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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
If you install the vCloud Director data collector, then additional billing policies are available in you vCenter
Chargeback Manager setup. By default, fixed costs are not included in any of the billing policies, except the
Pay As You Go Fixed Charging billing policy. However, you can modify the billing policies to account for the
fixed costs.
VMware Cloud Director
Billing Policy - Actual
Usage
This policy takes in to account the user-defined allocation units for count of
networks, enabled IPSec VPN tunnel count, and NAT, DHCP, and firewall
services. For all other computing resources, the actual usage is considered for
cost calculation. This billing policy is set in the VMware Cloud Director Actual
Usage Pricing Model. The expression for the billing policy is as follows:
count of networks = allocation;
enabled IPSec VPN tunnel count = allocation;
NAT service = allocation;
DHCP service = allocation;
FIREWALL service = allocation;
other resources = usage;
VMware Cloud Director
Billing Policy -
Allocation Pool
This policy takes in to account the actual usage for external network transmit
and external network receive computing resources. For all other resources, the
user-defined allocation units in vCenter Chargeback Manager are considered
for cost calculation. This billing policy is set in the VMware Cloud Director
Allocation Pool Pricing Model. The expression for the billing policy is as
follows:
external network transmit = usage;
external network receive = usage;
other resources = allocation;
VMware Cloud Director
Billing Policy - Overage
Allocation Pool
This policy calculates the overage cost for CPU and memory based on the actual
usage and allocation unit defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager. For the
external network transmit and external network receive computing resources,
the actual usage is considered. For all other resources, the user-defined
allocation units in vCenter Chargeback Manager are considered for cost
calculation. The overage rates must be explicitly set in the pricing models. This
billing policy is set in the VMware Cloud Director Overage Allocation Pool
Pricing Model. The expression for the billing policy is as follows:
cpu = usage;
memory = usage;
external network transmit = usage;
external network receive = usage;
other resources = allocation;
VMware Cloud Director
Billing Policy -
Reservation Pool
This policy takes in to account the actual usage for external network transmit
and external network receive computing resources. For all other resources, the
user-defined allocation units are considered for cost calculation. This billing
policy is set in the VMware Cloud Director Reservation Pool Pricing Model.
The expression for the billing policy is as follows:
external network transmit = usage;
external network receive = usage;
other resources = allocation;
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