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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
Administration Utilities 9
vCenter Chargeback interacts with various servers and databases. It also stores information about users and
various components, such as hierarchies and entities. To ensure that the application and the corresponding
components are working properly, one must monitor the health of the entire system periodically.
vCenter Chargeback provides a few utilities and database management scripts that enable you to manage the
application efficiently.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Database Password Change Utility,” on page 133
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“vCenter Chargeback IP Address Reset Utility,” on page 134
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“vCenter Chargeback Database Management Scripts,” on page 135
Database Password Change Utility
vCenter Chargeback also provides a utility to change the password of the vCenter Chargeback database user.
This utility changes the password in the hibernate.cfg.xml file in the following directories:
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Installation_Directory
/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/webapps/vCenter-CB/WEB-INF/classes
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Installation_Directory
/DataCollector-Embedded/classes
If you have installed and configured more than one data collector instance for a single vCenter Chargeback
database, you must manually copy the updated hibernate.cfg.xml file to each of the corresponding data
collector folders.
Running the Database Password Change Utility
You can change the vCenter Chargeback database password by running this utility.
You must belong to the Administrators group.
Procedure
1 Run the database password change utility from the command prompt.
cd
Installation_Directory
\vCenter-CB-Tools\database-update\bin
UpdateChargebackDatabaseCredentials.bat
You can also run this utility by selecting Update Chargeback Database Credentials from the Start >
Programs > VMware > VMware vCenter Chargeback > vCenter Chargeback Tools menu.
2 Enter the existing and new passwords.
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Existing password
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