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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
Predefined Roles in vCenter Chargeback Manager
vCenter Chargeback Manager provides various predefined roles that can be assigned to the application users.
The predefined roles are Super User, Administrator, Hierarchy Manager, Report Generator, vCenter Guest
User, No Access, Dependent Resource Update, and Dependent Resource Read. These roles have a set of
permissions on the various resource types defined in them.
Super User Role
Table 3-3 lists the permissions defined in the Super User role for each of the resource type.
Table 3-3. Permissions Defined on the Super User Role
Resource Type Create Read Update Delete
Entity Cost
Modify
VMware vCenter
Server
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Data Collector Yes Yes Yes Yes No
LDAP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SMTP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Chargeback
Hierarchy
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Chargeback
Hierarchical Entity
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Attribute Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Tier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pricing Model Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Cost Template Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Fixed Cost Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Schedule Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Role Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Billing Policy Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Automatic Report
Scheduler
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Administrator Role
Table 3-4 lists the permissions defined in the Administrator role for each of the resource type.
Table 3-4. Permissions Defined on the Administrator Role
Resource Type Create Read Update Delete
Entity Cost
Modify
VMware vCenter
Server
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Data Collector No Yes No No No
LDAP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SMTP Server No No No No No
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