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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback
- Installing vCenter Chargeback
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- Prerequisites for vCenter Chargeback
- Download and Extract the vCenter Chargeback Installer
- Install vCenter Chargeback
- Create a vCenter Chargeback Cluster
- Install vCenter Chargeback with an Existing Database Schema
- Upgrading vCenter Chargeback
- Services Related to the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Accessing the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Data Collector
- Uninstall vCenter Chargeback
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback 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 Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Troubleshooting vCenter Chargeback
- Troubleshooting Utility
- Troubleshooting Issues in vCenter Chargeback
- Changed Timezone Setting Is Not Reflected
- Changes to Chargeback Hierarchy Are Not Reflected in the Concurrent User-Sessions
- Changes to the vCenter Server Hierarchy Are Not Reflected in vCenter Chargeback
- Installer Throws the SQL Driver Not Found Error
- LDAP Server Configuration Fails
- Non-English Characters Are Not Correctly Stored in the vCenter Chargeback Database
- Report Does Not Display the Disk Read and Disk Write Information
- Report Does Not Display the Memory Usage Value and the Corresponding Cost
- Report Does Not Display the Network Transmitted and Network Received Information
- Service Temporarily Unavailable Error
- Status of Failed Data Collector Is Not Reflected Immediately on the System Health Tab
- Storage Synchronization Job Fails
- Text and Messages on the vCenter Chargeback User Interface Are Not Correctly Displayed
- Unable to Access the vCenter Chargeback Application
- Unable to Add an LDAP Server
- Unable to Add vCenter Server in vCenter Chargeback
- Unable to Change the Password for the vCenter Chargeback Keystore
- Unable to Configure Another VMware Cloud Director Setup with vCenter Chargeback
- Unable to Connect to the vCenter Chargeback Database
- Unable to Connect to the vCenter Server Database
- Unable to Email Report
- Unable to Fetch the Primary Group of a LDAP User
- Unable to Use Custom SSL Certificates
- Unable to View the vCenter Chargeback Plug-In in the VI Client
- Index
6 Enter the password for the vCenter Chargeback administrative account and click Next.
You must provide the correct password for the data collector to call the vCenter Chargeback APIs.
7 Review the information displayed on the Pre-Installation Summary screen, and click Install.
The installer starts installing the data collector. If the installation is successful, the URL for accessing
vCenter Chargeback is displayed.
8 Note this URL, and click Done.
NOTE If the installation fails, the uninstaller starts automatically and removes all the components installed.
What to do next
After you install a VSM Data Collector instance, the VSM Data Collector service starts and runs automatically.
You can manually start and stop the service from the Start > Programs > VMware >
VMware vCenter Chargeback menu.
Upgrade the Data Collector
Upgrading a vCenter Chargeback instance does not automatically upgrade the standalone data collector
instances associated with it. You must manually upgrade each such data collector instances.
Prerequisites
Before you upgrade a data collector instance, ensure that you upgrade the corresponding vCenter Chargeback
instance.
Procedure
1 Run the vCenter-CB-DC.exe file.
2 Click Next on the Introduction screen.
3 Accept the end-user license agreement, and click Next.
4 Select Upgrade Previously Installed Data Collector and click Next.
5 Click Upgrade in the Alert dialog box.
6 Click OK.
7 Review the information displayed on the Pre-Installation Summary screen, and click Install.
The installer starts installing the data collector. If the installation is successful, the URL for accessing
vCenter Chargeback is displayed.
8 Note the URL, and click Done.
NOTE If the installation fails, the uninstaller starts automatically and removes all the components installed.
Uninstall vCenter Chargeback
If you do not require a vCenter Chargeback instance, you can uninstall the instance.
When you uninstall a vCenter Chargeback instance, the corresponding load balancer, if installed with the
instance, and all the embedded data collector instances are also uninstalled. You can optionally delete the
corresponding database schema and the vCenter Server plug-ins.
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