Server. You can set the Authentication Type to Credential Based
Authentication or Windows Authentication. Credential Based
Authentication lets you access the database using SQL Server authentication.
If you select Credential Based Authentication, you must provide the
database user name and password to access the database. Windows
Authentication lets you access the database using a Windows user account
that can authenticate in to the SQL Server database. If you select Windows
Authentication, you can provide a domain user name and password to
access the vCenter Server database.
Database Username
A database user name to access the vCenter Server database. Ensure that this
is not the same user that vCenter Server uses to connect to the vCenter Server
database.
If you have selected Windows Authentication, then provide a domain user
name to access the vCenter Server Database. The domain user name must be
of the form [e-mail] or domain\user. If you do not specify a
domain user name, then vCenter Chargeback Manager uses the details of the
domain user who started the current session of the vCenter Chargeback
Manager service to access the vCenter Server Database.
Database Password
Password for the database user name or domain user name entered.
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