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Option Description
Register As vSphere Client Plug-in
Select this option if you would like to register vCenter Chargeback Manager
as a plug-in to vSphere Client. If this option is selected, each time you log in
to this vCenter Server using the vSphere Client, the vCenter Chargeback
Manager plug-in is displayed on the vSphere Client. You can access the
vCenter Chargeback Manager from the vSphere Client as a vCenter Server
user. Ensure that you do not register more than one vCenter Chargeback
Manager instance as a plug-in for a single vCenter Server.
Enable Stats Replication
Select this option if you want the resource usage statistics from the vCenter
Server Database to be replicated in the vCenter Chargeback Manager
Database. Statistics starting from three months prior to adding the vCenter
Server are collected. vCenter Chargeback Manager considers the existing
vCenter Server inventory to have existed for the three month period prior to
adding the vCenter Server.
4 Click Add.
A dialog requesting you to add an SSL certificate for secure communication with the vCenter Server is
displayed.
5 Accept the SSL certificate request.
If you click Cancel, the add vCenter Server operation is cancelled.
The vCenter Server is added to the application and included in the table listing the vCenter Server instances.
What to do next
After you add a vCenter Server to vCenter Chargeback Manager, the data collector synchronizes the data from
the vCenter Server database in to the vCenter Chargeback Manager database if you have selected the Enable
Stats Replication option. By default, the stats collection level is set to 1 in vCenter Server. With this level setting,
the split utilization data for disk read and disk write, and network transmitted and network received cannot
be fetched. To obtain this split utilization data, you must run a tool that modifies the stats collection level for
these specific counters. See KB 2010099 for further details.
You can log in to the vCenter Server by using a vSphere Client and access the vCenter Chargeback
Manager plug-in if you have selected the Register As vSphere Client Plug-in option. You must, however,
provide the IP address or the DNS name of the vCenter Server during login. If you use localhost during login,
the plug-in might be unavailable.
Edit vCenter Server Information
Changes to the vCenter Server configuration must be manually reflected in the vCenter Chargeback Manager.
For example, if the vCenter Server user account password or the password for the vCenter Server database
user is changed, you must also reflect this change in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
If you change the SSL certificate on the vCenter Server or upgrade the vCenter Server, then you must modify
the vCenter Server information in vCenter Chargeback Manager to import the new SSL certificate. If the new
SSL certificate is not imported on to the vCenter Chargeback Manager machine, then communication with the
vCenter Server fails.
To modify the vCenter Server information in vCenter Chargeback Manager, you must have the Super User
role or the Administrator role. If you have the Administrator role, you can edit only those vCenter Server
settings that you have configured.
NOTE You cannot modify the vCenter Server ID, host name or IP address of the vCenter Server, and the vCenter
Server version number.
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