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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
The modified fixed cost is displayed in the table listing the fixed costs. You can view the modified cost details
of the fixed cost by clicking the plus sign (+) in the Details column of the table.
Delete a Fixed Cost
You can delete invalid or unwanted fixed costs from the application.
You must have delete privilege on the fixed cost to remove it from the application.
CAUTION Deleting a fixed cost removes it from the entities on which it is configured and does not reflect in a
report. Only fixed costs that exist in the application at the time of report generation are included in the report.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Cost tab, click Fixed Cost.
A table listing all the fixed costs created in the application is displayed.
2 Select the fixed cost that you want to delete, and click Delete.
A dialog box confirming the action is displayed.
3 Click OK.
The fixed cost is deleted from the application and, consequently, from the table listing the fixed costs.
Managing Cost Templates
vCenter Chargeback Manager enables you to create cost templates that contain entity-specific cost
configuration details.
The cost templates defined in the application can be viewed and managed from the Cost Template page of the
Manage Cost tab.
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Entity-specific cost configuration, such as the rate factors and fixed costs, must be defined on the entity.
If you want to apply a standard entity-specific cost setting on more than one entity, you can create a cost
template that contains these settings, and apply the same to the required entities.
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After a cost template is created, you can modify it as and when required.
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Invalid or unwanted cost templates can be removed from the application. However, deleting a cost
template does not remove the entity-specific cost settings applied on the entities using the cost template.
Create a Cost Template
Entity-specific cost configuration, such as the rate factors and fixed costs, must be defined on the entity. If you
want to apply a standard entity-specific cost setting on more than one entity, you can create a cost template
that contains these settings, and apply the same to the required entities.
You must have create privilege for the cost template resource type on vCenter Chargeback Manager to perform
this task.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Cost tab, click Cost Template.
A table listing all the cost templates created in the application is displayed.
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