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1. hierarchy Show these columns in the usage Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report You must also details table select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in the report Show fixed cost in report Select this option to include the details of the fixed costs in the report If you select this option you must also select the fixed cost details to be included in the report Optional On the Attributes page select Filter the report based on attributes to define attribute filters You must specify an attribute name value pair Specifying attribute filters lets you generate report for only the entities on which the attribute name value pair is set Also the report is generated on the entities only for the time period with in the reporting duration for which the attribute name value pair is applicable Click Submit The generated report is displayed 104 VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports What to do next On the generated report you can specify the total cost The cost is distributed across the entities based on the selected distribution policy You can also specify weightage a percentage value for each selected resource to identify the resource cost for each entity You can also modify the distribution policy for the child entities The report provides a menu of applicable distribution policies for each child entity on which you can modify the distribution policy
2. Modify Automatic Report Scheduler You can modify the automatic report schedulers that you have created in the application You must have update privilege on the automatic report scheduler Procedure 1 VMware Inc Click Automatic Report Scheduler on the Reports tab A list of automatic report schedulers created in the application is displayed Select the scheduler that you want to modify and click Edit The Edit Automatic Report Scheduler window is displayed Modify the necessary details and click Next Modify the scheduling parameters and click Next 119 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 5 Modify the report summary details and click Next 6 Specify the information to be included in the report and click Submit The modified automatic report scheduler is displayed on the page Delete Automatic Report Scheduler You can delete unwanted report schedulers from the application When you delete an automatic report scheduler the report schedules created by the scheduler are automatically deleted You can also choose to delete the reports archived by the corresponding schedules You must have delete privilege on the automatic report scheduler Procedure 1 Click Automatic Report Scheduler on the Reports tab A list of automatic report schedulers created in the application is displayed 2 Select the scheduler that you want to remove and click Delete The Delete Policy window is displayed 3 Optional Select
3. A billing policy defines an expression that is used for identifying the amount of computing resources units to be considered for calculating the costs Therefore a billing policy must account for all the computing resources The billing policy contains an expression for each resource The expression includes an attribute value that identifies the computing resource units to be considered for cost calculation The attribute values can be allocation reservation size and usage The attribute value reservation is available only for CPU and memory The attribute value size is available only for memory VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements The expression can be set to obtain the maximum of available attributes You can also define an expression that calculates the resource units only if the virtual machine is on Also for storage resources you can specify whether the expression must account for thin provisioned disks as thick provisioned A billing policy can also account for the fixed costs and the state of the virtual machine You must have create privilege for the billing policy resource type on vCenter Chargeback Manager to perform this task Procedure 1 VMware Inc In the Manage Cost tab click Billing Policy A table listing all the billing policies created in the application is displayed Click Create The Billing Policy screen is displayed Provide a name and descri
4. You must have entity cost modify privilege on the chargeback hierarchical entities to perform this task You must also have update privilege on the cost models and read privilege on the hierarchies Procedure 1 2 86 In the Configure Cost tab click Edit Entity Cost Select the required hierarchy from the hierarchies included in the drop down menu Only the hierarchies on which you have at least the read privilege are included in the drop down menu Expand the hierarchy and select the entity for which you want to configure the costs Select the cost model for which you want to specify entity specific cost configuration details on the selected chargeback entity Specify the duration for which the cost configuration will be effective The default selection is Update from now onwards indicating that the cost configuration details will be effective from the time of setting these details on the entity till they are modified at a future date If you want to set the cost configuration details for a specific duration select Update for the effective period and specify the start and end date of the time period The dates have to be entered in the mm dd yyyy format If the end time is not specified the cost configuration details will be effective till they are modified at a future date You can view the existing cost configuration details for the specified time period by clicking Get cost configuration Optional Select a cost template from
5. Procedure 1 2 In the Reports tab click Dashboard Select the hierarchy from the drop down menu The collapsed view of the hierarchy is displayed If the hierarchy contains entities from a vCenter Server that is integrated with vCenter Operations the right pane of the dashboard shows two tabs Cost Projection and Cost Optimization Expand the hierarchy and select the entity for which you want to view the resource cost and usage statistics The dashboard displays the Cost per Resource Cost per child Entity and Cost per Day graphs If the hierarchy contains entities from a vCenter Server that is integrated with vCenter Operations then the Cost Projection tab shows the Cost per Resource and Cost per Day graphs For all entities the graphs show data for the last 30 days For entities of vCenter Servers that are integrated with vCenter Operations the graphs include data for the next 90 days only if the hierarchy is configured for displaying data on the report dashboard using a pure usage based cost model You can obtain different Top N report data for the selected entity For an entity from a vCenter Server that is integrated with vCenter Operations perform the followings steps to obtain the Top N reports a Click Top VMs b Select a value for N from the drop down menu next to Top The values available are 10 20 and 50 c Select the report type from the report type drop down menu d Select the duration form the duration drop down m
6. Scheduling Report Generation When creating areport you can choose to schedule the report to be generated periodically vCenter Chargeback Manager provides various scheduling parameters for scheduling a report Scheduling Parameters on page 105 You can set various scheduling parameters while scheduling a report Schedule Report Generation on page 106 When creating a report you can choose to schedule the report generation from the Create Report screen You can schedule cost reports cost comparison reports and usage reports Showback reports cannot be scheduled Reschedule Report Generation on page 108 A report generation schedule can be modified to define a new schedule Remove a Schedule on page 109 An existing and valid report generation schedule can be deleted from the application However deleting a schedule does not automatically delete the reports generated and archived as per the schedule Email a Scheduled Report on page 109 Ascheduled report can be automatically sent through an email to the required recipients when the report gets generated Advanced Search for Scheduled Reports on page 110 You can search for specific scheduled reports by using the advanced search feature of vCenter Chargeback Manager Scheduling Parameters You can set various scheduling parameters while scheduling a report Report Creation Time This is the time of the day when the report has to be generated The time specified is the time on th
7. DN of the entity in the LDAP hierarchy from which groups and users can be added to the application If not sepcified vCenter Chargeback Manager automatically fetches the root base dn and uses this value Port Port on which the LDAP service is listening The default port is 389 If you select the Enable LDAPS option ensure that you change this to a secure port say 636 LDAP Limit The maximum number of Windows Active Directory users or groups to be fetched and displayed in the Add User Account screen of the application Enable LDAPS Select this option to enable LDAP over SSL VMware Inc Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings 5 Click Save If you have selected Enable LDAPS during the modify LDAP Server setting operation or the SSL certificate on the LDAP server has changed then a dialog requesting you to accept the SSL certificate is displayed 6 Accept the SSL certificate If you click Cancel the LDAP Server setting configuration fails The table on the LDAP Servers page lists the modified information for the selected LDAP server Delete the LDAP Server Setting Any LDAP server that is no longer in use and configured in the application can be deleted from the application To perform this task you must have the Super User role or the Administrator role If you have the Administrator role you can only delete those LDAP server settings that you have configured IMPORTANT If you remove an LDAP server
8. Operations Create a user in vCenter Server for vCenter Chargeback Manager and assign this cloned role to the user Also create a user in the vCenter Server database for vCenter Chargeback Manager and ensure that the user has read access on the VPXV_HIST_STAT_DAILY VPXV_HIST_STAT_WEEKLY VPXV_HIST_STAT_MONTHLY and VPXV_HIST_STAT_YEARLY views Norte Do not provide the user details that vCenter Server uses to connect to the vCenter Server database Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickvCenter Servers A table listing information about the vCenter Server instances added to the application is displayed Click Add The vCenter Server Information screen is displayed Enter information about the vCenter Server and its corresponding database that has to be added to the application Option Description vCenter Server Hostname IP FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server The IP address or host name cannot be edited after the vCenter Server is added to the application vCenter Server Display Name A display name for the vCenter Server vCenter Server Description A description of the vCenter Server This is optional vCenter Server Username User name to access the vCenter Server vCenter Server Password Password for the user name entered VMware Inc Option Database URL Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings Description URL to access the vCenter Server database For Oracle Database this URL must hav
9. The information on the page is classified into six sections The different sections and the corresponding information displayed is listed in the table Table 7 2 Table 7 2 Section in the System Health Tab Section Information vCenter Chargeback URL of all the vCenter Chargeback Manager instances included in the cluster is listed If the Manager Servers installation is a stand alone instance only one URL is displayed When you move the cursor over a URL a tool tip displays the URL to access the vCenter Chargeback Manager instance status of the instance response time and product build number LDAP Servers URL of all the LDAP servers configured in vCenter Chargeback Manager is listed When you move the cursor over an LDAP server URL a tool tip displays the URL and status of the LDAP server vCenter Servers Display names of all the vCenter Server instances added to the vCenter Chargeback Manager instances in the cluster is listed In the case of a stand alone vCenter Chargeback Manager instance the display names of all the vCenter Server instances added to the application is listed When you move the cursor over a vCenter Server name a tool tip displays the name status response time the vCenter Server version and the URL of the corresponding vCenter Server database VMware Inc 123 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Table 7 2 Section in the System Health Tab Continued Section Information Data Collectors Nam
10. click Users A table listing all the users created in the application is displayed 2 Click Create The Add User Account screen is displayed 3 Select LDAP Group from the User Type list 4 Select the required LDAP Server The LDAP Groups section of the screen displays a table listing the Active Directory groups defined in the selected LDAP server The number of groups listed in this table is limited by the LDAP Limit set in the LDAP Server configuration 5 Select the required group from the LDAP Groups section You can add multiple groups at the same time by selecting each of the required groups from the LDAP Groups section You can select more than one group by pressing the Ctrl button and clicking the required group names You can also search for a group by specifying the group name or a search string in the LDAP Groups section and clicking Search The application searches all the Unique Name samAccountName in Windows Active Directory and Common Name values in the Windows Active Directory and return all the groups that match the search string 6 Select the required option from the Role section The default is not to assign any role You can alternately assign the Administrator role to the group on vCenter Chargeback Manager An LDAP group cannot be assigned the Super User role 7 Click Add The newly added LDAP groups are added to the table displaying the users and groups added to the application on the Users page After an LDAP gr
11. computing resource for each entity separately This section does not include any cost related information other than the cost model used for generating the report Cost Comparison Report A cost comparison report enables you to compare the costs for each resource and entity based on two different cost models The report structure is similar to the cost report with the following exceptions E Report summary section does not display the total cost VMware Inc 97 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide m No graphs are available in the resource summary Showback Report A showback report lets you analyse how the costs are distributed among the entities based on a specified distribution policy This report type is useful when you know the total cost and want to analyze how this cost is distributed among the entities by selecting different distribution policies The report structure is similar to the cost report with the following exceptions E Report summary section displays the distribution policy instead of the chargeback cost model m No graphs are available in the resource summary E Report does not include the Cost details section Generate a Cost Report You can generate cost reports for a hierarchy and for individual entities in a hierarchy You must have create privilege on the report resource type and at least the read privilege on the hierarchy chargeback hierarchical entities and cost models to perform this task P
12. then to its left then to its bottom and lastly in the sub section above it The content of a sub section is center aligned Also the images are stretched to fit into the available space Managing Attributes An attribute provides additional information about an entity in an hierarchy You can define an attribute in the application and then assign it to an entity For example you can create an attribute called Geo_location and then assign it to various entities and set values indicating their geographic locations To learn more about assigning attributes to entities see Assign Attributes on page 62 The attributes set on the hierarchy and entities can be used to filter the hierarchies and entities on which a report needs to be generated or scheduled If you integrate a vCloud Director setup with vCenter Chargeback Manager by installing the Cloud Director Data Collector then a default attribute is created in vCenter Chargeback Manager This attribute is called EntityLevelOverageFlag You can use this attribute to override the global data collector property VMware Cloud Director apply overage charge on Allocation Pool vDC at the entity level This attribute can be set to true or false You can manage the attributes in the application from the Manage Attributes page of the Settings tab The page display a table listing the attributes created in vCenter Chargeback Manager and those imported from the vCenter Servers that are added to vCen
13. vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 2 Select the role that you want to delete and click Delete A dialog box confirming the action is displayed 3 Click OK Managing Users 44 When the application is installed a user with the Super User role is created The user name and password for this user are provided during the installation This is the only user that exists in a freshly installed vCenter Chargeback Manager instance You can create more users in the application To create and manage users in vCenter Chargeback Manager you must have either the Super User role or the Administrator role Before you start creating users and assigning them roles on various resources you must understand the relationship between users roles and resources In vCenter Chargeback Manager a super user that is a user with the Super User role has access to all the users and resources created in the application This user has complete access in the application An administrator that is a user with the Administrator role has access only to the users that he has created An administrator cannot access the users created by a super user or by another administrator Also an administrator can access only the following resources E Resources on which he is given access privileges by a super user E Resources created by him m Resources created by the users that he has created All other users can only see the super user and the users that have been
14. Chargeback Manager can calculate overall resource utilization and corresponding cost only for vCenter Servers that are added to the application You can add one or more vCenter Server instances to vCenter Chargeback Manager You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task VMware Inc 17 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 18 Prerequisites Before you add a vCenter Server you must ensure that the vCenter Server is accessible over the network Also ensure that vCenter Server and the vCenter Server database have static IP addresses If not you must provide the FQDN for such servers and databases when adding them to vCenter Chargeback Manager You must ensure that the system time on the vCenter Server vCenter Chargeback Manager vCenter Server database vCenter Chargeback Manager database and data collectors are in sync When adding a vCenter Server to vCenter Chargeback Manager you must provide a vCenter Server user name and vCenter Server database user name Create a clone of the Read only role in vCenter Server and include the following permissions in this cloned role E Storage views View m Global Licenses mE Extension Register extension mE Extension Unregister extension m Extension Update extension E Profile driven storage Profile driven storage view if you are using vCenter Server 5 0 m Global vCenter Operations User if you have integrated the vCenter Server with VMware vCenter
15. Option Description Report Creation Time When the report has to be generated Recurrence Pattern How often the report has to be generated Range of Recurrence Till when the report has to be generated periodically 5 Click Schedule The revised report generation schedule is listed in the table Remove a Schedule An existing and valid report generation schedule can be deleted from the application However deleting a schedule does not automatically delete the reports generated and archived as per the schedule You must have delete privilege on the schedule to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Reports tab click Scheduled Reports A table listing all the active report generation schedules is displayed 2 Select the required report schedule from the table 3 Click the delete icon a red cross above the table The Delete Schedule dialog window is displayed 4 Specify whether the reports generated and archived by this schedule should be deleted from the application 5 Click OK The report generation schedule is removed permanently from the application Email a Scheduled Report A scheduled report can be automatically sent through an email to the required recipients when the report gets generated You must have at least update privilege on the report schedule to perform this task Prerequisites Before you perform this task ensure that the SMTP server is configured on the application Procedure 1 Inthe Reports tab click Sc
