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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
enable 51
information about 49
install vCenter Chargeback Data Collector 32
install VMware Cloud Director Data
Collector 33
install vShield Manager Data Collector 35
manage 48
modify job interval 50
modify super user password for 53
upgrade 37
view 49
data collectors
configure VMware Cloud Director Data
Collector 52
configure vShield Manager Data Collector 53
database management scripts
about 135
data purging scripts 136
generic scripts 135
space calculation scripts 135
definition
base rate 88
billing policy 90
chargeable computing resource 88
chargeback 7
chargeback hierarchy 75
cost model 92
cost template 92
fixed cost 89
rate factor 89
E
events 132
F
fixed cost
create 97
delete 98
managing 96
modify 98
H
hierarchy, See chargeback hierarchy
I
install
adding instance to cluster 22
cluster installation 20
fresh installation 15
hardware requirements 11
installer files 15
software requirements 12
stand-alone instance 15
upgrading existing instance 26
using existing database schema 22
interactive report view, modify report 122
L
LDAP server setting
configure 42
managing 42
modify 43
remove 44
license key
delete 55
manage 54
replace 54
M
modify VMware Cloud Director setup
information 146
O
one-time cost 89
P
physical infrastructure costing 105
R
rate factor, set at hosts and clusters level 106
report dashboard
about 128
configure hierarchy for display 129
view entity report 129
view hierarchy report 129
report generation schedules
email scheduled report 120
generate 119
remove schedule 120
reschedule 119
scheduling parameters 118
search 121
report view
configure 55
manage 55
reports
about 111
about exported reports 111
about report generation 111
archive 124
email 124
export 125
generate cost comparison report 116
generate cost report 113
generate usage report 114
manage 122
modify in interactive report view 122
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