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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 Cost tab, click Billing Policy.
A table listing all the billing policies created in the application is displayed.
2 Select the required billing policy from the table and click Delete.
3 Click OK to confirm the delete operation.
Configuring Cost at the Entity Level
The base rates defined in a pricing model are global values and can be applied uniformly to the entities and
hierarchies for which you generate a report.
In a real-world scenario, however, you might want to charge each entity or a set of entities differently. That is,
the resource usage costs for one virtual machine might differ from that for the other. This can be achieved only
if the costs for each entity or a set of entities in the hierarchy are configured separately. You might also want
charge specific fixed costs for some of the entities.
View Cost Configuration of an Entity
You can view entity-specific cost configuration details in the Configure Cost tab.
You must have read privilege on the hierarchy, chargeback hierarchical entities, and the corresponding pricing
models to perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Configure Cost tab, click View Entity Cost.
2 Select a hierarchy from the hierarchies included in the drop-down menu.
The menu includes only the hierarchies on which you have at least the read privilege.
3 Expand the hierarchy and select the required entity.
4 Enter the time period for which you want to view the entity-specific cost configuration details.
5 Select the required pricing model from the Pricing Model drop-down menu.
Only the pricing models on which you have the read privilege are displayed in the drop-down menu.
6 Click Fetch.
The entity-specific cost configuration details for the selected entity and pricing model and the specified
duration are displayed. If the entity is not configured for the specified duration or pricing model, a message
stating the same is displayed on the page.
Edit Cost Configuration of an Entity
The entity-specific cost configuration details can be set from the Configure Cost tab.
The cost configuration is applied on an entity for the specified pricing model and time period. These cost
configuration details will be considered when a report is generated on the entity using the specified pricing
model.
IMPORTANT Ensure that you follow the sequence stated in this procedure. After you have entered some
information, reverting to an earlier step in the task might reset the entries on the page.
You must have entity cost modify privilege on the chargeback hierarchical entities to perform this task. You
must also have update privilege on the pricing models and read privilege on the hierarchies.
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