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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
6 Enter the VMware Cloud Director database-related information, and click Next.
NOTE If you have an existing VMware Cloud Director data collector instance, ensure that you provide
the same database details as provided when installing the existing VMware Cloud Director data collector
instance.
Option Description
Database Type
The type of database used to create the VMware Cloud Director database.
The only permissible value is ORACLE.
Database URL
The IP address of the system on which the VMware Cloud Director database
is installed.
The database URL can be in any of the following formats:
IP Address
Host Name
Database Port
(Optional) The port on which the database service is listening for requests.
If the port number is not specified, the installer uses the default port. You
must specify the TNS listener port if you are not using the default port 1521.
Database Name
Name of the database in which VMware Cloud Director stores the
application-specific data. This must be the service name and not the SID.
Database Username
The name of the database user. The database user must have privileges to
read the VMware Cloud Director database objects.
Database Password
Password for the user name that you have provided.
If the installer successfully connects to the database, the next screen is displayed.
7 Enter the password for the vCenter Chargeback administrative account and click Next.
You must provide the correct password for the data collector to call the vCenter Chargeback APIs.
8 Review the information displayed on the Pre-Installation Summary screen, and click Install.
The installer starts installing the data collector. If the installation is successful, the URL for accessing
vCenter Chargeback is displayed.
9 Note this URL, and click Done.
NOTE If the installation fails, the uninstaller starts automatically and removes all the components installed.
What to do next
After you install a VMware Cloud Director Data Collector instance, the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector
service starts and runs automatically. You can manually start and stop the service from the Start > Programs
> VMware > VMware vCenter Chargeback menu.
Install vShield Manager Data Collector
If you integrate a vCenter Chargeback instance with a VMware Cloud Director instance, you must have a
vShield Manager Data Collector instance installed and running to fetch the network statistics from vShield
Manager.
You can install a vShield Manager Data Collector instance along with vCenter Chargeback or separately using
the vShield Manager Data Collector installer.
Prerequisites
Before you start the installation, ensure that the system time of the machine on which the data collector is being
installed is the same as the vCenter Chargeback and vCenter Chargeback database system time. That is, the
system time of all these machines are in sync.
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