16. Reservation VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements reserved units of that day and accounts for the maximum of the two If for any days of the week the daily samples are unavailable then vCenter Chargeback Manager uses the 2 hour samples only for those days to calculate the total CPU and memory units to be charged In this policy the maximum of used and reserved units of CPU along with the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources is considered for calculating the total cost The total CPU units to be charged is calculated in the same way as specified for the Maximum of Usage and Reservation billing policy In this policy the maximum of used and reserved units of memory along with the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources is considered for calculating the total cost The total memory units to be charged is calculated in the same way as specified for the Maximum of Usage and Reservation billing policy This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity and the actual utilization of the chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity and the user defined allocations units of the chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity the reserved capacity
17. Windows Active Directory login credentials You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click LDAP Servers 2 Click Add The Manage LDAP Server screen is displayed 3 Enter the information related to the LDAP server that you want to configure in the application Option Description Server Name A user defined name to uniquely identify the LDAP server You can provide a full name or a short code to identify the LDAP server Server Address Static IP address of the LDAP server If the sever does not have a static IP address ensure that you provide the fully qualified domain name FQDN User Name The LDAP account to authenticate in to the LDAP server The user name can be of the formats user_name domain_name or domain_name user_name Preferably use the User Principal Name UPN Password Password for the user name provided BaseDN The distinguished name DN of the entity in the LDAP hierarchy from which groups and users can be added to the application If not sepcified vCenter Chargeback Manager automatically fetches the root base dn and uses this value Port Port on which the LDAP service is listening The default port is 389 If you select the Enable LDAPS option ensure that you change this to a secure port say 636 LDAP Limit The maximum number of Windows Active Directory users or groups to be fetched and displayed in the Add User Account sc
18. and add new fixed costs or remove existing fixed costs as required 6 Click Save Changes made to a cost template are not automatically reflected on the entities on which the template is applied You must explicitly reapply the template on the entities for the changes to take effect Delete a Cost Template Invalid or unwanted cost templates can be removed from the application However deleting a cost template does not remove the entity specific cost settings applied on the entities using the cost template You must have delete privilege on the cost template to delete it Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Cost tab click Cost Template A table listing all the cost templates created in the application is displayed 2 Select the cost template that you want to delete and click Delete A dialog box confirming the action is displayed 3 Click OK The cost template is deleted from the application and consequently from the table listing the cost templates Managing Billing Policies 82 vCenter Chargeback Manager provides various system defined billing policies In addition it lets your define you own billing policies You must have privileges on the billing policy resource type to create update and delete billing policies You can view and manage the billing policies from the Billing Policy page of the Manage Cost tab Create a Billing Policy vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you to define custom billing policies as per your requirements
19. and fixed costs that are applicable during this time period will also be used Ensure that the dates are entered in the mm dd yyyy format Compare Cost Models Select the cost models to be used for generating the comparison report Ensure that the selected cost models have the same currency type Computation Resources Select the resources to be considered for calculating the costs and to be reported You can either select Disk Read and Disk Write to be reported individually or to be reported in total as Disk Read and Write Similarly the data traffic over the network can be either reported separately as Network Received and Network Transmitted or in total as Network Received and Transmitted Auto Archive Select this option to automatically save the generated report On the Resource Summary tab select Include resource summary in report Select this option to include the summary of costs for the selected resources in the report You must also select the type of resource summary to be reported The resource summary can either be Complete default or Basic A basic summary includes the resource cost summary for the selected entity and its immediate child in the report A complete summary provides the resource cost summary for the selected entity and all its child entities up to the leaf node Select the computing resources whose usage and cost details have to included in the report Select Include cost summary in report to include th
20. at any time in the application as per your requirements You must have the Super User role to perform this task Note In the case of a cluster installation the changing of log level in one application instance will not be reflected in the other instances in the cluster immediately The change will get reflected m If the vCenter Chargeback Manager service is restarted m When the database is polled for changes which automatically occurs every hour Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickGeneral VMware Inc 13 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 2 Inthe Log Setting section select the required log level from the Select Log level list Option Description trace The trace level is the most informative level providing fine grained information about the events debug The debug level provides event information that are most useful to debug an application info default The info level provides coarse grained informational messages that highlight the progress of the application warn The warn level provides information about potentially harmful situations error The error level designates error events that might still allow the application to continue running fatal The fatal level designates very severe error events that will presumably lead the application to abort 3 Click Apply Remove a vCenter Chargeback Manager You must ensure that vCenter Chargeback Manager instances that are una
21. be billed You must also specify how often the report has to be generated This value is set as number of days For example suppose you want to schedule a bi weekly report Set the start date for billing as 14 days prior to the report generation day duration as 14 days and the report scheduling policy as 14 days Range of Recurrence The recurrence range specifies the start and end date of the period for which the report schedule is available The report schedule will be removed after the specified end date You can also create a never ending schedule Schedule Report Generation When creating a report you can choose to schedule the report generation from the Create Report screen You can schedule cost reports cost comparison reports and usage reports Showback reports cannot be scheduled Other than the create privilege for report and schedule resource types you must have read privilege on the hierarchy chargeback hierarchical entities and cost models to perform this task Prerequisites Before you schedule a report refer to Scheduling Parameters on page 105 to know about the scheduling parameters in vCenter Chargeback Manager Procedure 1 In the Reports tab click Create Reports 106 VMware Inc VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports Select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed You can expand the hi
22. by the vCenter Server For vSphere 4 0 and later the data collector fetches all the files of a virtual machine and the datastore information of each file For vCenter Server 2 5 the data collector fetches all the disks of a virtual machine and the datastore details of each disk For vSphere 5 0 the data collector fetches the storage profiles and groups the datastores under the profiles that they match When calculating the storage utilization vCenter Chargeback Manager accounts for thin provisioning and linked clones The first run of this job might fail if the first run of the Hosts amp Clusters and VMs amp Templates Synchronization job takes more than 5 minutes to complete The VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices service must be running on the vCenter Server machine for the storage synchronization to complete successfully For vCenter Server 5 0 the VMware vSphere Profile Driven Storage service must also be running on the vCenter Server machine for the storage synchronization to complete successfully Hosts amp Clusters and VMs amp Templates Synchronization The data collector copies the vCenter Server inventory in to the vCenter Chargeback Manager database This synchronization job ensures that the Hosts amp Clusters view and VMs amp Templates view of the vCenter Server inventory are synchronized in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Datastore Synchronization This synchronization job ensures that all information abo
23. cost model and can contain multiple cost entries for different vCPU count and memory bundles You can also define a criterion to specify the hierarchies for which the price matrix is applicable You can define multiple pricing matrices with different hierarchy selection criteria for each cost model defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager Each hierarchy selection criteria for a selected cost model must be unique Also each entry in the pricing matrix must be unique vCenter Chargeback Manager applies the fixed cost defined in the pricing matrix on the virtual machines in a hierarchy by running a job that periodically checks for new and updated hierarchies and hierarchy selection criteria and the corresponding pricing matrix Based on the hierarchy and entity selection criteria the application uses the corresponding pricing matrix to apply the fixed cost on the virtual machines in the hierarchies that match the specified criterion as follows 1 vCenter Chargeback Manager checks for the hierarchy selection criteria and the corresponding pricing matrices defined in it 2 wCenter Chargeback Manager uses the pricing matrix corresponding to the first matching criterion for each hierarchy 3 vCenter Chargeback Manager first searches for a row in the pricing matrix that has the same vCPU count as in the virtual machine 4 If sucha row is not found then vCenter Chargeback Manager selects the row with the next higher value of vCPU count than in the virtual
24. details of the fixed costs in the report If you select this option you must also select the fixed cost details to be included in the report 10 Optional On the Attributes page select Filter the report based on attributes to define attribute filters You must specify an attribute name value pair Specifying attribute filters lets you generate report for only the entities on which the attribute name value pair is set Also the report is generated on the entities only for the time period with in the reporting duration for which the attribute name value pair is applicable 11 Click Submit The generated report is displayed VMware Inc 99 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Generate a Usage Report 100 You can generate resource usage reports for a hierarchy and for individual entities in a hierarchy You must have create privilege on the report resource type and at least the read privilege on the hierarchy chargeback hierarchical entities and cost models to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Reports tab click Create Reports 2 Select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed You can expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities of the hierarchy is displayed To further expand click the plus sign to the left of the entitie
25. do next To know more about viewing and managing archived reports see Managing Archived Reports on page 115 Schedule Report You can schedule report generation after a report has been generated Other than the privileges required to create a report you must have create privilege on the schedule resource type to perform this task Prerequisites Before you schedule a report refer to Scheduling Parameters on page 105 to learn about the scheduling parameters in vCenter Chargeback Manager Procedure 1 Click the Schedule Report icon above the generated report The Schedule Report screen is displayed VMware Inc 113 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 114 2 Enter relevant values for the scheduling parameters Option Description Report Creation Time When the report has to be generated Recurrence Pattern How often the report has to be generated Range of Recurrence Till when the report has to be generated periodically 3 Click Schedule The report is generated periodically as per the scheduling options set The report schedule can be accessed from the Scheduled Reports page Email Report After a report is generated you can send it to one or more recipients through an email Prerequisites Ensure that the SMTP server has been configured before emailing the report Procedure 1 Click the Email Report icon above the generated report The Email Report screen is displayed 2 Provide the email de
26. for all the virtual machines in the Pay As You Go model for a given hierarchy hierarchy_name and for the specified time period start_time end_time Table 8 5 lists the details of the columns in the CB_LVIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY database view The CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_PAYG function returns values similar to the output of a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY database view However in this case the data for only a given hierarchy and for a specific duration is returned For example SELECT from TABLECCB_FN_VC_STAT_PAYGC Test Hierarchy to_timestamp 20110114 00 00 00 YYYYMMDD HH24 MI SS to_timestamp 20110714 23 59 59 YYYYMMDD HH24 MI SS Note The CB_FN_VC_STAT_PAYG function is created based on the assumption that all the virtual machines in vCenter Chargeback Manager under the Pay as You Go model for any hierarchy organization is present under Pay as You Go gt Any_OrgVDC gt vApps Folder gt vApps vCenter Chargeback Manager Database Management Scripts vCenter Chargeback Manager provides SQL scripts that can help database administrators to manage the vCenter Chargeback Manager database These SQL scripts can be run from the SQL prompt by any database user having the required permissions These scripts are packaged with the application and are located in the following folders m For SQL Server Installation_Directory Database Scripts main verszon mssql db management The script names are of the form script_n
27. from the Data Collectors page to ensure that these data collectors function correctly You must have the Super User role to perform this task Procedure 1 On the Settings tab click Data Collectors 2 Select the VMware Cloud Director tab 3 Click Change password for superuser for cloud data collectors link Here superuser is the user name used when installing vCenter Chargeback Manager The Change Password screen is displayed 4 Enter the new password for superuser 5 Confirm the new password 6 Click Change Password What to do next You must restart the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector after changing the password VMware Inc Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings Managing the Application License If you have the Super User role you can view the details of the current vCenter Chargeback Manager license by clicking License on the Settings tab The following table lists the license information displayed on the License page Table 2 2 License Information License Information License Key Description The current license key used to access the application License Type The type of license used to access the application Activated On The date and time when the application was activated using the current license key Expiry Date The date on which the existing license will expire Count Type vCenter Chargeback Manager provides a CPU based or VM based licensing This entry defines whether
28. hierarchy and for a specific duration is returned VMware Inc 131 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 132 For example SELECT from TABLECCB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYG Test Hierarchy to_timestamp 20110114 00 00 00 YYYYMMDD HH24 MI SS to_timestamp 20110714 23 59 59 YYYYMMDD HH24 MI SS Norte The CB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYG function is created based on the assumption that all the virtual machines in vCenter Chargeback Manager under the Pay as You Go model for any hierarchy organization is present under Pay as You Go gt Any_OrgVDC gt vApps Folder gt vApps Performance Statistics Script The performance statistics script helps you obtain the average resource usage details for the virtual machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager Running the Guest OS Licensing Script in SQL Server You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database to run the guest OS licensing script On running the script two database objects are created a The CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY database view a The CB_FN_VC_STAT_PAYG function The CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY view contains the average usage details of different resources for all the virtual machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager Table 8 5 lists the details of the columns in the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY view Table 8 5 Column Details of the Performance Statist
29. in the user name or password then the login operation might fail Procedure 1 Open a Web browser and enter the application URL The application URL should be of the following type https IP address port number cbmui 2 Enter the user authentication details on the login screen Option Description User name The user name of a user Password Password for the user Login in to The user type LDAP Code If you select LDAP for Login in to you must specify the LDAP Code for the LDAP server 3 Click OK For a Local user after three successive failed login attempts the account gets locked and the application displays a Captcha image during login You must authenticate with the correct user account details and enter the text in the Captcha image to unlock the account and log in to the application If you do not unlock a locked user account vCenter Chargeback Manager automatically unlocks it after 30 minutes On successful log in the Getting Started tab of the application is displayed What to do next You can also access the application from the vSphere Client as a vCenter Server user provided the application is registered with vCenter Server To know about registering an application with vCenter Server see Add vCenter Server Information on page 17 The vCenter Guest User role is the default role assigned to the vCenter Server user If the user is same as the user whose details are used to register the vCenter Serv
30. in your vCenter Chargeback Manager setup to point to the correct font files Also these characters will be displayed correctly only if the desired font for the locale that you are using is a TrueType font Procedure 1 Traverse to the lt InstalLation_Directory gt Apache Tomcat webapps vCenter CB WEB INF c lasses folder 2 Rename the jasperreports_extension properties tmpl file to jasperreports_extension properties 3 Copy the desired TrueType font file for your locale to the lt Installation_Directory gt Apache Tomcat webapps vCenter CB WEB INF cLasses fonts folder 4 Traverse to the lt Installation_Directory gt Apache Tomcat webapps vCenter CB WEB INF classes fonts folder 5 Open the fonts xml file and replace YourFontFileName TTF to the actual font file name 6 Restart the vCenter Chargeback Manager service Configure Precision Value for Numbers Displayed in the Report The precision value for the numbers displayed in the exported PDF report can be configured in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database The precision value used for calculating costs and those used for displaying cost and other numeric data in the report are different The PDF report displays rounded off numbers for costs base rates and usage You can however configure the precision value for the numbers displayed in the PDF report by modifying certain server properties in the CB_SERVER_PROPERTY table Note Configuring the reporting_pdf_report_cost
