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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
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Generating Reports 103
About Reports 103
Generate a Cost Report 106
Generate a Usage Report 108
Generate Cost Comparison Report 109
Generate Showback Report 111
Scheduling Report Generation 113
Managing Reports 119
Managing Archived Reports 124
Managing Automatic Report Scheduler 127
Report Dashboard 129
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Monitoring System Health 133
Configure System Health Alert Notification 134
vCenter Chargeback Manager Events 135
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Administration Utilities 137
Database Password Change Utility 137
vCenter Chargeback Manager IP Address Reset Utility 138
Configuring Database Properties For Removing Stale Reports 140
Statistics Collection Scripts 140
vCenter Chargeback Manager Database Management Scripts 148
Index 151
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