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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
deleting stale reports 140
email 122
export 122
generate cost comparison report 109
generate cost report 106
generate showback report 111
generate usage report 108
manage 119
modify in interactive report view 119
report generation schedules 113
schedule 121
stop 123
types 103
view in interactive report view 119
resource, permissions defined for 38
roles
assign user role for a resource 52
assign user role on vCenter Chargeback
Manager 51
create 44
delete 45
managing 39
modify 45
predefined roles 40
revoke role for a resource 53
revoke role on vCenter Chargeback
Manager 53
S
scripts
data purging scripts 149
generic scripts 148
guest OS licensing script 141, 143
performance statistics script 145
space calculation scripts 148
statistics collection 140
search
archived reports 126
scheduled reports 118
SMTP server setting
configure 12
modify 12
remove 13
statistics collection scripts
guest OS licensing script 141
performance statistics script 145
storage allocation script 143
system health
about 133
alert notification 134
manage thresholds 35
monitoring 133
U
user action events 135
users
assign role for a resource 52
assign role on vCenter Chargeback
Manager 51
authenticating 54
change password 55
create LDAP group 49
create LDAP user 48
create local user 47
creating 47
delete 50
managing 46
modify 50
revoke role for a resource 53
revoke role on vCenter Chargeback
Manager 53
utilities
about 137
administration utilities 137
change database password 137
database management scripts 148
database password change 137
deleting stale reports 140
IP address reset 138
reset IP address 138
reset load balancer IP address 139
V
vCenter Chargeback Manager
architectural overview 8
authenticate in to 54
configuring costs 69
configuring settings 11
cost elements 69
events 135
managing users, roles, and permissions 37
monitor system health 133
permissions defined in 38
remove 14
resource-based authorization 37
vCenter Server
configure 19
delete 23
manage 18
modify 21
virtual machine instance pricing
about 98
create 99
delete 102
edit 101
modify priority 102
Index
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