31. is listed in the table on the Edit VM Instance Cost page Modify Priority Order of Selection Criteria The default priority order for the hierarchy selection criteria is the order in which they are created However you can modify this order as per your requirements Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit VM Instance Cost 2 Select a cost model from the drop down menu A table listing the hierarchy selection criteria defined for the cost model is displayed on the page 3 Select a hierarchy selection criterion VMware Inc 93 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 94 4 5 6 Move the selected criterion in the table by clicking Move Up or Move Down as required Optional Repeat Step 3 and Step 4 to reorder other hierarchy selection criteria Click Update Criteria Order The modified criteria order is displayed on the page Delete a Selection Criteria and Corresponding VM Instance Cost You can delete a hierarchy selection criterion defined for a cost model and the corresponding virtual machine instance cost matrix if it is no longer required Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit VM Instance Cost 2 Select a cost model from the drop down menu A table listing the hierarchy selection criteria defined for the cost model is displayed on the page 3 Select a hierarchy selection criterion 4 Click Delete The hierarchy selection criterion and the corresponding virtual machine instance cost matrix is
32. is revoked from the user Revoking the role assigned to the user on vCenter Chargeback Manager does not automatically remove the roles explicitly assigned to the user for the various resources The user can continue to access the resources that he has created and the resources for which he has been assigned a role vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication 52 After a user is created you can log in to the application using the credentials of this user You can log in as either a Local user or an LDAP user If you are logging in as an LDAP user you must provide the login credentials defined in the Windows Active Directory The LDAP user login name can be the samAccountName or the FQDN If the LDAP user contains special characters in the user name then to log in to vCenter Chargeback Manager as such a user replace each special character with an underscore _ in the user name Although you can create a user of the type LDAP group you cannot log in to the application as an LDAP group If an LDAP group is added to the application you can log in as an LDAP user belonging to that group This user will have the same roles and privileges as set on the LDAP group If this LDAP user is not already added to the application the same would be done when the user logs in Note The LDAP user name and password must contain only ASCII characters If you log in to vCenter Chargeback Manager as a user that contains extended ASCII or non ASCII characters
33. machine 5 For the selected vCPU count vCenter Chargeback Manager checks for a memory value equal to or higher than the memory in the virtual machine 6 Ifarow with the vCPU count or memory value equal to or higher than the vCPU count or memory in the virtual machine is not found then vCenter Chargeback Manager uses the default cost configured in the matrix Nore For hierarchies imported from vCloud Director the vCPU count and memory allocation values synchronized from the vCloud Director database is considered for applying the fixed cost For hierarchies created in vCenter Chargeback Manager the vCPU count and memory utilization values synchronized from the vCenter Server database is used for applying the fixed cost If a virtual machine configuration is changed then the corresponding change in the fixed cost is applicable from the time the configuration change is effected If the fixed cost in the pricing matrix is changed then the change is effected from the next run of the job VMware Inc 91 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 92 If any row in the matrix is deleted then the corresponding fixed cost is also deleted and is not considered during reporting Similarly if a cost matrix is deleted then the costs defined in the matrix is lost and is not considered when a report is generated on the virtual machine the parent entity or hierarchy You must have a Super User role to create and manage virtual machine insta
34. machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager Running the Guest OS Licensing Script in SQL Server You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database to run the guest OS licensing script On running the script two database objects are created a The CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY database view a The CB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYG function The CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY view contains the storage allocation values for the virtual machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager Table 8 3 lists the details of the columns in the CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY view Table 8 3 Column Details of the Storage Allocation Database View Column Name Data Type Nullable Description VM_NAME NVARCHAR2 255 No Name of the virtual machine CHAR VM_MOID NVARCHAR2 255 No Managed Object ID of the virtual machine CHAR VC_SERVER_UUI NVARCHAR2 255 No UUID of the vCenter Server on which the virtual machine D CHAR exists RESOURCE_TYPE NVARCHAR2 255 No The type of resource Applicable value is Storage CHAR RESOURCE_VAL NUMBER 19 4 No Storage allocation value in KB UE START_TIME DATETIME No The start time for the resource type END_TIME DATETIME Yes The end time for the resource type or the end time of the virtual machine in the hierarchy whichever is earlier After the view is created you can run SELECT queries on th
35. of CPU and memory and the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity the reserved capacity of CPU and the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity the reserved capacity of memory and the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity the maximum of used and reserved units of CPU the maximum of used and reserved units of memory and the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost The total CPU and memory units to be charged is calculated in the same way as specified for the Maximum of Usage and Reservation billing policy This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity the maximum of used and reserved units of CPU and the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost The total CPU units to be charged is calculated in the same way as specified for the Maximum of Usage and Reservation billing policy This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity the maximum of used and reserved units of memory and the actual utilization of other chargea
36. pair is applicable Click Submit Select whether you want to open or save the report and click OK in the dialog box VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports Generate Showback Report You can generate a showback report to analyse how the cost is distributed among the entities based on a specified distribution policy A showback report is a configurable report that does not include any costs when it is generated You can specify the total cost fixed cost and resource weightage in the generated report to obtain the cost for each entity and for each resource per entity The cost per entity is calculated based on the distribution policy that you select when generating the showback report Table 6 2 lists the available distribution policies Table 6 2 Showback report distribution policies Distribution Policy Description Equally among Hosts Total cost is distributed equally among the hosts Equally among VMs Total cost is distributed equally among the virtual machines Equally among Children Total cost is distributed equally among all child entities As per Allocation Total cost is distributed based on the resource allocation values As per Usage Total cost is distributed based on the actual resource usage values After you specify the total cost this cost is distributed across the entities based on the distribution policy You can obtain the cost for each resource per entity by specifying weightage for each resour
37. read privilege are displayed 4 Right click the datastore that you want to add to a tier and select Move this Datastore to another tier 5 Right click the tier folder to which you want to add this datastore and select Put the Datastore Storage Profile in this tier The datastore is moved from the ungrouped folder to the selected tier folder VMware Inc 89 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 90 Set the Rate Factors on a Tier Datastore or Storage Profile vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you define rate factors at the datastore level You can set the rate factors on individual datastores storage profiles and tiers Norte You cannot set rate factors on individual datastores that are already grouped under a storage profile or tier Also you cannot set rate factors on storage profiles that are grouped under a tier Prerequisites You must have the entity cost modify privilege on the tier and update privilege on the cost model to set rate factors on a tier You must have read privilege on the vCenter Server and update privilege on the cost model to set rate factors on a datastore Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit Infrastructure Cost 2 Select DataStores from the drop down menu 3 Select the tier for which you want to configure the rate factor The right pane of the page displays the datastores included in the tier their details and the field to configure the rate factor for the tier If you wan
38. 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 5 Click Title The Title section of the report template displays nine sub sections 6 Select a sub section from the Title section of the report template 7 Select an option from the Title 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 VMware Inc Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Setting
39. the Apply a Cost Template drop down menu Only the cost templates on which you have read privilege is displayed The rate factors and fixed costs defined in the cost template are populated in the corresponding fields on the screen Enter the rate factors for the computing resources in the Rate Factors tab and click Update Rate Factors The rate factor value can be between 0 and 999 99 The application considers a precision of up to two decimal places If the rate factor is not specified for a computing resource vCenter Chargeback Manager uses 1 as the rate factor of the computing resource If you have selected a cost template the rate factors defined in the cost template are populated in the Rate Factors fields corresponding to each computing resource You can modify these rate factors if required You can view the rate factors already defined for various computing resources for different time periods by clicking Show next to Historical values When you click Update Rate Factors only the defined rate factors are set on the entity No other cost configuration is set In the Fixed Costs tab select the required fixed cost from the Apply a Fixed Cost drop down menu and click Add to the list The fixed cost is added to the list of fixed costs displayed in the table For each fixed cost that you want to include repeat this step VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements If you have select
40. the SQL Server database If you select Windows Authentication you can provide a domain user name and password to access the vCenter Server database Database Username A database user name to access the vCenter Server database Ensure that this is not the same user that vCenter Server uses to connect to the vCenter Server database If you have selected Windows Authentication then provide a domain user name to access the vCenter Server Database The domain user name must be of the form user Gdomain com or domain user If you do not specify a domain user name then vCenter Chargeback Manager uses the details of the domain user who started the current session of the vCenter Chargeback Manager service to access the vCenter Server Database Database Password Password for the database user name or domain user name entered Register As vSphere Client Plug in Select this option if you would like to register vCenter Chargeback Manager as a plug in to vSphere Client If this option is selected each time you log in to this vCenter Server using the vSphere Client the vCenter Chargeback Manager plug in is displayed on the vSphere Client You can access the vCenter Chargeback Manager from the vSphere Client as a vCenter Server user Ensure that you do not register more than one vCenter Chargeback Manager instance as a plug in for a single vCenter Server Enable Stats Replication Select this option if you want the resource usage stat
41. the license in based on the number of CPUs or the number of virtual machines in your virtual environment that is accounted for using this vCenter Chargeback Manager setup Current Count Used This entry indicates the current number of ESXi host CPUs or the virtual machines running on the ESXi hosts that are accounted for by using your vCenter Chargeback Manager setup Maximum Count This entry indicates the maximum number of ESXi host CPUs or the virtual machines running Allowed on the ESXi hosts that can be accounted for by using your vCenter Chargeback Manager setup This maximum limit is defined in the license Is Valid Whether the current license is valid or not Replace the Application License You must replace an expired license with a valid license You can also replace an existing valid license with another valid license You must have the Super User role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickLicense A table listing the details of the license added to the application is displayed 2 Click Replace The Replace License screen is displayed 3 Enter a valid license key and click Replace The new license replaces the existing license The details of the new license is displayed in the table 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 t
42. tier However this rate factor change history is maintained If a datastore or storage profile is ungrouped then any rate factor set explicitly on the datastore or storage profile is applicable You must have update privilege on the tier and read privilege on the vCenter Server to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit Infrastructure Cost VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements 2 Select DataStores from the drop down menu 3 Expand the tier folder containing the datastore or storage profile that you want to move 4 Right click the datastore or storage profile that you want to move to another tier and select Move this Datastore to another tier 5 Right click the tier folder to which you want to move this datastore and select Put the Datastore Storage Profile in this tier The datastore or storage profile is moved to the new tier folder Configuring a Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines vCenter Chargeback Manager provides functionality to charge a fixed cost for virtual machines in a hierarchy based on the vCPU count and memory You can define one or more pricing matrices for the virtual machines in your hierarchies such that the virtual machines are charged a fixed cost based on the vCPU count and memory bundle This cost is applied only for the duration when a virtual machine is powered on and is not pro rated A price matrix is associated with a
43. units of memory and the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources is used for calculating the total cost The maximum of usage and reservation is not calculated by comparing the total used units for the entire reporting duration against the total reserved units for the entire reporting duration vCenter Chargeback Manager compares the used and reserved units for each sample available for the specified reporting duration to calculate the total units to be charged The samples are fetched from the vCenter Server database vCenter Server provides samples for the following time slices 5 minutes 30 minutes 2 hours and 1 day vCenter Chargeback Manager uses the largest time slice sample available to calculate the maximum of used and reserved units For example if a report is generated for a week using this billing policy then for calculating the total CPU and memory units to be charged vCenter Chargeback uses the daily sample for each day of the week and compares the used units for each day with the VMware Inc Maximum of CPU Usage and CPU Reservation Maximum of Memory Usage and Memory Reservation Fixed Cost and Actual Usage Fixed Cost and Allocation Fixed Cost and Reservation Fixed Cost and CPU Reservation Fixed Cost and Memory Reservation Fixed Cost and Maximum of Usage and Reservation Fixed Cost and Maximum of CPU Usage and CPU Reservation Fixed Cost and Maximum of Memory Usage and Memory
44. which the job is listening is processed successfully Table 2 1 lists the information displayed on the Data Collectors page Table 2 1 Information About Data Collectors Registered in the Application Information Type Description Data Collector ID The ID of the data collector defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager Data Collector Heart Beat The time stamp when the data collector was last known to be running The data collector updates this information with vCenter Chargeback Manager every 30 seconds If vCenter Chargeback Manager does not receive any update from the data collector for more than 150 seconds then vCenter Chargeback Manager considers the data collector to be down and reassigns the all jobs to another running data collector if any Data Collector Host Name The name of the machine on which the data collector is running Registered Indicates if the data collector is enabled or disabled VMware Inc 23 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 24 Table 2 1 Information About Data Collectors Registered in the Application Continued Information Type Data Collector Name Description The name of the data collector provided during the installation vCenter Server Name The display name of the vCenter Server added to the application Job Type The type of the synchronization job Storage Synchronization The data collector obtains the storage information for all the virtual machines managed
45. you update such costs periodically and manage them centrally It also ensures that all the entities and hierarchies are uniformly charged for common services and resources In addition you can also define fixed costs that are specific to an entity a group of entities or an entire hierarchy For example the real estate cost for physical storage of the servers This cost differs based on the actual geographic location VMware Inc 69 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide A one time fixed cost is a charge that you want to levy once on an entity for a service provided For example virtual machine provisioning fees This is a one time cost that you want to charge for every virtual machine provisioned If the time when the fixed cost is applied on an entity falls within the reporting duration then the report generated on the entity or its parent includes this cost Billing Policy A billing policy determines the cost types and the amount of chargeable computing resources units to be considered for calculating the chargeback cost vCenter Chargeback Manager provides the various billing policies Each billing policy only accounts for the amount of resource consumed reserved or allocated during the reporting duration Fixed Cost Actual Usage Reservation Based Allocation Based CPU Reservation Memory Reservation Maximum of Usage and Reservation 70 Only the fixed costs associated with each entity in the chargeback h
46. 2 Select the required resource type from the list VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions Expand the resource type folder and select the resources for which you want to set the role on the user You can select more than one resource by pressing the Ctrl key and selecting each of the required resources However the roles that you can assign on these resources would depend on the intersection of the permissions you have on each of the selected resources Select the user from the table listing the users If any role has already been assigned to the user on the selected resources the same is displayed under Currently Assigned Role Select the required role from the menu under Set Reset Role Click Apply The selected role is set on the user for the selected resources The role set on the user is applicable only for the selected resources You must individually assign roles to the user on the all required resources in the application A user can have different roles on different resources Revoke the Role Assigned to a User for a Resource Roles set on a user for a resource can be revoked as and when required Procedure 1 In the Users amp Roles tab click Permissions A page listing the users their type whether the user has the Super User role or the Administrator role and if the user is a vCenter Server user then the vCenter Server name or if the user is an LDAP user or group the
