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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
Delete the Application License
An existing license can be removed from the application.
You must have the Super User role to perform this task.
IMPORTANT Removing a license will render the application unusable till another valid license is added.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, clickLicense.
A table listing the details of the license added to the application is displayed.
2 Select the license and click Delete.
A dialog confirming the action is displayed.
3 Click OK to confirm the deletion.
Manage Report View
vCenter Chargeback provides a report view that is used by all the generated reports. You can configure the
report view to display a specific set of information in each of the generated reports.
Like most reports, the chargeback report has multiple sections, such as Header, Title, Body, and Footer.
The Title section appears only on the first page of the report. The contents in these sections can be modified as
per your requirements. The information to be displayed in the Body section is defined when creating the report.
The Header section is the report header that appears on all pages expect the first. The Footer section is the
report footer that appears on all the pages.
Changes made to the report view is reflected only in the reports generated after the report view is changed.
Existing archived reports are not affected by the changes made to the report view.
You must have the Super User role to perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, click Report View.
2 Select Header.
The Header section of the report view displays four sub-sections.
3 Select a sub-section from the Header section of the report view.
4 Select an option from the Header Settings section to display the required information in the selected sub-
section.
Option Description
Text
The text that you want the report header to contain. For example, the name
of the organization.
Image
An image that you want the header section to display. For instance, the
company logo. Ensure that the image size does not exceed 1MB.
Report Name
The name of the report entered when generating the report.
Report Description
A description of the report provided when generating the report.
None
(default) No information is displayed in this sub-section in the report.
Repeat this step to set the information for each sub-section as required.
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