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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback
- Installing vCenter Chargeback
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- Prerequisites for vCenter Chargeback
- Download and Extract the vCenter Chargeback Installer
- Install vCenter Chargeback
- Create a vCenter Chargeback Cluster
- Install vCenter Chargeback with an Existing Database Schema
- Upgrading vCenter Chargeback
- Services Related to the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Accessing the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Data Collector
- Uninstall vCenter Chargeback
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback 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 Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Troubleshooting vCenter Chargeback
- Troubleshooting Utility
- Troubleshooting Issues in vCenter Chargeback
- Changed Timezone Setting Is Not Reflected
- Changes to Chargeback Hierarchy Are Not Reflected in the Concurrent User-Sessions
- Changes to the vCenter Server Hierarchy Are Not Reflected in vCenter Chargeback
- Installer Throws the SQL Driver Not Found Error
- LDAP Server Configuration Fails
- Non-English Characters Are Not Correctly Stored in the vCenter Chargeback Database
- Report Does Not Display the Disk Read and Disk Write Information
- Report Does Not Display the Memory Usage Value and the Corresponding Cost
- Report Does Not Display the Network Transmitted and Network Received Information
- Service Temporarily Unavailable Error
- Status of Failed Data Collector Is Not Reflected Immediately on the System Health Tab
- Storage Synchronization Job Fails
- Text and Messages on the vCenter Chargeback User Interface Are Not Correctly Displayed
- Unable to Access the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Unable to Add an LDAP Server
- Unable to Add vCenter Server in vCenter Chargeback
- Unable to Change the Password for the vCenter Chargeback Keystore
- Unable to Configure Another VMware Cloud Director Setup with vCenter Chargeback
- Unable to Connect to the vCenter Chargeback Database
- Unable to Connect to the vCenter Server Database
- Unable to Email Report
- Unable to Fetch the Primary Group of a LDAP User
- Unable to Use Custom SSL Certificates
- Unable to View the vCenter Chargeback Plug-In in the VI Client
- Index
7 Select Include cost summary in report to include the summary of costs in the report.
The cost summary cab be either Complete (default) or Basic.
8 In the Details tab, select the fixed cost details, usage-related details, and other information to be displayed
in the report.
Option Description
Show these details in report
Select this option if you want to include information about the selected cost
model or the entity attributes, or information messages in the Cost Details
section of the report. The selected information is displayed in the report for
the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback
hierarchy.
Show these columns in the usage
details table
Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report. You must also
select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in
the report.
Show fixed cost in report
Select this option to include the details of the fixed costs in the report. If you
select this option, you must also select the fixed cost details to be included
in the report.
9 Select whether you want to open or save the report and click OK in the dialog box.
Scheduling Report Generation
When creating a report, you can choose to schedule the report to be generated periodically. vCenter Chargeback
provides various scheduling parameters for scheduling a report.
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Scheduling Parameters on page 118
You can set various scheduling parameters while scheduling a report.
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Schedule Report Generation on page 119
When creating a report, you can choose to schedule the report generation from the Create Report screen.
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Reschedule Report Generation on page 119
A report generation schedule can be modified to define a new schedule.
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Remove a Schedule on page 120
An existing and valid report generation schedule can be deleted from the application. However, deleting
a schedule does not delete the reports generated and archived as per the schedule.
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Email a Scheduled Report on page 120
A scheduled report can be automatically sent through an email to the required recipients when the report
gets generated.
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Advanced Search for Scheduled Reports on page 121
You can search for specific scheduled reports by using the advanced search feature of vCenter
Chargeback.
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