47. 3 4 lists the permissions defined in the Administrator role for each of the resource type Table 3 4 Permissions Defined on the Administrator Role Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify VMware vCenter Yes Yes Yes Yes No Server Data Collector No Yes No No No LDAP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No SMTP Server No No No No No VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions Table 3 4 Permissions Defined on the Administrator Role Continued Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes No Hierarchy Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hierarchical Entity Attribute Yes Yes Yes Yes No Tier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cost Model Yes Yes Yes Yes No Cost Template Yes Yes Yes Yes No Fixed Cost Yes Yes Yes Yes No Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Schedule Yes Yes Yes Yes No Role Yes Yes Yes Yes No Billing Policy Yes Yes Yes Yes No Automatic Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Scheduler Hierarchy Manager Role Table 3 5 lists the permissions defined in the Hierarchy Manager role for each of the resource type Table 3 5 Permissions Defined on the Hierarchy Manager Role Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify VMware vCenter No Yes No No No Server Data Collector No No No No No LDAP Server No No No No No SMTP Server No No No No No Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes No Hie
48. A dialog box confirming the action is displayed Click OK The fixed cost is deleted from the application and consequently from the table listing the fixed costs Managing Cost Templates 80 vCenter Chargeback Manager enables you to create cost templates that contain entity specific cost configuration details The cost templates defined in the application can be viewed and managed from the Cost Template page of the Manage Cost tab Create a Cost Template on page 81 Entity specific cost configuration such as the rate factors and fixed costs must be defined on the entity If you want to apply a standard entity specific cost setting on more than one entity you can create a cost template that contains these settings and apply the same to the required entities Modify a Cost Template on page 81 After a cost template is created you can modify it as and when required Delete a Cost Template on page 82 Invalid or unwanted cost templates can be removed from the application However deleting a cost template does not remove the entity specific cost settings applied on the entities using the cost template VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements Create a Cost Template Entity specific cost configuration such as the rate factors and fixed costs must be defined on the entity If you want to apply a standard entity specific cost setting on more than one entity you can create a cost t
49. AYG function returns the guest OS details and the corresponding memory vCPU and power state details for all the virtual machines in a given hierarchy in the Pay As You Go model You must provide values for the following input parameters when running the function m hierarchy name Name of the hierarchy for which the virtual machine details must be retrieved E start time The start time in the format YYYY MM DD hh mm ss ml1s end time The end time in the format YYYY MM DD hh mm ss m1s For example SELECT from CB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_PAYG Test Hierarchy 2011 01 14 00 00 00 000 2011 07 14 23 59 59 999 The function returns values similar to the output of a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY database view However in this case the data for only a given hierarchy and for a specific duration is returned Note The CB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_PAYG function assumes that all the virtual machines in vCenter Chargeback Manager under the Pay as You Go model for any hierarchy organization is present under Pay as You Go gt Any_OrgVDC gt vApps Folder gt vApps Running the Guest OS Licensing Script in Oracle You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database to run the guest OS licensing script On running the script two database objects are created E The CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY database view E The CB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_PAYG function The CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY view
50. Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity You can allocate some computing resource units for a chargeback entity This allocation can be used to calculate the cost when using an allocation based billing policy Allocation of computing resource units is different from reservation of computing resource units The reservation of computing resources for a virtual machine is performed in vCenter Server The allocation of computing resource units is performed in vCenter Chargeback Manager An allocation of computing resource does not imply that the chargeback entity will get to use the set amount of computing resource units at all times This allocation is used purely for calculating the cost when using an allocation based billing policy You can set the allocation units when you want to charge an entity for a fixed amount of computing resource units immaterial of the actual resource usage For example you want to charge a virtual machine for a minimum of 2GHz of CPU and 4GB of RAM immaterial of the actual CPU and memory usage by the virtual machine In this case you can set the allocation units for CPU and memory on the virtual machine define an allocation based billing policy and create a cost model with appropriate base rates for the computing resources and set the allocation based billing policy You must have read privilege on the hierarchy and update privilege on the chargeback hierarchical entity to perform this task Procedure 1 Int
51. Data Type Nullable Description VM_NAME NVARCHAR2 255 No Name of the virtual machine CHAR VM_MOID NVARCHAR2 255 No Managed Object ID of the virtual machine CHAR VMware Inc 127 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 128 Table 8 1 Column Details of the GOS Licensing Database View Continued Column Name Data Type Nullable Description VC_SERVER_UUI NVARCHAR2 255 No UUID of the vCenter Server on which the virtual machine D CHAR exists HIERARCHY_NA NVARCHAR2 255 No Name of the chargeback hierarchy in which the virtual ME CHAR machine exists RESOURCE_TYPE NVARCHAR2 255 No The type of resource For each virtual machine the view CHAR contains at least four rows one each for the following resource types m VM_STATE The power state of the virtual machine VM_MEM_SIZE Amount of memory utilized in MB m VM_VCPU_COUNT Number of vCPUs m VM_GUEST_FULL_NAME Name of the guest operating system running on the virtual machine RESOURCE_VAL NVARCHAR2 255 No The value for the resource UE CHAR START_TIME DATETIME No The start time for the resource type END_TIME DATETIME Yes The end time for the resource type or the end time of the virtual machine in the hierarchy whichever is earlier After the view is created you can run SELECT queries on the view to obtain the necessary information Table 8 2 shows the sample output for a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY view Table 8 2 Samp
52. Day graph in the Cost projection tab charts the variance in the total cost for the entity for the past 30 days and projected data for next three months m The Cost Optimization tab lists the following optimization opportunities Oversized Virtual Machines Undersized Virtual Machines Idle Virtual Machines and Powered Off Virtual Machines VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports E For each optimization opportunity the corresponding virtual machines along with the configured and recommended resource cost details are listed NOTE m The graphs and optimization reports are generated only if the vCenter Server user which was used for adding the vCenter Server to vCenter Chargeback Manager has either the Global vCenter Operations User privilege or the Global vCenter Operations Admin privilege assigned on the root folder m Cost projection reports are enabled only with pure usage based cost model else graphs based on only past 30 days data are displayed If the hierarchy is less than 30 days old and is not back dated then the graph based on the available data is displayed Configure Hierarchy for Display in Report Dashboard You can configure a chargeback hierarchy so that its usage and cost statistics for the hierarchy and its entities are visible in the report dashboard Only users with the Super User role assigned to them can perform this task Procedure 1 Click the Manage Hierarchy tab 2 Select the chargeback hierarchy fro
53. Embedded classes If you have installed and configured more than one data collector instance for a single vCenter Chargeback Manager database you must manually copy the updated hibernate cfg xml file to each of the corresponding data collector folders Running the Database Password Change Utility You can change the vCenter Chargeback Manager database password by running this utility You must belong to the Administrators group Procedure 1 Run the database password change utility from the command prompt cd Installation_Directory vCenter CB Tools database update bin UpdateChargebackDatabaseCredentials bat You can also run this utility by selecting Update Chargeback Database Credentials from the Start gt Programs gt VMware gt VMware vCenter Chargeback gt vCenter Chargeback Tools menu VMware Inc 125 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 2 Enter the existing and new passwords m Existing password m New password m Confirmation of the new password 3 Restart the vCenter Chargeback Manager service and the data collector services What to do next If you have installed the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector and vShield Manager Data Collector with vCenter Chargeback Manager or individually installed any of the data collectors then you must copy the hibernate cfg xml file from the Installation_Directory apache tomcat 6 0 18 webapps vCenter CB WEB INF classes folder to the Installation_Directory Data_Collecto
54. Entity Properties screen displays the vCenter Server to which the entity belongs and the complete inventory path of the vCenter Server entity VMware Inc 65 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 66 VMware Inc Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements vCenter Chargeback Manager provides various cost related elements These elements enable you to define the cost to be charged for each computing resource fixed costs and the cost calculation formula You must set the various cost related elements in vCenter Chargeback Manager to successfully generate the required cost reports This chapter includes the following topics m vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Related Elements on page 67 m Managing Cost Models on page 73 m Managing Fixed Costs on page 77 m Managing Cost Templates on page 80 Managing Billing Policies on page 82 Configuring Cost at the Entity Level on page 85 m Physical Infrastructure Costing on page 87 Configuring a Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines on page 91 vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Related Elements You must know about the vCenter Chargeback Manager cost related elements to effectively create and configure a cost model vCenter Chargeback Manager includes the following cost related elements m Chargeable computing resource m Base rate m Rate factor E Fixed cost m Billing policy Cost model m Cost temp
55. ISTORY parameter in the SQL Server script You can set this parameter appropriately before running the script The script removes the data from the following tables CB_VC_ENTITY_RELATION m CB_VC_ENTITY_PROPERTY m CB_VC_ENTITY_MAPPING m CB_HIERARCHY_RELATION purgeStatsData This script removes the vCenter Server performance statistics data that is older than the specified number of months from the CB_VC_PERFORMANCE_STAT table The number of months is specified using the MONTHS_IN_HISTORY parameter in the Oracle script and the MONTHS_IN_HISTORY parameter in the SQL Server script You can set this parameter appropriately before running the script purgeTables This script is a superset of the purgeCostData purgeHierarchyData and purgeStatsData scripts The script removes the cost hierarchy and vCenter Server performance statistics related data that is older than the specified number of months The number of months is specified using the MONTHS_IN_HISTORY parameter in the Oracle script and the MONTHS_IN_HISTORY parameter in the SQL Server script You can set this parameter appropriately before running the script About the Statistics Data Purging Stored Procedure vCenter Chargeback Manager schedules a daily roll up of vCenter Server performance statistics data in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database The CB_STATS_ROLLUP_PROC stored procedure in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database purges the vCenter Server performance statistics
56. Inthe vCenter Chargeback Manager Server section set the Normal and Alert response time limits The Normal Warning and Alert latency ranges are defined as follows Option Description Normal The Normal latency range is 0 normal response time limit The default range is 0 30000 If the response time is in the Normal latency range the server is responding fine Warning The Warning latency range is normal response time limit 1 alert response time limit The default range is 30001 120000 If the response time is in the Warning latency range the server is responding slowly and might need some attention The slow response could also be attributed to network congestion Alert The Alert latency range is alert response time limit 1 The default range is 120001 If the response time is in the Alert latency range the user must take immediate action to rectify the issue 3 In the vCenter Chargeback Manager Database section set the Normal and Alert response time limits The Normal Warning and Alert latency ranges for the vCenter Chargeback Manager database are defined using these limits 4 Inthe vCenter Server section set the Normal and Alert response time limits The Normal Warning and Alert latency ranges for the vCenter Server are defined using these limits 5 In the vCenter Server Database section set the Normal and Alert response time limits The Normal Warning and Alert latency ranges for the vC
57. Scheduler You can assign permissions on a resource type to a user only through a role However you cannot assign permissions for the following resource types Data Collector LDAP Server SMTP Server vCenter Server Entity Attribute Role The application automatically handles permissions for these resource types Also you cannot assign the create update and delete permissions for the VMware vCenter Server resource type during custom role creation Managing Roles A role is a set of permissions assigned to a user vCenter Chargeback Manager provides some predefined roles that can be assigned to the users and groups created or added to the application You can also create any new roles VMware Inc Predefined Roles in vCenter Chargeback Manager on page 38 vCenter Chargeback Manager provides various predefined roles that can be assigned to the application users The predefined roles are Super User Administrator Hierarchy Manager Report Generator vCenter Guest User No Access Dependent Resource Update and Dependent Resource Read These roles have a set of permissions on the various resource types defined in them Create a Role on page 42 Apart from the system defined roles you can define your own custom roles in vCenter Chargeback Manager These roles can then be assigned to the users created in the application Modify a Role on page 43 You can modify an existing role other than the system defined roles Delet
58. Sec 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 Cost Model 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 Allocation Pool Cost Model This policy calculates the overage cost for CPU based on the actual usage and that for memory based on the allocation 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 are considered for cost calculation This billing policy is set in the VMware Cloud Director Overage Allocation Pool Cost Model 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 Cost Model 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 considere
59. T Query on the CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY View VM_NA VM_M_ VC_SERVER_U HIERARCHY_ RESOURCE_TY RESOURCE_ START_ END_TIM ME OID UID NAME PE VALUE TIME E VMO01 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DB Hierarchy1 CPU 606 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 VM01 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DB Hierarchy 1 Memory 2472619 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 VM01 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DB Hierarchy1 Disk Read and 228 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D Write 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 VM01 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DB Hierarchy1 Disk Read 5 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 VM01 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DB Hierarchy1 Disk Write 222 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 VM01 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DB Hierarchy1 Network 166 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D Received and 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 Transmitted VM01 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DB Hierarchy1 Network 77 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D Received 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 VM01 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DB Hierarchy1 Network 87 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D Transmitted 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 VMO1 vm 444 7BF5FFD5 DBHierarchy1 Storage 4096 8 29 11 8 29 11 2 F56C 4205 808D 2 00 4 00 329BB92636F0 The CB_FN_VC_STAT_PAYG function returns the average usage details of different resources for all the virtual machines in a given hierarchy in the Pay As You Go model You must provide values for the following input parameters when running the function m hierarchy n
60. _pattern property affects only the usage based costs and total cost displayed in the report The fixed costs precision digits are not affected by this change VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports Procedure 1 Log in to the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Ensure that you have modify privilege on the CB_SERVER_PROPERTY table 2 Configure the server properties for precision data in the CB_LSERVER_PROPERTY table The table contains three properties that enable you to configure the precision value for numbers displayed in the PDF report Option Description reporting _pdf_report_cost_pattern Pattern used to display all the cost values The default value is 0 00 reporting_pdf_report_usage_patter Pattern used to display all the usage values The default value is 0 00 n reporting_pdf_report_number_patte Pattern used to display all other numbers such as base rates and rate factors rn The default value is 0 000 What to do next Restart the vCenter Chargeback Manager service Archive Report A generated report can be archived and stored in the application After you generate a report the application displays the generated report Procedure 1 Click the Archive Report icon above the generated report A dialog reporting whether the action was successful or not is displayed 2 Click OK If the report is archived successfully the report can be accessed from the Archived Reports page What to
61. ach computing resource The precision for a base rate value is four digits Rate Factor Rate factor is the multiplication factor to be used along with the base rate to calculate the charge for a unit of chargeable computing resource used or allocated for a specified duration Rate factors are useful when you want to charge the entities in a hierarchy differently The rate factors enable you to apply a cost that is a multiple or a fraction of the base rate The rate factor value can be between 0 and 999 99 The precision is up to two decimal places Table 5 2 lists sample base rates rate factors and the total cost for a unit of the chargeable computing resource consumed reserved or allocated Table 5 2 Sample Base Rates and Rate Factors Chargeable Resource Base Rate Rate Factor Total Charge CPU 0 0399 11 0 0439 Memory 0 0048 1 1 0 0053 Network Received and Transmitted 0 0008 1 0 0008 Storage 0 0013 1 0 0013 Disk Read and Write 0 0008 0 75 0 0006 vCPU 0 04 1 0 04 Fixed Cost A fixed costis a definite cost that can be charged on an entity Fixed costs can be recurring costs or one time costs Recurring costs that are charged periodically for specific resources or services can be defined as fixed costs in the application For example the annual maintenance cost for the network or for each server Costs that are applicable to almost all the entities and hierarchies can be defined as fixed costs This lets
