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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
3 Select Custom Hierarchy (default).
4 Click Create.
An empty chargeback hierarchy with the given name is created.
What to do next
To add entities to this hierarchy and manage the hierarchy, see “Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy,” on
page 60.
Synchronize a Chargeback Hierarchy with a vCenter Server
You can create a chargeback hierarchy and synchronize it with a vCenter Server. This chargeback hierarchy
will be same as the vCenter Server hierarchy.
To perform this task, you must have a role with the create privilege for the hierarchy resource type assigned
to you on vCenter Chargeback Manager. You must also have a read privilege on the vCenter Server.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the vCenter Server is added to vCenter Chargeback Manager. To know more about how to add a
vCenter Server to the application, refer to “Add vCenter Server Information,” on page 19.
The vCenter Server should be running to complete the hierarchy creation.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, click Create Hierarchy.
The Create Hierarchy screen is displayed.
2 Enter a name and description for the hierarchy.
The name must not exceed 255 characters and the description must not exceed 512 characters in length.
3 Select Synchronize with vCenter Server.
4 Select the required vCenter Server and the vCenter Server hierarchy view to be used for creating the
chargeback hierarchy.
The application lists only those vCenter Server machines that are added to the application and on which
you have the read privilege. You can add the entities from the vCenter Server hierarchy in the Hosts and
Cluster view or the VMs and Templates view.
5 Click Create.
A chargeback hierarchy similar to the vCenter Server hierarchy with the selected view is created.
vCenter Chargeback Manager displays all the virtual machines, including the ones that are suspended or
powered off, in the chargeback hierarchy. However, vCenter Chargeback Manager does not display the status
of the virtual machines and ESXi hosts added to the hierarchy. All the virtual machines in the hierarchy have
the same icon and do not indicate whether they are powered on, suspended, or powered off. This, however,
does not affect the usage and cost calculation. The usage statistics that are used by vCenter Chargeback
Manager to calculate the costs are tracked by vCenter Server and stored in the vCenter Server database.
The custom attributes defined on the various entities in vCenter Server are imported into the chargeback
hierarchy. These attributes provide additional information about the vCenter Server entities and can be
displayed in the chargeback report.
What to do next
You can modify a chargeback hierarchy as per your requirements. To know more about editing a chargeback
hierarchy, refer to “Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy,” on page 60.
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