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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
Authentication Type
If you have set the Database Type to SQL Server, you can set the
Authentication Type to Credential Based Authentication or Windows
Authentication. If you select Credential Based Authentication, you must
provide the database user name and password to access the database. If you
select Windows Authentication, you need not provide the database user
name and password to access the database.
If you set the Database Type to Oracle, this option is not available.
Database Username
A database user name to access the vCenter Server Database.
Database Password
Password for the database user name entered.
Register As VI Client Plugin
Select this option if you would like to register vCenter Chargeback as a plug-
in to vSphere Client. If this option is selected, each time you log in to this
vCenter Server using the vSphere Client, the vCenter Chargeback plug-in
will be displayed on the vSphere Client. You can access the vCenter
Chargeback application from the vSphere Client as a vCenter Server user.
Ensure that you do not register more than one vCenter Chargeback instance
as a plug-in for a single vCenter Server.
Enable Stats Replication
Select this option if you want the resource usage statistics from the vCenter
Server Database to be replicated in the vCenter Chargeback Database.
Statistics starting from three months prior to adding the vCenter Server are
collected. vCenter Chargeback considers the existing vCenter Server
inventory to have existed for the three month period prior to adding the
vCenter Server.
4 Click Add.
The vCenter Server is added to the application and included in the table listing the vCenter Server instances.
What to do next
You can log in to the vCenter Server by using a vSphere Client and access the vCenter Chargeback plug-in if
you have selected the Register As VI Client Plugin option. If you have added the vCenter Server using its
DNS name, then you must log in to the vCenter Server using the same DNS name to access the plug-in.
Similarly, if you have added the vCenter Server using its IP address, then you must log in to the vCenter Server
using the same IP address to access the plug-in. If you use the DNS name and IP address interchangeably to
access the vCenter Server by using a vSphere Client, then the vCenter Chargeback plug-in might not be
available.
Edit vCenter Server Information
Changes to the vCenter Server configuration must be manually reflected in the vCenter Chargeback
application. For example, if the vCenter Server user account password or the password for the vCenter Server
database user is changed, you must also reflect this change in vCenter Chargeback.
To perform this task, you must have the Super User role or the Administrator role. If you have the
Administrator role, you can edit only those vCenter Server settings that you have configured.
NOTE You cannot modify the vCenter Server ID, host name or IP address of the vCenter Server, and the vCenter
Server version number.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, clickvCenter Servers.
A table listing information about the vCenter Server instances added to the application is displayed.
2 Select the vCenter Server for which you want to modify the details, and click Edit.
The vCenter Server Information screen is displayed.
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