62. ack Hierarchy on page 55 m Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy on page 58 Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy To identify the resource utilization and generate a usage or cost report you must first create a chargeback hierarchy and add the required entities to it You can create one or more chargeback hierarchies in the application as per your requirements Creating multiple chargeback hierarchies lets you organize a set of vCenter Server entities in multiple ways and also identify and compare the costs for each of these hierarchies You can also create one hierarchy for each vCenter Server Create a Custom Chargeback Hierarchy You can create a custom chargeback hierarchy and add vCenter Server entities and vCenter Chargeback Manager entities to it To perform this task you must have a role with the create privilege for the hierarchy resource type assigned to you on vCenter Chargeback Manager Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab click Create Hierarchy The Create Hierarchy screen is displayed 2 Enter a name and description for the hierarchy The name must not exceed 255 characters and the description must not exceed 512 characters in length VMware Inc 55 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 3 Select Custom Hierarchy default 4 Click Create An empty chargeback hierarchy with the given name is created What to do next To add entities to this hierarchy and manage the hierarchy see Managing a Chargeba
63. adding new rows and delete existing rows You can also modify the cost for a vCPU count and memory bundle or modify the bundle configuration Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit VM Instance Cost 2 Select a cost model from the drop down menu A table listing the hierarchy selection criteria defined for the cost model is displayed on the page 3 Select the hierarchy selection criterion from the table displayed on the page and click Edit 4 Optional Modify the hierarchy selection criterion by selecting a different criterion option or by changing the criterion details 5 Optional Modify the entity filter criterion by adding new criterion deleting existing criterion or by changing the existing criterion details 6 Optional Modify the cost matrix by adding a new row a Click Add in the VM Instance Matrix section A new row is created in the table in the VM Instance Matrix section b Enter the vCPU count memory cost and duration details 7 Optional Modify the cost matrix by deleting a row a Select a row from the table in the VM Instance Matrix section b Click Delete You can delete all the rows by clicking Delete All 8 Optional Modify the cost matrix by modifying a row a Select a row from the table in the VM Instance Matrix section b Modify the vCPU count memory cost and duration details 9 Optional Modify the default cost value and the corresponding duration 10 Click Save The modified hierarchy selection criterion
64. age 113 You can schedule report generation after a report has been generated Email Report on page 114 After a report is generated you can send it to one or more recipients through an email m Export Report on page 114 After a report is generated you can export it to rtf pdf and csv formats Modifying the Report in the Interactive Report View After a report is generated and displayed in the application you can make few modifications to the report vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you remove rows and columns from the generated report You can also rearrange the columns in the report You can chose the types of the graphs to be included in the report You must have update privilege on the report to modify the report view Norte The changes made to the report view can be emailed or exported report only after the modified report is archived However not all changes made to the generated report are included in the emailed or exported report Only show hide of columns and the reordering of columns in the generated report are reflected in the emailed or exported report Procedure 1 Select an entity to view informational messages related to the entity All the informational messages related to the selected entity are displayed in the Info section below the report VMware Inc 111 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 112 2 To remove row from the displayed report select the row and click the Delete Selection i
65. age also provides an option to select a resource type 2 Select the user from the table listing the users If any role has already been assigned to the user on vCenter Chargeback Manager the same is displayed under Currently Assigned Role 3 Select the required role from the menu under Set Reset Role Ensure that you do not select any resource on the left side pane Note You cannot assign the Super User role on an LDAP user or group 4 Click Apply The selected role is assigned to the user on vCenter Chargeback Manager What to do next Assigning a role on vCenter Chargeback Manager other than the Super User role only defines the actions that the user can perform in the application This does not implicitly give access to the resources created in the application To access a resource the user must have either created it or should be explicitly assigned a role for the resource If the user is assigned the Administrator role then he implicitly gets access to all the resources created by the users that he has created Assigning the Super User role to a user automatically provides him with complete access to all the resources You need not explicitly assign a role to the user for each of the resources created in the application VMware Inc 49 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 50 Assign a Role to a User for a Resource A user can access a resource created in the application only if he has created it or has priv
66. ails of such users are originally defined in the Windows Active Directory An LDAP user added to vCenter Chargeback Manager can log in to the application using the Windows login details You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task Nore Only a user with the Super User role can assign a role when creating a user Prerequisites Before you add an LDAP user ensure that the LDAP server is configured in the application If no LDAP Server is configured in vCenter Chargeback Manager an error message stating the same is displayed when adding an LDAP user Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab click Users A table listing all the users created in the application is displayed 2 Click Create The Add User Account screen is displayed 3 Select LDAP User from the User Type list 4 Select the required LDAP Server The LDAP Users section of the screen displays a table listing the Active Directory users defined in the selected LDAP server The number of users listed in this table is limited by the LDAP Limit set in the LDAP Server configuration 5 Select the required users from the LDAP Users section You can add multiple users at the same time by selecting each of the required users from the LDAP Users section You can select more than one user by pressing the Ctrl button and clicking the required user names You can also search for a user by specifying the user name or a search string in the LDAP Users se
67. alculation scripts 135 statistics collection 127 search archived reports 117 scheduled reports 110 SMTP server setting configure 12 modify 12 remove 13 statistics collection scripts guest OS licensing script 127 performance statistics script 132 storage allocation script 130 system health about 123 manage thresholds 33 monitoring 123 U user action events 124 users assign role for a resource 50 assign role on vCenter Chargeback Manager 49 authenticating 52 change password 53 create LDAP group 47 create LDAP user 46 create local user 45 creating 45 VMware Inc delete 48 managing 44 modify 48 revoke role for a resource 51 revoke role on vCenter Chargeback Manager 51 utilities about 125 administration utilities 125 change database password 125 database management scripts 134 database password change 125 IP address reset 126 reset IP address 126 V vCenter Chargeback Manager architectural overview 8 authenticate in to 52 configuring costs 67 configuring settings 11 cost elements 67 events 124 managing users roles and permissions 35 monitor system health 123 permissions defined in 36 remove 14 resource based authorization 35 vCenter Server configure 17 delete 22 manage 17 modify 20 virtual machine instance pricing about 91 create 92 delete 94 edit 93 modify priority 93 Index 139 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 140 VMware Inc
68. alf yearly is equal to 182 days and Yearly is equal to 365 days Note If the base rate for a chargeable computing resource is not entered the base rate for that resource is considered to be zero Optional Select Overage to define an overage rate for the corresponding computing resource An overage rate lets you charge different rates for the allocated units and the units used beyond the allocation Optional If you have selected the Overage option specify the rate to be charged for the allocated units of the computing resource and that for the units used beyond the allocation Set the cost for vServices in the Other Costs tab vServices include high availability fault tolerance and creation and deletion of virtual machines You can specify whether these vServices costs are prorated and also whether the virtual machine power state needs to be considered Note If you set the fault tolerance cost this cost will be charged on virtual machines that have fault tolerance turned on or disabled The cost is not charged for virtual machines that have fault tolerance turned off Specify the fixed cost for various guest operating systems and the duration for charging the same You can specify whether the cost is prorated and also whether the virtual machine state is considered If a virtual machine has the specified operating system installed on it then the set rate would be charged Click Create The newly created cost mod
69. ame Name of the hierarchy for which the virtual machine details must be retrieved E start time The start time in the format YYYY MM DD hh mm ss ml1s E end time The end time in the format YYYY MM DD hh mm ss ml1s For example SELECT from CB_FN_VC_STAT_PAYGC Test Hierarchy 2011 01 14 00 00 00 000 2011 07 14 23 59 59 999 The function returns values similar to the output of a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY database view However in this case the data for only a given hierarchy and for a specific duration is returned Norte The CB_FN_VC_STAT_PAYG function assumes that all the virtual machines in vCenter Chargeback Manager under the Pay as You Go model for any hierarchy organization is present under Pay as You Go gt Any_OrgVDC gt vApps Folder gt vApps VMware Inc 133 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Running the Guest OS Licensing Script in Oracle You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database to run the guest OS licensing script On running the script two database objects are created a The CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY database view a The CB_FN_VC_STAT_PAYG function The CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY view contains the average usage details of different resources for all the virtual machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager The CB_FN_VC_STAT_PAYG function returns the average usage details of different resources
70. ame_mssql sql m For Oracle Installation_Directory Database Scripts main verszion oracle db management The script names are of the form script_name_oracle sql Installtion_Directory refers to the complete path of the folder in which vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed version refers to a folder that has version number as the folder name For example v1 5 0 or v2 0 134 VMware Inc Chapter 8 Administration Utilities Generic Scripts vCenter Chargeback Manager provides few generic SQL scripts that let you fetch certain statistical data about the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Prerequisites for Running the Generic SQL Scripts You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database to run these scripts Before running the generic scripts on an SQL Server database you must replace dbName with the name of the vCenter Chargeback Manager database in the SQL scripts About the Generic SQL Scripts Table 8 7 lists the generic SQL scripts provided with vCenter Chargeback Manager Table 8 7 Generic SQL Scripts Script Name Description countActiveConns This script returns the number of active connections to the database countRows This script returns the number of rows in each of the tables in the database dbSize This script return the space occupied by the tables in the database Space Calculation Scripts The space calculation scripts shipped with vCenter Chargeback Manager enable yo
71. ames contain the search string vCenter Chargeback Manager does not load the entire hierarchy when the hierarchy is selected Only when the hierarchy or an entity is expanded the entities in the next level are fetched and displayed in the application The search operation only searches for entities that have been fetched and displayed in the application 58 VMware Inc Chapter 4 Managing Chargeback Hierarchies Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager Entity You can add vCenter Chargeback Manager entities to a chargeback hierarchy to logically group vCenter Server entities in the hierarchy A vCenter Chargeback Manager entity can represent the departments cost centers and business units in an organization To add a vCenter Chargeback Manager entity to a chargeback hierarchy you must have update privilege on the chargeback hierarchy and the parent entity Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the hierarchy or the entity in the hierarchy to which you want to add a vCenter Chargeback Manager entity and selec
72. an be exported to the required format at any time To export an archived report you must have at least read privilege on the report Procedure 1 VMware Inc In the Reports tab click Archived Reports A table listing all the archived reports is displayed Select the report that you want to view Select the output type m To export the report to the rtf format click the Microsoft Word document icon m To export the report to the pdf format click the Adobe PDF icon m To export the report to the csv format click the Microsoft Excel icon The Convert Report Format screen is displayed 115 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Select the Click to download link The application exports the report to the specified format If the report name contains any special characters then such characters are replaced with an underscore _ in the exported report file name If you have chosen to export the report to the rtf format an Opening filename rtf dialog is displayed Note If the temp folder in the Tomcat installation folder is deleted the export to rtf might fail If you have chosen to export the report to the pdf format an Opening filename pdf dialog is displayed If you have chosen to export the report to the csv format an Opening filename csv dialog is displayed You can either chose to open the file with a supported application or save the file on the system Email Archived Report After a report
73. and is applicable for all Org vDCs in the Allocation Pool model The default value is false The Change Data Collector property screen is displayed Modify the property value and click Save What to do next After you modify a property value you must restart the data collector for the change to take effect You can test the connection to the vCloud Director database by clicking the Test VMware Cloud Director database connection link Configure vShield Manager Data Collector If you have installed the vShield Manager Data Collector you must specify the user name and password to access the vShield Manager instances You can set this access information from the Data Collectors page of the Settings tab The vShield Manager Data Collector cannot function if the user name and password for the vShield Manager instances are not set After installing the vShield Manager Data Collector the vShield Manager instances do not appear immediately in vCenter Chargeback Manager You can see these instances in the application only after the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector processes the vShield Manager related events Only users with the Super User role assigned to them can perform this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click Data Collectors 2 Select the vShield Manager tab VMware Inc 27 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 28 Select the property from the vShield Manager common properties section and click Edit You ca
74. ar to the output of a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY database view However in this case the data for only a given hierarchy and for a specific duration is returned Note The CB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYG function assumes that all the virtual machines in vCenter Chargeback Manager under the Pay as You Go model for any hierarchy organization is present under Pay as You Go gt Any_OrgVDC gt vApps Folder gt vApps Running the Guest OS Licensing Script in Oracle You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database to run the guest OS licensing script On running the script two database objects are created a The CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY database view a The CB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYG function The CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY view contains the storage allocation details for all the virtual machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager The CB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYG function returns the storage allocation details for all the virtual machines in the Pay As You Go model for a given hierarchy hierarchy_name and for the specified time period start_time end_time Table 8 3 lists the details of the columns in the CB_LVIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY database view The CB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYG function returns values similar to the output of a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY database view However in this case the data for only a given
75. argeback Manager User s Guide m Create a Fixed Cost on page 78 You must create the fixed costs that you want to charge on the entities and hierarchies These costs can include periodically charged costs and one time costs m Modify a Fixed Cost on page 79 You can modify the fixed costs as and when required m Delete a Fixed Cost on page 80 You can delete invalid or unwanted fixed costs from the application Create a Fixed Cost You must create the fixed costs that you want to charge on the entities and hierarchies These costs can include periodically charged costs and one time costs When defining fixed costs you can specify whether the cost must be prorated Prorated fixed costs are considered only for the time for which they are applied on the entity For example you define a fixed cost that must be charged on a monthly basis and assign this cost on an entity on the fifteenth day of the month At the end of the month when you generate a report on this entity or any of its parent entity the cost for only the second half of the month would be accounted for Also if an entity is moved within the hierarchy after a prorated fixed cost is applied to it then the rolled up fixed cost on the new and old parent entities is accounted for only the duration for which the child entity was in the branch of the parent entities You must have create privilege for the fixed cost resource type on vCenter Chargeback Manager to perform this tas
76. ase through a data collector The data collector communicates with the vCenter Server Database using JDBC 8 VMware Inc Chapter 1 Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager When you install vCenter Chargeback Manager a load balancer and a data collector is also installed and run on the same machine Although the vCenter Chargeback Manager database can also be installed on the same machine in a real world scenario you would install the application and the database on separate machines vCenter Chargeback Manager retrieves the virtual infrastructure inventory and the resource usage information for each virtual machine from the vCenter Server database through the data collector The data collector replicates this information in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database vCenter Chargeback Manager uses this information from the vCenter Chargeback Manager database along with the cost model and chargeback cost calculation formulas to generate the cost reports A single data collector instance can communicate with multiple vCenter Server instances and vCenter Server databases and replicate the relevant information in a vCenter Chargeback Manager database vCenter Chargeback Manager also lets you create a cluster of vCenter Chargeback Manager instances that share a single load balancer Each user request is routed through the load balancer The load balancer forwards the request to a vCenter Chargeback Manager instance in the cluster while ensuring sessio
