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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
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 virtual machine whose cost has to be shared and select Manage cost sharing from the pop-
up menu.
NOTE This menu option is available only for the virtual machines that are individually added to the
hierarchy.
4 Click OK on the information dialog box.
5 Right-click the vCenter Chargeback Manager entity that shares this virtual machine and select Share Cost
in this folder from the pop-up menu.
The Set cost sharing screen is displayed.
6 Set the share percentages and click Apply.
The share percentages must total up to 100.
The shared virtual machine is displayed in the hierarchy. You can change the share percentage or share the
virtual machine again with more entities, by performing the same steps.
Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
You can backdate a chargeback hierarchy so that the resource utilization details for the last three months from
the current date are considered.
You must have update privilege on the hierarchy to perform this task.
You cannot backdate hierarchies imported from a VMware vCloud Director setup in to vCenter Chargeback
Manager. vCenter Chargeback Manager identifies the hierarchies imported from VMware vCloud Director by
using the attribute VcloudOrgEntity set on them. Therefore, if the VcloudOrgEntity attribute is set on any user-
defined hierarchy in vCenter Chargeback Manager, you cannot backdate that hierarchy.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the left pane
of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed. The right pane provides various details about
the selected hierarchy.
2 Click the arrow icon next to Tools below the hierarchy.
The Hierarchy tools options are displayed.
3 Click Backdate.
4 Click OK in the information dialog box.
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