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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
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, clickvCenter Servers.
A table listing information about the vCenter Server instances added to the application is displayed.
2 Select the vCenter Server for which you want to modify the details, and click Edit.
The vCenter Server Information screen is displayed.
3 Modify the required vCenter Server details.
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.
vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide
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