77. assigned to him on vCenter Chargeback Manager or on the resource defined in the application to enable him to perform some actions in the application When you create a user no roles or permissions are assigned to it by default You can assign the Super User role or the Administrator role when creating the user Alternately you can assign a role to the user after creating the user You can assign only a single role to a user on vCenter Chargeback Manager If the user already has a role assigned to it the same is removed and the new role is set on the user Only a user with the Super User role can assign the Super User role or the Administrator role to a user on vCenter Chargeback Manager You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task Note If you assign a role to an LDAP group for a resource then the LDAP users belonging to the LDAP group will be assigned the same role on the resources However the LDAP user cannot perform any action on the resources if the LDAP group does not have at least read privileges on the various resource types at the vCenter Chargeback Manager level Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab click Permissions A page listing the users their type whether the user has the Super User role or the Administrator role and if the user is a vCenter Server user then the vCenter Server name or if the user is an LDAP user or group then the IP address of the LDAP server is displayed The p
78. at uses VMware vSphere typically involves VMware professional services work or use of partner solutions These solutions are built using custom methods for VMware vSphere resource data collection and chargeback cost calculation for organizations vCenter Chargeback Manager is an end to end cost reporting solution for virtual environments that use VMware vSphere This Web based application interacts with the vCenter Server Database to retrieve usage information calculates the cost by using the defined chargeback formulas and generates cost and usage reports Figure 1 1 shows how vCenter Chargeback Manager interacts with various components of a virtual environment using VMware vSphere Figure 1 1 vCenter Chargeback Manager in a Virtual Environment ESXi ESXi ESXi host01 host02 host03 vCenter Server vCenter Server database Data Collector VIM API vCenter Chargeback vCenter Manager Chargeback Manager database Load Balancer vCenter Chargeback Manager UI vCenter Chargeback Manager runs on an Apache Tomcat server instance Users interact with vCenter Chargeback Manager through a load balancer Apache HTTP Server vCenter Chargeback Manager connects to the vCenter Chargeback Manager database that stores application specific information such as the defined chargeback hierarchies cost models users roles and so on The application interacts with the vCenter Server using VIM APIs and with the vCenter Server datab
79. ata Collector vCenter Chargeback Manager provides few more cost models m VMware Cloud Director Actual Usage Cost Model E Mware Cloud Director Allocation Pool Cost Model Mware Cloud Director Overage Allocation Pool Cost Model Mware Cloud Director Pay As You Go Fixed Charging Cost Model m Mware Cloud Director Pay As You Go Resource Based Charging Cost Model V V m VMware Cloud Director Reservation Pool V V V E Mware Cloud Director Networks Cost Model Note These cost models do not define any base rates or fixed costs You must modify the cost models and set the required base rates and fixed costs before using them for generating reports If you define and include fixed costs in these cost models ensure that you modify the corresponding billing policies and select the Add Include Fixed Cost option m Create a Cost Model on page 74 You can create multiple cost models in vCenter Chargeback Manager Defining multiple cost models enables you to charge different sets of entities or hierarchies differently It also enables you to compare the costs calculated using different cost models for a hierarchy or a set of entities m Modify a Cost Model on page 76 After a cost model is created you can modify it as and when required VMware Inc 73 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Delete a Cost Model on page 77 You can remove invalid or unwanted cost models from the application However you cannot delete th
80. back Manager to send the generated and archived reports through email You must have the Super User role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click General 2 Click Add in the Email Setting section The Manage Email Server screen is displayed 3 Provide information about the SMTP server that the application uses to send emails Option Description Server HostName Static IP address of the SMTP server If the sever does not have a static IP address ensure that you provide the FQDN Server Port Port number on which the SMTP server is listening for requests Email Address Email address that the application must use to send emails Authentication Type Type of authentication to be used to access the SMTP server The default is Anonymous User Name User name to be used for authentication if authentication type is Require Login Password Password for the user name provided above Maximum Attachment Size KB The maximum permissible file size for email attachments The size specified is in KB 4 Click Add The email address provided is displayed in the Email Setting section Edit the SMTP Server Setting After configuring the SMTP server setting you can change it any time provided you have the required privileges For instance if the SMTP user account password is changed on the SMTP server you must also reflect this change in vCenter Chargeback Manager You must have the Super User role to perf
81. ble computing resources for calculating the total cost The total memory units to be charged is calculated in the same way as specified for the Maximum of Usage and Reservation billing policy 71 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 72 vCPU Count and Memory Size Fixed Cost and vCPU Count and Memory Size This policy takes into account the number of virtual CPUs the total amount of memory allocated to the virtual machines and the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the fixed costs associated with the entity the number of virtual CPUs and the total amount of memory allocated to the virtual machines and the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources for calculating the total cost If you install the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector then the following billing policies are also available VMware Cloud Director Billing Policy Actual Usage VMware Cloud Director Billing Policy Allocation Pool VMware Cloud Director Billing Policy Overage Allocation Pool VMware Cloud Director Billing Policy Reservation Pool VMware Cloud Director Billing Policy Pay As You Go Fixed Charging VMware Cloud Director Billing Policy Pay As You Go Resource Based Charging VMware Cloud Director Billing Policy Networks This policy takes in to account the user defined allocation units for count of networks enabled IP
82. ce The weightage is a percentage value that is used to identify the resource cost for each entity Note If you have defined allocation on both the parent and child entity and you generate a showback report using the As per allocation distribution policy then the total cost is distributed only till the parent entity for the time period for which allocation is set on both the parent and the child entity The cost is not distributed to the child entities of the parent entity for the overlapping time period You can also specify fixed cost per entity The fixed cost is deleted from the entity cost and the cost for each resource is recalculated using the differential cost You must have create privilege on the report resource type and at least the read privilege on the hierarchy chargeback hierarchical entity and cost models to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Reports tab click Create Reports 2 Select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed You can expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities of the hierarchy is displayed To further expand click the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the hierarchy or entity on which you want to generate the report and select Generate Showback Report from the pop up menu The Create Repo
83. chived Reports A table listing all the archived reports is displayed 2 Select the archived report that you want to delete 3 Click the delete icon a red cross above the table A dialog box confirming the action is displayed 4 Click OK The archived report is permanently deleted from the application Advanced Search for Archived Reports You can search for specific archived reports by using the advanced search feature of vCenter Chargeback Manager You can only search for archived reports on which you have read permission Procedure 1 Click Advanced on the Archived Reports page of the Reports tab The Advanced Search screen is displayed 2 Provide the required search parameters Parameter Name of Report Description Name or part of the name of the report You can either search for reports that have the specified name or the ones that do not have the specified name Hierarchy name Name of a chargeback hierarchy You can search for all the reports that are generated on a hierarchy or any of its entities by specifying the name of the hierarchy You can also search for reports that are not generated on a specified hierarchy or any of its entities Created by user You can search for reports created and archived by a specific user or the ones that are not created by the specified user Cost Model You can search for reports that are generated by using the specified cost model or the ones that ar
84. ck Hierarchy on page 58 Synchronize a Chargeback Hierarchy with a vCenter Server You can create a chargeback hierarchy and synchronize it with a vCenter Server This chargeback hierarchy will be same as the vCenter Server hierarchy To perform this task you must have a role with the create privilege for the hierarchy resource type assigned to you on vCenter Chargeback Manager You must also have a read privilege on the vCenter Server Prerequisites Ensure that the vCenter Server is added to vCenter Chargeback Manager To know more about how to add a vCenter Server to the application refer to Add vCenter Server Information on page 17 The vCenter Server should be running to complete the hierarchy creation Procedure 1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab click Create Hierarchy The Create Hierarchy screen is displayed 2 Enter a name and description for the hierarchy The name must not exceed 255 characters and the description must not exceed 512 characters in length 3 Select Synchronize with vCenter Server 4 Select the required vCenter Server and the vCenter Server hierarchy view to be used for creating the chargeback hierarchy The application lists only those vCenter Server machines that are added to the application and on which you have the read privilege You can add the entities from the vCenter Server hierarchy in the Hosts and Cluster view or the VMs and Templates view 5 Click Create A chargeback hierarchy similar
85. con a cross sign above the report The selected entity and its child entities are removed from the report You can add the entities back to the report by clicking the Undo Delete icon However the undo delete operation is available only for the last delete operation performed 3 To choose the columns to be displayed in the report click the Display Columns icon select the required columns and click Done 4 Tochoose the graphs to be displayed in the report click the Display Graph icon select the required graphs and click Done 5 To rearrange the columns in the displayed report select the column head and drag the mouse cursor to the left or right as required Release the mouse button to move the column to the new location What to do next To save the modified report click the Save Report icon above the report The modified report is archived and can be accessed from the Archived Reports page of the Reports tab Configure vCenter Chargeback Manager to Correctly Display the Characters in the Exported Report If you are using vCenter Chargeback Manager on a localized operating system or if the generated report contains extended ASCII or Unicode characters these characters might not be displayed correctly when the report is exported or emailed To ensure that the extended ASCII characters and Unicode characters in the exported or emailed report are displayed correctly you must use the appropriate font files and modify specific files
86. contains the guest OS details and the corresponding memory vCPU and power state details for all the virtual machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager The CB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_PAYG function returns the guest OS details and the corresponding memory vCPU and power state details for all the virtual machines in the Pay As You Go model for a given hierarchy hierarchy_name and for the specified time period start_time end_time Table 8 1 lists the details of the columns in the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY database view The CB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_PAYG function returns values similar to the output of a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY database view However in this case the data for only a given hierarchy and for a specific duration is returned VMware Inc 129 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 130 For example SELECT from TABLECCB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_PAYGC Test Hierarchy to_timestamp 20110114 00 00 00 YYYYMMDD HH24 MI SS to_timestamp 20110714 23 59 59 YYYYMMDD HH24 MI SS Note The CB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_PAYG function is created based on the assumption that all the virtual machines in vCenter Chargeback Manager under the Pay as You Go model for any hierarchy organization is present under Pay as You Go gt Any_OrgVDC gt vApps Folder gt vApps Storage Allocation Script The storage allocation script helps you identify the storage allocation details for the virtual
87. cost configuration is set The cost configuration details are set on the entity for the selected duration and cost model What to do next You must repeat this procedure for each cost model that you want to configure on the entity Physical Infrastructure Costing In vCenter Chargeback Manager you can define rate factors also at the host and cluster level and the datastore level You can do this from the Edit Infrastructure Cost page of the Configure Cost tab When you generate a report on a chargeback hierarchical entity or a chargeback hierarchy vCenter Chargeback Manager checks whether any entity specific cost configuration is set on the entity or the entities in the hierarchy for the selected cost model If the entity specific cost configuration details are specified vCenter Chargeback Manager uses these details and generates the report If no entity specific cost configuration details are available for the selected cost model vCenter Chargeback Manager checks whether any rate factors are set at the host and cluster level and the datastore level for the virtual machines on which reports are being generated If rate factors are set at these levels for the selected cost model then vCenter Chargeback Manager uses the rate factors when calculating the costs and generating the report Set Rate Factors at the Hosts and Clusters Level vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you set rate factors at the hosts and clusters level You can charge all t
88. costs for the selected resources in the report You must also select the type of resource summary to be reported The resource summary can either be Complete default or Basic A basic summary includes the resource cost summary for the selected entity and its immediate child in the report A complete summary provides the resource cost summary for the selected entity and all its child entities up to the leaf node 6 Select the computing resources whose usage and cost details have to included in the report 7 Select Include cost summary in report to include the summary of costs in the report The cost summary can be either Complete default or Basic 8 Click Next 9 On the Details page select the fixed cost details usage related details and other information to be displayed in the report and click Next Option Description Show these details in report Select this option if you want to include information about the selected cost model or the entity attributes or information messages in the Cost Details section of the report The selected information is displayed in the report for the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback hierarchy Show these columns in the usage Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report You must also details table select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in the report Show fixed cost in report Select this option to include the
89. created by the administrator or super user who created them For example consider the following scenario We have a super user S1 two administrators A1 and A2 and six users U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 and U6 The super user S1 has created the two administrators and the user U1 The administrator A1 has created the users U2 and U3 The administrator A2 has created the user U4 U5 and U6 Now S1 can access all the users A1 can see S1 and has complete access on U2 and U3 A1 cannot see or access any other user Similarly A2 can see S1 and has complete access on U4 U5 and U6 A2 cannot see or access any other user The user U1 cansee only S1 This user cannot see the administrators and the users created by the administrators The users U2 and U3 can see S1 A1 and each other They cannot see the users U1 U4 U5 and U6 and the administrator A2 Similarly the users U4 U5 and U6 can see S1 A2 and each other They cannot see the users U1 U2 and U3 and the administrator A1 Also a user other than an administrator or super user can access only the resources on which he has been given access and the resources created by him If the user is an LDAP user and has no roles assigned to him then the role assigned to the LDAP group to which he belongs is considered VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions Creating Users You can create multiple users and groups in vCenter Chargeback Manager as per your
90. cters Delete User You can remove invalid or unused users from the application However you cannot delete the user that is created during installation You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task If you have the Administrator role then you can delete only the users that you have created Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab click Users A table listing all the users created in the application is displayed 2 Select the user that you want to delete and click Delete m Ifthe selected user has the Administrator or Super User role and has created other users in the application the Delete User screen is displayed You can reassign the users created by the selected user to another administrator or super user Select the administrator or super user to whom the users have to be reassigned m Ifthe users does not have the Administrator or Super User role or has not created any users in the application then a dialog confirming the deletion is displayed 3 Click OK The user is deleted from the application The resources created by this user are assigned to the administrator or super user who created the user 48 VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions Assign a Role to a User on vCenter Chargeback Manager The role assigned to the user on vCenter Chargeback Manager defines the actions that the user can perform in the application A user must have a role
91. ction and clicking Search The application searches all the Unique Name samAccountName in Windows Active Directory and Common Name values in the Windows Active Directory and return all the users that match the search string 6 Select the required option from the Role section The default is not to assign any role You can alternately assign the Administrator role to the user on vCenter Chargeback Manager An LDAP user cannot be assigned the Super User role 7 Click Add The newly added LDAP users are added to the table displaying the users and groups added to the application on the Users page VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions What to do next The role assigned to the user defines the permission that the user has in the application You must however assign roles to the user on the individual resources for him to access those resources Create an LDAP Group Like LDAP users you can also add LDAP groups to vCenter Chargeback Manager You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task Norte Only a user with the Super User role can assign a role when creating a user Prerequisites Before you add an LDAP group ensure that the LDAP server is configured in the application If no LDAP Server is configured in vCenter Chargeback Manager an error message stating the same is displayed when adding an LDAP group Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab
92. d for cost calculation The policy also takes in to account the fixed costs set on the entities This billing policy is set in the VMware Cloud Director Pay As You Go Fixed Charging Cost Model This policy takes in to account the user defined allocation units for virtual CPUs and memory only if the virtual machine is powered on It also 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 is considered for cost calculation This billing policy is set in the VMware Cloud Director Pay As You Go Resource Based Charging Cost Model 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 Networks Cost Model vCenter Chargeback Manager also lets you define your own billing policies To know more about creating custom billing policies see Create a Billing Policy on page 82 VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements Cost Model A cost model defines base rates for the chargeable computing resources the currency the billing policy to be used for calculating the total cost and other costs The other costs include cost for the guest operating system
