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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
7 Set the base rate and the corresponding duration for the computing resources.
The duration specifies how often the specified rate is charged for the corresponding computing resource.
The duration can be Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half-yearly, or Yearly. In vCenter
Chargeback Manager, a duration value of Monthly is equal to 30 days, Quarterly is equal to 91 days, Half-
yearly is equal to 182 days, and Yearly is equal to 365 days.
NOTE If the base rate for a chargeable computing resource is not entered, the base rate for that resource
is considered to be zero.
8 (Optional) Select Overage to define an overage rate for the corresponding computing resource.
An overage rate lets you charge different rates for the allocated units and the units used beyond the
allocation.
9 (Optional) If you have selected the Overage option, specify the rate to be charged for the allocated units
of the computing resource and that for the units used beyond the allocation.
10 Set the cost for vServices in the Other Costs tab.
vServices include high availability, fault tolerance, and creation and deletion of virtual machines. You can
specify whether these vServices costs are prorated and also whether the virtual machine power state needs
to be considered.
NOTE If you set the fault tolerance cost, this cost will be charged on virtual machines that have fault
tolerance turned on or disabled. The cost is not charged for virtual machines that have fault tolerance
turned off.
11 Specify the fixed cost for various guest operating systems and the duration for charging the same.
You can specify whether the cost is prorated and also whether the virtual machine state is considered. If
a virtual machine has the specified operating system installed on it, then the set rate would be charged.
12 Click Create.
The newly created cost model is added to the table listing the cost models.
Calculate Base Rate Using Base Rate Calculator
vCenter Chargeback Manager provides a base rate calculator that helps you calculate the base rate for CPU,
memory, and storage. The computed base rates when charged enable you to recover your hardware cost over
a defined period.
The base rate calculator also helps you identify and calculate the fixed costs to be charged per virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Click Tools on the top-right corner of the page.
2 Select Base Rate Calculator from the Tools menu.
The Base Rate Calculator screen is displayed.
3 Click Set Investment.
4 Set Recovery Tenure and Currency.
5 In the Hardware Cost section, specify the cost per server, the number of servers, the CPU and memory
capacity, the storage cost, and the storage capacity.
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