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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
Managing Pricing Models
vCenter Chargeback Manager provides a default pricing model called Default Chargeback Pricing Model. The
pricing models defined in the application can be viewed and managed from the Pricing Models page of the
Manage Cost tab.
You can start using the application by creating a chargeback hierarchy and generating basic reports using the
default pricing model. You can modify this pricing model as per your requirements. You can also create and
manage multiple other pricing models.
Starting with vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.0, the application includes the Default Allocation Based
Chargeback Pricing Model. You must only modify the base rates in this pricing model.
If you have installed the vCloud Director data collector, vCenter Chargeback Manager provides few more
pricing models:
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VMware Cloud Director Actual Usage Pricing Model
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VMware Cloud Director Allocation Pool Pricing Model
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VMware Cloud Director Overage Allocation Pool Pricing Model
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VMware Cloud Director Reservation Pool
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VMware Cloud Director Pay As You Go - Fixed Charging Pricing Model
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VMware Cloud Director Pay As You Go - Resource Based Charging Pricing Model
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VMware Cloud Director Networks Pricing Model
NOTE These pricing models do not define any base rates or fixed costs. You must modify the pricing models
and set the required base rates and fixed costs before using them for generating reports. If you define and
include fixed costs in these pricing models, ensure that you modify the corresponding billing policies and select
the Add/Include Fixed Cost option.
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Create a Pricing Model on page 80
You can create multiple pricing models in vCenter Chargeback Manager. Defining multiple pricing
models enables you to charge different sets of entities or hierarchies differently. It also enables you to
compare the costs calculated using different pricing models for a hierarchy or a set of entities.
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Modify a Pricing Model on page 83
After a pricing model is created, you can modify it as and when required.
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Delete a Pricing Model on page 85
You can remove invalid or unwanted pricing models from the application. However, you cannot delete
the Default Chargeback Pricing Model and Default Allocation Based Chargeback Pricing Model.
Create a Pricing Model
You can create multiple pricing models in vCenter Chargeback Manager. Defining multiple pricing models
enables you to charge different sets of entities or hierarchies differently. It also enables you to compare the
costs calculated using different pricing models for a hierarchy or a set of entities.
You must have create privilege for the pricing model resource type on vCenter Chargeback Manager to perform
this task.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Cost tab, click Pricing Models.
A table listing all the pricing models created in the application is displayed.
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