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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
Chargeable Computing Resource
A chargeable computing resource is any computing resource that must be accounted for when calculating the
IT operational costs. The usage of the computing resources is measured and the corresponding charge is
calculated.
vCenter Chargeback Manager accounts for the following computing resources:
CPU
The CPU usage is measured in GHz.
Disk Read and Write
The usage is measured in GB/hour.
Disk Read
The usage is measured in GB/hour.
Disk Write
The usage is measured in GB/hour.
Memory
The memory usage is measured in GB.
Network Received and
Transmitted
The network usage (both upload and download) is measured in GB/hour.
Network Received
The network usage for download measured in GB/hour.
Network Transmitted
The network usage for upload measured in GB/hour.
Storage
The usage is measured in GB.
vCPU
The number of virtual CPUs in the virtual machine.
If the vCloud Director data collector and vShield Manager data collector are installed, vCenter Chargeback
Manager also accounts for the following resources:
Count of Networks
The number of networks that belong to an organization, an org vDC, or a vApp
in vCloud Director.
Enabled IPSec VPN
Tunnel Count
The number of enabled IPSec VPN tunnels.
NAT Service
Whether the NAT service for vCloud Director network is enabled or not.
DHCP Service
Whether the DHCP service for vCloud Director network is enabled or not.
FIREWALL Service
Whether the firewall service for vCloud Director network is enabled or not.
Load Balancer Service
Whether the load balancer service for vCloud Director network is enabled or
not.
Static Routing Service
Whether the static routing service for vCloud Director network is enabled or
not.
Gateway HA Enabled
Whether HA is enabled on the gateway in the vCloud Director network.
Full Gateway
Configuration
Whether full gateway configuration is used in the vCloud Director network.
External Network
Transmit
The external network usage for upload measured in MB.
External Network
Receive
The external network usage for download measured in MB.
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