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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
VMware vCenter
Chargeback - VMware
Cloud Director
DataCollector-
Embedded
Starting this service starts the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector instance
that was installed along with the vCenter Chargeback application.
VMware vCenter
Chargeback - VMware
Cloud Director
DataCollector
Starting this service starts the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector instance
that was installed individually (in this case, the name of the instance is VMware
Cloud Director DataCollector) and not with the application.
VMware vCenter
Chargeback - vShield
Manager DataCollector-
Embedded
Starting this service starts the vShield Manager Data Collector instance that
was installed along with the vCenter Chargeback application.
VMware vCenter
Chargeback - vShield
Manager DataCollector
Starting this service starts the vShield Manager Data Collector instance that
was installed individually (in this case, the name of the instance is vShield
Manager DataCollector) and not with the application.
Managing Application-Related Services
All the services required for successfully running and accessing vCenter Chargeback are configured to start
automatically when the machine is powered on and the operating system is started. You can also manually
control these services.
If the database service corresponding to the vCenter Chargeback database stops, then the data collector services
stop automatically after a period of time. If the database service is started before the data collector services
stop, then the data collectors will be able to communicate with the database and will not stop. If the data
collector services stop, then you must manually start the data collector services after restarting the vCenter
Chargeback database service.
If you start the vCenter Chargeback service, before starting the corresponding database service, then you must
manually restart the vCenter Chargeback service after restarting the database service.
Prerequisites
Before starting any of the application-related services, ensure that the database service corresponding to the
vCenter Chargeback database is started and is running without any issues.
Procedure
1 Select the relevant service menu from the Start > Programs > VMware > VMware vCenter Chargeback >
vCenter Chargeback Services menu.
The menu provides shortcuts for the following services:
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VMware vCenter Chargeback
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VMware vCenter Chargeback DataCollector
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VMware vCenter Chargeback Load Balancer
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VMware vCenter Chargeback - VMware Cloud Director DataCollector
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VMware vCenter Chargeback - vShield Manager DataCollector
2 Select the relevant shortcut to start or stop a service from the selected service menu.
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