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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
Option Description
User Name
User name to be used for authentication, if authentication type is Require
Login.
Password
Password for the user name provided above.
Maximum Attachment Size(KB)
The maximum permissible file size for email attachments. The size specified
is in KB.
4 Click Edit.
The email address is displayed in the Email Setting section.
Delete the SMTP Server Setting
You can remove an existing SMTP server and add a new one.
You must have the Super User role to perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, clickGeneral.
2 Click Remove in the Email Setting section.
A dialog confirming the action is displayed.
3 Click OK.
Set Log Level
By default, the log level for the application is set at the info level. You can change the log level at any time in
the application as per your requirements.
You must have the Super User role to perform this task.
NOTE In the case of a cluster installation, the changing of log level in one application instance will not be
reflected in the other instances in the cluster immediately. The change will get reflected:
n
If the vCenter Chargeback service is restarted.
n
When the database is polled for changes, which automatically occurs every hour.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, clickGeneral.
2 In the Log Setting section, select the required log level from the Select Log level list.
Option Description
trace
The trace level is the most informative level providing fine-grained
information about the events.
debug
The debug level provides event information that are most useful to debug
an application.
info
(default): The info level provides coarse-grained informational messages that
highlight the progress of the application.
warn
The warn level provides information about potentially harmful situations.
error
The error level designates error events that might still allow the application
to continue running.
fatal
The fatal level designates very severe error events that will presumably lead
the application to abort.
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