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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
pricing model, and virtual machine instance costs defined for the pricing
model. The actual usage and any allocated and reserved units of the chargeable
computing resources are ignored. The expression for the billing policy is as
follows:
fixed costs = include;
Actual Usage
In this policy, the actual utilization of the chargeable computing resources of
the virtual machines is determined. The total cost is then calculated by using
the base rates set in the pricing model and the actual used units of the
chargeable computing resources. All fixed costs are ignored. The expression
for the billing policy is as follows:
other resources = usage;
Reservation Based
This policy takes into account the capacity of a chargeable resource reserved
for a virtual machine. vCenter Server allows only CPU and memory
reservation. This reserved capacity of CPU and memory along with the actual
utilization of other chargeable computing resources is used for calculating the
total cost. All fixed costs are ignored. The expression for the billing policy is as
follows:
cpu = reservation;
memory = reservation;
other resources = usage;
Allocation Based
This policy takes into account the allocation units you set on the hierarchical
entities for the computing resources in vCenter Chargeback Manager. In the
case of a vCloud Director hierarchy imported in to vCenter Chargeback
Manager, the allocations defined on the entities in vCloud Director is also
imported and accounted for during cost calculation. The allocated units along
with the base rates defined in the pricing model is used for calculating the total
cost. All fixed costs are ignored. The expression for the billing policy is as
follows:
other resources = allocation;
CPU Reservation
This policy takes into account the CPU capacity reserved for a virtual machine.
This reserved CPU capacity along with the actual utilization of other
chargeable computing resources is used for calculating the total cost. All fixed
costs are ignored. The expression for the billing policy is as follows:
cpu = reservation;
other resources = usage;
Memory Reservation
This policy takes into account the memory capacity reserved for a virtual
machine. This reserved memory capacity along with the actual utilization of
other chargeable computing resources is used for calculating the total cost. All
fixed costs are ignored. The expression for the billing policy is as follows:
memory = reservation;
other resources = usage;
Maximum of Usage and
Reservation
In this policy, the maximum of the used and reserved units of CPU, the
maximum of the used and reserved units of memory, and the actual utilization
of other chargeable computing resources is used for calculating the total cost.
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