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vCenter Chargeback Manager does not display the status of the virtual machines and ESXi hosts in the vCenter
Server hierarchy. Also, after adding the entity to the chargeback hierarchy, vCenter Chargeback manager does
not display the status of the virtual machines and ESXi hosts in the chargeback 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.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the vCenter Server is added to vCenter Chargeback and the Hosts & Clusters and VMs & Templates
Synchronization job successfully synchronized the vCenter Server inventory in the vCenter Chargeback
Manager database.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the
left pane of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed.
2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign (+) to the left of the hierarchy name.
The first-level entities in the hierarchy are displayed. You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by
clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub-entities.
3 Right-click the entity to which you want to add a vCenter Server entity and select New vCenter Server
Entity from the pop-up menu.
You can add a vCenter Server entity to the hierarchy or to a vCenter Chargeback Manager entity in the
hierarchy. You cannot add a vCenter Server entity to another vCenter Server entity in the chargeback
hierarchy.
4 Select the required vCenter Server from the drop-down menu on the right pane.
Only the vCenter Server instances on which you have a read privilege is included in the menu.
The selected vCenter Server is displayed on the right pane.
5 (Optional) Click the arrow icon next to Filters & Views at the bottom of the right pane of the page.
The filtering and hierarchy view options are displayed.
6 (Optional) Select the required filtering and hierarchy view options.
The default is No highlighting and the Hosts & Clusters view. The view type selected must be same as
the view type used to add the existing vCenter Server entities in the chargeback hierarchy. The entities in
the selected vCenter Server hierarchy will be highlighted only if the view type for the hierarchy of the
selected vCenter Server and the vCenter Chargeback Manager hierarchy are same and one of the
highlighting options is selected.
7 Expand the vCenter Server hierarchy and select the entity that you want to add to the chargeback
hierarchy.
The number of vCenter Server entities selected is displayed next to the cursor indicating that the entity is
selected and available for adding to the chargeback hierarchy. You can also select multiple entities and
add them at the same time. To select multiple entities, press the Ctrl key and click the required vCenter
Server entities.
If you add a vCenter Server entity to a chargeback hierarchy, you cannot separately add its parent entity
or any of its child entities to the same chargeback hierarchy.
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