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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 From the command prompt run the UpdateCbmServer.bat file located at
Installation_Directory
\vCenter-CB-Tools\reset-IP\bin.
2 Provide the requested information and press Enter.
Information Description
New IP address
The new IP address of the machine on which vCenter Chargeback Manager
is installed.
Existing IP address
The old IP address of the machine on which vCenter Chargeback Manager
is installed.
IP address for the data collector
IP address of the machine on which the data collector is installed.
3 Press the Y key to confirm the information provided.
The IP address for vCenter Chargeback Manager is modified in the database and relevant configuration files.
What to do next
If the load balancer and the vCenter Chargeback Manager are installed on different machines, then the new
IP address of the vCenter Chargeback Manager must be updated on the load balancer. To update the vCenter
Chargeback Manager IP address on the load balancer, run the following command on the machine on which
the load balancer is installed.
ModifyLBWorkers update
Server_Instance_Name
New_IP
Old_IP
New_Port
Old_Port
The ModifyLBWorkers.bat file is located at
Installation_Directory
\vCenter-CB-Tools\load-balancer\bin\.
The parameters provided when running the command are as follows:
n
Server_Instance_Name: The name of the vCenter Chargeback Manager instance. This name is provided
during installation.
n
New_IP: The new IP address of the machine on which vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed.
n
Old_IP: The old IP address of the machine on which vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed.
n
New_Port: The new port through which vCenter Chargeback Manager communicates with the load
balancer.
n
Old_Port: The old port through which vCenter Chargeback Manager communicates with the load balancer.
Reset Load Balancer IP Address
If you have installed vCenter Chargeback Manager and the load balancer on different machines and the IP
address of the load balancer machine is changed, then the new IP address must be reflected on the load balancer
and the vCenter Chargeback Manager.
Prerequisites
You must have execute access permission on the machine on which the load balancer is installed and the
vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed.
Procedure
1 On the load balancer machine, run the ModifyLBWorkers reset-ip command.
The syntax for running the command is as follows:
ModifyLBWorkers reset-ip
New_IP
Old_IP
The ModifyLBWorker.bat file is located at
Installation_Directory
\vCenter-CB-Tools\load-balancer\bin
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