93. d on the Dependent Resource Update Role Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify VMware vCenter No No No No No Server Data Collector No No No No No LDAP Server No No No No No SMTP Server No No No No No Chargeback No No No No No Hierarchy Chargeback No No No No No Hierarchical Entity Attribute No No No No No Tier No No No No No Cost Model No No No No No Cost Template No No No No No Fixed Cost Yes Yes Yes No No VMware Inc 41 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 42 Table 3 8 Permissions Defined on the Dependent Resource Update Role Continued Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify Report No Yes Yes No No Schedule No Yes Yes No No Role No No No No No Billing Policy No Yes Yes No No Automatic Report No No No No No Scheduler Dependent Resource Read Role Table 3 9 lists the permissions defined in the Dependent Resource Read role for each of the resource type vCenter Chargeback Manager assigns this role to the user on the dependent resources For more information Assign a Role to a User for a Resource on page 50 Table 3 9 Permissions Defined on the Dependent Resource Read Role Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify VMware vCenter No No No No No Server Data Collector No No No No No LDAP Server No No No No No SMTP Serve
94. data that is no longer required The stored procedure purges data in the database in batches of 50 000 rows You can also manually run this stored procedure This procedure must be called multiple times till it returns the value 1 indicating that the roll up is complete 136 VMware Inc Index A application activate 11 authenticate in to 52 configure log level 13 configuring generic settings 12 configuring settings 11 managing users roles and permissions 35 permissions defined in 36 resource based authorization 35 archived reports delete 116 email 116 manage 115 search 117 view 115 attributes add 32 assign 62 delete 32 manage 31 modify 32 automatic report scheduler create 118 delete 120 managing 118 modify 119 B base rate 68 base rate calculator 75 billing policy create 82 delete 85 managing 82 modify 84 Cc chargeable computing resource 68 chargeback definition 7 non virtual environment 7 virtual environment 7 chargeback hierarchical entity allocating computing resource units 63 VMware Inc chargeback hierarchy about 55 add vCenter Chargeback Manager entity to 59 add vCenter Server entity to 59 allocating computing resource units for a entity 63 assign attributes 62 backdate 65 create custom hierarchy 55 creating 55 CSV file format 57 delete entity from 61 delete hierarchy 61 import from CSV file 56 managing 55 58 move entities 62 rename entity 60 sharing v
95. deleted from the table displayed on the page VMware Inc Generating Reports After creating and configuring chargeback hierarchies and defining cost models you can generate various cost reports usage reports cost comparison reports and showback reports The reports provide you with valuable information such as the usage of resources the charge to levied on each entity and the total cost This chapter includes the following topics About Reports on page 95 Generate a Cost Report on page 98 Generate a Usage Report on page 100 Generate Cost Comparison Report on page 101 Generate Showback Report on page 103 Scheduling Report Generation on page 105 Managing Reports on page 111 Managing Archived Reports on page 115 Managing Automatic Report Scheduler on page 118 Report Dashboard on page 120 About Reports vCenter Chargeback Manager enables you to generate cost reports usage reports cost comparison reports and showback reports for a chargeback hierarchy and for entities in the hierarchy Cost Report A cost report provides the cost and utilization information for each computing VMware Inc resource for the hierarchy or entity on which the report is generated based on the cost configured in the hierarchy and the cost model selected during report generation An exported chargeback cost report includes various sections Report This section appear immediat
96. displayed 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the entity to which you want to assign attributes and select Manage Attributes from the pop up menu The Assign Attributes screen is displayed The screen lists the attributes in the application including the ones imported from the vCenter Servers and the corresponding values assigned to them on the entity if any You cannot modify the values assigned on a vCenter Server entity 4 Enter or update the values for the attributes that you want to assign to the entity You can overwrite the values of only the attributes created in vCenter Chargeback Manager 5 Click Apply The attributes with their values are assigned to the entity and can be included in the chargeback report The attribute value assigned to an entity does not get propagated to the child entities You must individually set the value for the attributes on each of the entities Move Entities Within a Hierarchy You can move the entities within a chargeback hierarchy This is particularly useful if you want to rearrange the entities within a chargeback hierarchy You cannot however rearrange the entities that are under a vCenter Server entity You must have the update privilege on the hie
97. displayed in the table Enable Data Collector If a data collector registered with the application is disabled you can enable it from the application Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickData Collectors A table listing all the data collectors registered with the application is displayed 2 Select the data collector that you want to enable 3 Click Enable Disable Data Collector When a data collector is installed it is registered with the application and is enabled by default If you do not want to use a data collector you can disable it from the application IMPORTANT If only a single data collector is running do not disable it If disabled the synchronization jobs will not run and the data in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database will not be in sync with the data in the vCenter Server databases Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickData Collectors A table listing all the data collectors registered with the application is displayed 2 Select the data collector that you want to disable 3 Click Disable The jobs assigned to the selected data collector are unassigned from it and the data collector is disabled VMware Inc 25 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 26 Delete Data Collector A data collector registered with the application can be removed or deleted IMPORTANT If only a single data collector is running do not delete it If deleted the synchronization jobs will not run and the data
98. e Default Chargeback Cost Model and Default Allocation Based Chargeback Cost Model Create a Cost Model You can create multiple cost models in vCenter Chargeback Manager Defining multiple cost models enables you to charge different sets of entities or hierarchies differently It also enables you to compare the costs calculated using different cost models for a hierarchy or a set of entities You must have create privilege for the cost model resource type on vCenter Chargeback Manager to perform this task Procedure 1 74 In the Manage Cost tab click Cost Models A table listing all the cost models created in the application is displayed Click Create The Cost Model screen is displayed Provide a name description for the cost model and set the currency type in the General tab Option Description Name Name for the cost model This is mandatory information The character limit for the cost model name is 255 characters Description An optional description of the cost model The character limit for the description is 512 characters Currency The currency type used for defining the base rates and special costs in the cost model In the Billing Policy tab set the period for which the billing policy will be effective The default selection is Update from now onwards indicating the billing policy will be effective from the time of creation of the cost model till it is changed at a future date The other option is Upda
99. e a Role on page 43 You can delete any of the existing custom roles in the application The system defined roles cannot be deleted 37 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 38 Predefined Roles in vCenter Chargeback Manager vCenter Chargeback Manager provides various predefined roles that can be assigned to the application users The predefined roles are Super User Administrator Hierarchy Manager Report Generator vCenter Guest User No Access Dependent Resource Update and Dependent Resource Read These roles have a set of permissions on the various resource types defined in them Super User Role Table 3 3 lists the permissions defined in the Super User role for each of the resource type Table 3 3 Permissions Defined on the Super User Role Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify VMware vCenter Yes Yes Yes Yes No Server Data Collector Yes Yes Yes Yes No LDAP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No SMTP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes No Hierarchy Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hierarchical Entity Attribute Yes Yes Yes Yes No Tier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cost Model Yes Yes Yes Yes No Cost Template Yes Yes Yes Yes No Fixed Cost Yes Yes Yes Yes No Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Schedule Yes Yes Yes Yes No Role Yes Yes Yes Yes No Billing Policy Yes Yes Yes Yes No Automatic Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Scheduler Administrator Role Table
100. e automatic report schedulers defined or created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on an automatic report scheduler to access it and the corresponding schedules Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager 36 vCenter Chargeback Manager provides five different permissions create read update delete and entity cost modify which can be set on a role for the different resource types Table 3 2 shows the permissions that can be set for the resource types defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager Table 3 2 Permissions Applicable for Each Resource Type Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify VMware vCenter Yes Yes Yes Yes No Server Data Collector Yes Yes Yes Yes No LDAP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No SMTP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes No Hierarchy Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hierarchical Entity Attribute Yes Yes Yes Yes No VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions Table 3 2 Permissions Applicable for Each Resource Type Continued Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify Tier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cost Model Yes Yes Yes Yes No Cost Template Yes Yes Yes Yes No Fixed Cost Yes Yes Yes Yes No Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Schedule Yes Yes Yes Yes No Role Yes Yes Yes Yes No Billing Policy Yes Yes Yes Yes No Automatic Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No
101. e fixed costs by selecting or deselecting the Add Include Fixed Cost option 5 Click Save 84 VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements Delete a Billing Policy You can delete custom billing policies if they are no longer required You must have delete privilege on the billing policy to perform this task Norte The system defined billing policies cannot be deleted Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Cost tab click Billing Policy A table listing all the billing policies created in the application is displayed 2 Select the required billing policy from the table and click Delete 3 Click OK to confirm the delete operation Configuring Cost at the Entity Level The base rates defined in a cost model are global values and can be applied uniformly to the entities and hierarchies for which you generate a report In a real world scenario however you might want to charge each entity or a set of entities differently That is the resource usage costs for one virtual machine might differ from that for the other This can be achieved only if the costs for each entity or a set of entities in the hierarchy are configured separately You might also want charge specific fixed costs for some of the entities View Cost Configuration of an Entity You can view entity specific cost configuration details in the Configure Cost tab You must have read privilege on the hierarchy chargeback hierarchical entiti
102. e not generated by using the specified cost model Entity Name You can search for reports that are generated on the specified entity or the ones that are not generated on the specified entity Number of entities The number of entities for which the report is generated This is a value range The search result includes reports that have total number of entities in the specified range Total cost in report The value of total cost in the archived reports This is a value range The search result includes reports that have total cost in the specified range 3 Specify the filters to sort the search results You can specify two filter levels The results can be sorted based on the report name hierarchy name entity name or page count 4 Click Search The reports that match the criteria specified by using the search parameters are displayed in the table on the Archived Reports page of the Reports tab VMware Inc 117 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Managing Automatic Report Scheduler An automatic report scheduler creates report schedules for hierarchies and entities that match the criteria specified in the automatic report scheduler The automatic report scheduler scans all the vCenter Chargeback Manager hierarchies and creates report schedules for the hierarchies and entities that match the specified criteria The scheduler runs every 30 minutes The scheduler creates report schedule only for the
103. e on the entity if any further changes are made to the entity or to the chargeback hierarchy If you add multiple entities at the same time you can revert the add operation for only one of the entities To revert the add operation for an entity right click the required entity and select Revert this add operation Rename a Chargeback Hierarchy or a Chargeback Entity You can edit the names of chargeback hierarchies and the vCenter Chargeback Manager entities in them To perform this task you must have update privilege on the hierarchy and the chargeback hierarchical entity 60 VMware Inc Chapter 4 Managing Chargeback Hierarchies Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the entity and select Edit label from the pop up menu 4 Provide anew name for the entity and click outside the entity name text box The character limit for the hierarchy and entity names is 255 characters The hierarchy and entity names are not case sensitive Delete an Entity from the Hierarchy You can delete the vCenter Server en
104. e page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed You can expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities of the hierarchy is displayed To further expand click the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the hierarchy or entity on which you want to generate the report and select Generate Comparison Report from the pop up menu The Create Report screen is displayed 4 Provide the requested report details and click Next Option Description Name Enter a meaningful name for the report The character limit for the report name is 255 characters Description Provide an optional description of the report The character limit for the report description is 512 characters User Name Optional Enter the name of the user to whom the report is addressed to The report is not automatically emailed to this user VMware Inc 101 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 10 11 12 102 Option Description Report Duration Select the Generate this report now option default and specify the effective time period for generating the report by providing the start date and end date for the reporting duration This reporting duration is the time period for which the usage stats of computing resources will be retrieved and used for calculating the costs The entity specific cost configuration details such as rate factors
105. e server when the report is generated vCenter Chargeback Manager does not account for the time on the client machine Recurrence Pattern This defines how often the report has to be generated vCenter Chargeback VMware Inc Manager provides various options to define the recurrence pattern m Daily A report is generated daily The report is generated for the previous day The resource utilization and cost details are computed as per the billing policy set in the cost model m Weekly This option lets you select a seven day reporting period as well as the day on which the report has to be generated The reporting period considered is always the one that occurred before the reporting day For example if the reporting period is set to Sunday Saturday and the report generation day as Thursday the report generated every Thursday is for the period Sunday through Saturday of the earlier week 105 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Monthly In this case the reporting period is one month You can select the date of the month starting from which the billing has to be done You can also define a schedule policy that defines when the report has to be generated For example suppose you want to generate a report on the 5th of each month for the period from the 2nd of the previous month through the 1st of the current month In this case you can specify the start billing date for the month as 2 and the report generation day as 5 which i
106. e summary of costs in the report The cost summary can be either Complete default or Basic Click Next On the Details page select the fixed cost details usage related details and other information to be displayed in the report and click Next Option Description Show these details in report Select this option if you want to include information about the selected cost model or the entity attributes or information messages in the Cost Details section of the report The selected information is displayed in the report for the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback hierarchy Show these columns in the usage Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report You must also details table select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in the report Show fixed cost in report Select this option to include the details of the fixed costs in the report If you select this option you must also select the fixed cost details to be included in the report Optional On the Attributes page select Filter the report based on attributes to define attribute filters You must specify an attribute name value pair Specifying attribute filters lets you generate report for only the entities on which the attribute name value pair is set Also the report is generated on the entities only for the time period with in the reporting duration for which the attribute name value
107. e the format IP address host name TNS listener port For example 123 123 123 123 1521 For Microsoft SQL Server this URL can be in the following formats IP address host name database instance name or IP address host name For example 123 123 123 123 chargeback_db You can also specify a well formed JDBC URL that starts with jdbc and contains the database name If the vCenter Server database is on an Oracle RAC environment then you must provide a JOBC URL for the database Database Name Name of the vCenter Server database For example vim_vcdb which is the default name given by vCenter Server If you are using Oracle Database then the database name can be either the service name or SID If you are providing the service name ensure that you prefix the service name with a forward slash For example service_name Database Type The database type can be either SOL Server default or Oracle Authentication Type This option is available only if you have set the Database Type to SQL Server You can set the Authentication Type to Credential Based Authentication or Windows Authentication Credential Based Authentication lets you access the database using SQL Server authentication If you select Credential Based Authentication you must provide the database user name and password to access the database Windows Authentication lets you access the database using a Windows user account that can authenticate in to
