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Option Description
Load-Balancer Port
An unused port through which vCenter Chargeback Manager can
communicate with the load balancer (Apache Server).
Server Instance Name
A unique user-defined name for the vCenter Chargeback Manager instance.
This name is used by the load balancer to identify the instance. Ensure that
the instance name contains only ASCII characters.
If the specified ports are free, the next screen is displayed.
If you are installing only the load balancer, then ensure that the Install vCenter Chargeback Manager
Server option is not selected and click Next.
8 Enter a user name and password for the vCenter Chargeback Manager administrative account, and click
Next.
The password must contains at least 8 characters and should not exceed 24 characters in length. The
password cannot be same as the user name. Also, the password must include a combination of upper-case
and lower-case characters.
NOTE If you are using Oracle Database for your vCenter Chargeback Manager database, ensure that the
user name for the administrative account contains only ASCII and non-ASCII characters. Extended ASCII
characters in the user name is not supported. This restriction is not applicable if you are using Microsoft
SQL Server for you vCenter Chargeback Manager database.
If you are installing only the load balancer, then this screen is not displayed.
9 Select the data collectors that you want to install and click Next.
The Install vCenter Chargeback Manager Data Collector option is selected by default. You must have at
least one instance of this data collector running and registered with the application for the database
synchronization jobs to run.
You can optionally choose to install the vCloud Director data collector and vShield Manager data collector.
All the data collectors can be installed even after a vCenter Chargeback Manager instance is installed. If
you are installing the vShield Manager data collector, choose to install the vCloud Director data collector
too or ensure that at least one instance of vCloud Director data collector is running.
If you installing only the load balancer, then you cannot select any data collectors for installation.
10 If you chose to install the vCloud Director data collector, provide information about the vCloud Director
setup, and click Next.
Option Description
vCloud Director Hostname/IP or URL
Static IP address or the FQDN of the machine on which the vCloud Director
setup is running. You can also provide the complete URL that you use to
access the vCloud Director setup.
Username
The administrative username to access the vCloud Director setup.
Password
Password for the administrative user account.
The installer checks the version of the vCloud Director setup. If you have a vCloud Director 1.5.x setup,
the installer request for the vCloud Director database details. If you have a vCloud Director 5.1 setup, the
installer does not require the corresponding database details.
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