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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
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the
left pane of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed.
2 Right-click the hierarchy and select Delete this hierarchy from the pop-up menu.
A dialog box confirming the action is displayed.
3 Click OK.
The chargeback hierarchy is deleted permanently from the application.
Assign Attributes
You can assign one or more attributes to the entities in a chargeback hierarchy. For example, you can create
an attribute called Geo_location and then assign it to the required entities and give it a value that indicates
their geographical location.
You must have read privilege on the hierarchy and update privilege on the chargeback hierarchical entity to
perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the
left pane of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed.
2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign (+) to the left of the hierarchy name.
The first-level entities in the hierarchy are displayed. You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by
clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub-entities.
3 Right-click the entity to which you want to assign attributes and select Manage Attributes from the pop-
up menu.
The Assign Attributes screen is displayed. The screen lists the attributes in the application, including the
ones imported from the vCenter Servers, and the corresponding values assigned to them on the entity, if
any. You cannot modify the values assigned on a vCenter Server entity.
4 Enter or update the values for the attributes that you want to assign to the entity.
You can overwrite the values of only the attributes created in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
5 Click Apply.
The attributes with their values are assigned to the entity and can be included in the chargeback report.
The attribute value assigned to an entity does not get propagated to the child entities. You must individually
set the value for the attributes on each of the entities.
Move Entities Within a Hierarchy
You can move the entities within a chargeback hierarchy. This is particularly useful if you want to rearrange
the entities within a chargeback hierarchy. You cannot, however, rearrange the entities that are under a vCenter
Server entity.
You must have the update privilege on the hierarchy, the chargeback hierarchical entity, and the current and
new parent chargeback hierarchical entity to move entities within a hierarchy.
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