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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About the User's Guide
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Managing Roles
- Managing Users
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager 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 Manager Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Index
Table 8-1. Column Details of the GOS Licensing Database View (Continued)
Column Name Data Type Nullable Description
VC_SERVER_UUI
D
NVARCHAR2(255
CHAR)
No UUID of the vCenter Server on which the virtual machine
exists.
HIERARCHY_NA
ME
NVARCHAR2(255
CHAR)
No Name of the chargeback hierarchy in which the virtual
machine exists.
RESOURCE_TYPE NVARCHAR2(255
CHAR)
No The type of resource. For each virtual machine, the view
contains at least four rows, one each for the following
resource types:
n
VM_STATE: The power state of the virtual machine.
n
VM_MEM_SIZE: Amount of memory utilized in MB.
n
VM_VCPU_COUNT: Number of vCPUs.
n
VM_GUEST_FULL_NAME: Name of the guest operating
system running on the virtual machine.
RESOURCE_VAL
UE
NVARCHAR2(255
CHAR)
No The value for the resource.
START_TIME DATETIME No The start time for the resource type.
END_TIME DATETIME Yes The end time for the resource type or the end time of the
virtual machine in the hierarchy, whichever is earlier.
After the view is created, you can run SELECT queries on the view to obtain the necessary information.
Table 8-2 shows the sample output for a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY view.
Table 8-2. Sample Output for a SELECT Query on the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY View
VM_NA
ME
VM_M
OID
VC_SERVER_U
UID
HIERARCHY_
NAME
RESOURCE_TY
PE
RESOURCE_
VALUE
START_
TIME
END_TI
ME
vm01 vm-104
4
7BF5FFD5-
F56C-4205-808D-
329BB92636F0
Dev-Hierarchy VM_STATE poweredOff 2011-06-0
1
12:12:21.4
63
vm01 vm-104
4
7BF5FFD5-
F56C-4205-808D-
329BB92636F0
Dev-Hierarchy VM_MEM_SIZE 2668 2011-06-0
1
12:12:21.4
63
vm01 vm-104
4
7BF5FFD5-
F56C-4205-808D-
329BB92636F0
Dev-Hierarchy VM_VCPU_COU
NT
1 2011-06-0
1
12:12:21.4
63
vm01 vm-104
4
7BF5FFD5-
F56C-4205-808D-
329BB92636F0
Dev-Hierarchy VM_GUEST_FUL
L_NAME
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 5 (64-
bit)
2011-06-0
1
12:12:21.4
63
vm02 vm-112 07F6FF05-9546-4
D01-
B9C0-0170AA21
9579
QA-Hierarchy VM_STATE poweredOn 2011-06-0
1
12:12:21.4
63
vm02 vm-112 07F6FF05-9546-4
D01-
B9C0-0170AA21
9579
QA-Hierarchy VM_MEM_SIZE 4096 2011-06-0
1
12:12:21.4
63
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