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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
2 In the vCenter Chargeback Manager Server section, set the Normal and Alert response time limits.
The Normal, Warning, and Alert latency ranges are defined as follows:
Option Description
Normal
The Normal latency range is (0, normal response time limit). The default range
is (0, 30000). If the response time is in the Normal latency range, the server
is responding fine.
Warning
The Warning latency range is (normal response time limit + 1, alert response time
limit). The default range is (30001, 120000). If the response time is in the
Warning latency range, the server is responding slowly and might need some
attention. The slow response could also be attributed to network congestion.
Alert
The Alert latency range is (alert response time limit + 1, ...). The default range
is (120001, ...). If the response time is in the Alert latency range, the user must
take immediate action to rectify the issue.
3 In the vCenter Chargeback Manager Database section, set the Normal and Alert response time limits.
The Normal, Warning, and Alert latency ranges for the vCenter Chargeback Manager database are defined
using these limits.
4 In the vCenter Server section, set the Normal and Alert response time limits.
The Normal, Warning, and Alert latency ranges for the vCenter Server are defined using these limits.
5 In the vCenter Server Database section, set the Normal and Alert response time limits.
The Normal, Warning, and Alert latency ranges for the vCenter Server database are defined using these
limits.
6 Click Apply.
The response time limits and the corresponding ranges set on this page are used on the System Health tab to
show the health of the different servers and databases.
Manage Computing Resources
You can specify the computing resources that will be available to the users in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
On the Computing Resources page of the Settings tab, you can specify the computing resources that will be
available to the users in vCenter Chargeback Manager. To know more about the chargeable computing
resources defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager, see “Chargeable Computing Resource,” on page 70.
Users can perform computing resource-related operations, such as defining base rates and rate factors, and
generating reports, only for the selected computing resources. Specifying which computing resources are
available to the users does not effect the data collector jobs. The data collector fetches the relevant information
for all the computing resources.
You must have the Super User role to perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, click Computing Resources.
2 Select the computing resources that the users can use in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
3 Click Apply.
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