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Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy 78
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Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Cost Elements 87
vCenter Chargeback Cost-Related Elements 87
Managing Cost Models 92
Managing Fixed Costs 96
Managing Cost Templates 99
Managing Billing Policies 101
Configuring Cost at the Entity Level 103
Physical Infrastructure Costing 105
Configuring a Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines 107
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Generating Reports 111
About Reports 111
Generate a Cost Report 113
Generate a Usage Report 114
Generate Cost Comparison Report 116
Scheduling Report Generation 117
Managing Reports 122
Managing Archived Reports 125
Report Dashboard 128
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Monitoring System Health 131
vCenter Chargeback Events 132
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Administration Utilities 133
Database Password Change Utility 133
vCenter Chargeback IP Address Reset Utility 134
vCenter Chargeback Database Management Scripts 135
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Troubleshooting vCenter Chargeback 139
Troubleshooting Utility 139
Troubleshooting Issues in vCenter Chargeback 140
Index 153
vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide
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