108. e view to obtain the necessary information Table 8 4 shows the sample output for a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY view VMware Inc Chapter 8 Administration Utilities Table 8 4 Sample Output for a SELECT Query on the CB_VIEW_STORAGEALLOC_INVENTORY View VM_NAM VM_MOI VC_SERVER_U RESOURCE RESOURCE_ E D UID _TYPE VALUE START_TIME END_TIME vm01 vm 1044 7BF5FFD5 Storage 80 28 AUG 11 30 NOV 99 11 59 59 F56C 4205 808D 07 12 56 PM PM 329BB92636F0 vm02 vm 4417 7BF5FFD5 Storage 80 30 AUG 11 30 NOV 99 11 59 59 F56C 4205 808D 10 53 57 AM PM 329BB92636F0 vm03 vm 4418 7BF5FFD5 Storage 80 30 AUG 11 30 NOV 99 11 59 59 F56C 4205 808D 10 54 04 AM PM 329BB92636F0 vm04 vm 1049 7BF5FFD5 Storage 80 30 AUG 11 30 NOV 99 11 59 59 F56C 4205 808D 10 54 38 AM PM 329BB92636F0 The CB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYG function returns the storage allocation details for all the virtual machines in a given hierarchy in the Pay As You Go model You must provide values for the following input parameters when running the function m hierarchy name Name of the hierarchy for which the virtual machine details must be retrieved start time The start time in the format YYYY MM DD hh mm ss ml1s E end time The end time in the format YYYY MM DD hh mm ss ml1s For example SELECT from CB_FN_STORAGE_ALLOC_PAYGC Test Hierarchy 2011 01 14 00 00 00 000 2011 07 14 23 59 59 999 The function returns values simil
109. ect the Distribute Linked Clones option This option is available only if you define an expression for the storage resource Accounting for linked clones is only supported with vCenter Server 4 0 and later To charge thin provisioned disks as thick provisioned select the Charge as Thick Provisioning option This option is available only if you define an expression for the storage resource Charging as thick provisioning is only supported with vCenter Server 4 0 and later Repeat this step for each computing resource You can select All other resources from the Resource drop down menu and define an expression for all the computing resources for which an expression has not been defined in the billing policy Note The billing policy must account for all the computing resources 83 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 6 Optional Select Add Include Fixed Cost to consider the fixed costs during cost calculation 7 Click Create The created billing policy is displayed in the table on the Billing Policy page Example A Sample Billing Policy Expression Let us try to define a billing policy that accounts for the maximum of reservation and usage for CPU and memory only for virtual machines that are powered on maximum of allocation or usage for storage and also consider the linked clones and allocation value for all other resources Table 5 3 lists the resources and the corresponding conditions operators and attributes for definin
110. ected entity screen to return to the Manage Hierarchy tab The defined allocation units for the specified time period is set on the chargeback entity You can set multiple allocation units for different time periods What to do next The allocation units defined for a chargeback entity does not propagate to its child entities You must individually set the allocation units for each chargeback entity in the hierarchy as per your requirements Share Virtual Machine Cost If you have a virtual machine that is shared by multiple departments and want to charge these departments proportionately you must configure the share percentage in the hierarchy The share percentage can be set only on virtual machines that are individually added to the chargeback hierarchy You must have the update privilege on the hierarchy on the virtual machine that is being shared and the parent chargeback hierarchical entities to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the virtual machine whose cost has to be sha
111. ectors registered with vCenter Chargeback Manager Only a super user has all permissions on this resource type A user with the Administrator role has only read permission on this resource type LDAP Server This resource type refers to the LDAP servers configured in vCenter Chargeback Manager An LDAP user by default has read permission on the corresponding LDAP server SMTP Server This resource type refers to the SMTP server configured in vCenter Chargeback Manager Only a super user has all permissions on this resource type Chargeback Hierarchy This resource type refers to the hierarchies created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on a chargeback hierarchy to access the hierarchy VMware Inc 35 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Table 3 1 Resource Types Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager Continued Resource Type Chargeback Hierarchical Description This resource type refers to any entity created or added to a hierarchy in vCenter Chargeback Entity Manager A user must have read permission on the entity and the corresponding hierarchy to access it Attribute This resource type refers to any attribute created or imported in vCenter Chargeback Manager Only users with the Administrator role and Super User role have create permission for this resource type Tier This resource type refers to the storage tiers created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user mu
112. ed a cost template the fixed costs included in the cost template and on which you have read privilege are added to the list of fixed costs to be applied on the selected entity You can add more fixed costs to this list or remove existing fixed costs from the list 9 Optional Check the Propagate option corresponding to an added fixed cost if the cost has to be applied to the child entities of the entity on which the cost template is applied You can also specify whether the cost must be applied to all descendants or only to the immediate child entities You can also select a filter to ensure that the cost is applied to specific entity types When a cost report is generated the fixed costs on the child entities are rolled up to the parent entity 10 Click Update Fixed Costs to set the added fixed costs on the entity When you click Update Fixed Costs only the fixed costs added are set on the entity No other cost configuration is set 11 Select the Enable Disable Billing tab to configure the billing status Option Description Enable default This option enables billing on the entity for the specified time period You can use this option if billing was earlier disabled on the entity for the specified time period Disable Select this option if you want to disable billing on the entity for the specified time period 12 Click Update Billing When you click Update Billing only the defined billing status is set on the entity No other
113. el is added to the table listing the cost models Calculate Base Rate Using Base Rate Calculator vCenter Chargeback Manager provides a base rate calculator that helps you calculate the base rate for CPU memory and storage The computed base rates when charged enable you to recover your hardware cost over a defined period The base rate calculator also helps you identify and calculate the fixed costs to be charged per virtual machine Procedure 1 Click Tools on the top right corner of the page 2 Select Base Rate Calculator from the Tools menu The Base Rate Calculator screen is displayed 3 Click Set Investment 4 Set Recovery Tenure and Currency 5 Inthe Hardware Cost section specify the cost per server the number of servers the CPU and memory VMware Inc capacity the storage cost and the storage capacity 75 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 10 In the Other Cost section specify the other costs incurred These costs can include license costs maintenance cost overheads and so on If the specified cost is applicable for each of the servers individually then select the checkbox next to the cost If the cost is a recurring cost then select the checkbox under the Recurring Cost column corresponding to the specified cost You can add and delete additional costs using the Add and Delete buttons Click Calculate Metrics The calculated costs are displayed in the Suggested Metrics page of the screen Specify the
114. ely below the report title Summary on the first page of the report and includes the information provided in Table 6 1 95 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 96 Chargeback Cost Summary Chargeback Resource Summary Table 6 1 Report Summary Field Description Name Report name provided during report creation Description A short description about the report This information is provided during report creation Bill Date The date on which the report is generated Bill Period The start and end date of the time period for which the report is generated The resource usage details for this time period is considered when generating the report The cost configuration details and applicable fixed costs for this time period are also considered when generating a cost report or cost comparison report Hierarchy The name of hierarchy on which the report is generated If the report is generated for an entity then the name of the hierarchy in which the entity exists is included Chargeback The vCenter Chargeback Manager cost Model models used to compute the costs when generating the report Multiple cost models are displayed for cost comparison reports and for cost reports that were generated on multiple entities using different cost models The cost model names are separated by a semi colon This field is not displayed in a usage report In showback report the distribution policy is displayed instead o
115. emplate that contains these settings and apply the same to the required entities You must have create privilege for the cost template resource type on vCenter Chargeback Manager to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Cost tab click Cost Template A table listing all the cost templates created in the application is displayed 2 Click Create The Cost Template screen is displayed 3 Provide the name description and currency type for the cost template in the General tab Option Description Name A name for the cost template The character limit for the cost template name is 255 characters Description An optional description of the cost template not exceeding 512 characters in length Currency The currency used to define the costs in the cost template 4 Inthe Rate Factors tab set the rate factors for the chargeable computing resources The rate factor value can be between 0 and 999 99 The application rounds off the precision to two decimal places 5 Click the Fixed Costs tab 6 Select the required fixed cost and click Add to the list The fixed cost is added to the list of fixed costs displayed in the List Of fixed costs to be applied to the cost template section Repeat this step for each fixed cost that you want to include in the cost template Note Only the fixed costs having the currency type same as that set on the cost template are displayed and can be added to the cost template 7 Optional C
116. enter Server database are defined using these limits 6 Click Apply The response time limits and the corresponding ranges set on this page are used on the System Health tab to show the health of the different servers and databases Manage Computing Resources You can specify the computing resources that will be available to the users in vCenter Chargeback Manager On the Computing Resources page of the Settings tab you can specify the computing resources that will be available to the users in vCenter Chargeback Manager To know more about the chargeable computing resources defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager see Chargeable Computing Resource on page 68 VMware Inc 33 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Users can perform computing resource related operations such as defining base rates and rate factors and generating reports only for the selected computing resources Specifying which computing resources are available to the users does not effect the data collector jobs The data collector fetches the relevant information for all the computing resources You must have the Super User role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click Computing Resources 2 Select the computing resources that the users can use in vCenter Chargeback Manager 3 Click Apply 34 VMware Inc Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions vCenter Chargeback Manager provides user management features tha
117. entity and its child entities if any are removed from the hierarchy Delete a Chargeback Hierarchy You can remove invalid or unwanted chargeback hierarchies from the application You must have delete privilege on the hierarchy to delete it A CavuTIon You cannot undo a delete hierarchy operation If a hierarchy is deleted all the information associated with the hierarchy is lost VMware Inc 61 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 62 Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed 2 Right click the hierarchy and select Delete this hierarchy from the pop up menu A dialog box confirming the action is displayed 3 Click OK The chargeback hierarchy is deleted permanently from the application Assign Attributes You can assign one or more attributes to the entities in a chargeback hierarchy For example you can create an attribute called Geo_location and then assign it to the required entities and give it a value that indicates their geographical location You must have read privilege on the hierarchy and update privilege on the chargeback hierarchical entity to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is
118. enu e Click Fetch The Top N report for the selected entity is displayed f Select the virtual machine name from the report to view the Cost per Resource graph for the selected virtual machine To view the cost optimization opportunities for a vCenter Operations integrated vCenter Server entity select the Cost Optimization tab The tab displays the various cost optimization opportunities VMware Inc Monitoring System Health The System Health tab acts as a dashboard providing you with information about and status of the entire system Only a user with Super User role has access to this tab The dashboard shows colored status indicators next to the URL for each server and service The significance of the colors is as is described in the table Table 7 1 Table 7 1 Significance of Dashboard Status Indicator Colors Color Significance Green Normal The response time within the acceptable range Yellow Warning The response time is beyond the acceptable range but not too high to be a cause of serious concern Red Alert The response time is too high or the application is not functioning You must take immediate action A very high response time might cause the application to respond slowly or become unresponsive The response time ranges can be defined in the system You can change these settings from the Settings tab To know more about response time settings refer to Manage System Health Thresholds on page 33
119. er with the application then this user is assigned the Hierarchy Manager role on vCenter Chargeback Manager and the vCenter Server resource VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions After registering the application as a plug in when you log in to the vCenter Server through the vSphere Client the application might display a security warning message for installing or ignoring the SSL certificate from the vCenter Chargeback Manager instance You must install this certificate When you access vCenter Chargeback Manager from the vSphere Client plug in you can see only the entities of the vCenter Server on which your user account is created You cannot access any other vCenter Server added to vCenter Chargeback Manager including vCenter Servers that are linked to the vCenter Server on which your user account is created Modifying the Password of a User Account After you log in to the application you can modify the password any time Only Local users can change their password LDAP users and groups must change the password in the Windows Active Directory Procedure 1 Click Tools on the top right corner of the screen 2 Select Change Password The Change Password screen is displayed 3 Enter the existing and new passwords Option Description Old Password The existing password New Password The desired new password The password must contains at least 8 characters and should not exceed 24 cha
120. erarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities of the hierarchy is displayed To further expand click the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities Right click the hierarchy or the entity on which you want to generate the report and select Generate Cost Report from the pop up menu To generate a report for multiple entities press the Ctrl key select each of the required entities and right click and select Generate Cost Report from the pop up menu Do not release the Ctrl key till you right click The Create Report screen is displayed Provide the requested report details and click Next Option Description Name Enter a meaningful name for the report The character limit for the report name is 255 characters Description Provide an optional description of the report The character limit for the report description is 512 characters User Name Optional Enter the name of the user to whom the report is addressed to Report Duration Select Schedule this report Select a cost model Select the cost model to be used for generating the report If you are generating a report for multiple entities you can choose to use different cost models for each entity by selecting the Use different cost models for entities option and then select the required cost models for each entity Ensure that the selected cost models have the same currency type Computation Res
121. erver authentication If you select Credential Based Authentication you must provide the database user name and password to access the database Windows Authentication lets you access the database using a Windows user account that can authenticate in to the SQL Server database If you select Windows Authentication you can provide a domain user name and password to access the vCenter Server database Database Username A database user name to access the vCenter Server database Ensure that this is not the same user that vCenter Server uses to connect to the vCenter Server database If you have selected Windows Authentication then provide a domain user name to access the vCenter Server Database The domain user name must be of the form user Gdomain com or domain user If you do not specify a domain user name then vCenter Chargeback Manager uses the details of the domain user who started the current session of the vCenter Chargeback Manager service to access the vCenter Server Database Database Password Password for the database user name or domain user name entered Register As vSphere Client Plug in Select this option if you would like to register vCenter Chargeback Manager as a plug in to vSphere Client If this option is selected each time you log in to this vCenter Server using the vSphere Client the vCenter Chargeback Manager plug in is displayed on the vSphere Client You can access the vCenter Chargeback Manager from t
122. es and the corresponding cost models to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click View Entity Cost 2 Select a hierarchy from the hierarchies included in the drop down menu The menu includes only the hierarchies on which you have at least the read privilege 3 Expand the hierarchy and select the required entity 4 Enter the time period for which you want to view the entity specific cost configuration details 5 Select the required cost model from the Cost Model drop down menu Only the cost models on which you have the read privilege are displayed in the drop down menu 6 Click Fetch The entity specific cost configuration details for the selected entity and cost model and the specified duration are displayed If the entity is not configured for the specified duration or cost model a message stating the same is displayed on the page VMware Inc 85 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Edit Cost Configuration of an Entity The entity specific cost configuration details can be set from the Configure Cost tab The cost configuration is applied on an entity for the specified cost model and time period These cost configuration details will be considered when a report is generated on the entity using the specified cost model ImporTANT Ensure that you follow the sequence stated in this procedure After you have entered some information reverting to an earlier step in the task might reset the entries on the page
123. es of all the data collector instances along with name of the machine on which they are installed is listed When you move the cursor over the data collector name a tool tip displays the name of the data collector the name of the host on which it is installed and the status of the data collector If a data collector is not responding then the data collector name becomes clickable and links to the Data Collectors page on the Settings tab General Info This section provides information about the number of vCenter Servers added to the application and the number of chargeback hierarchies and entities created It also displays the URL and port details for the SMTP server and the URL of the vCenter Chargeback Manager database This section displays the date and time when the page was last updated When you move the cursor over the SMTP server URL a tool tip displays the URL and status of the server When you move the cursor over the database URL a tool tip displays the URL status and response time of the database vCenter Server The URL of the vCenter Server databases for each vCenter Server added to the application is Databases listed In the case of a cluster installation the URL of the databases of all the vCenter Server instances added to any of the vCenter Chargeback Manager instance in the cluster is listed When you move the cursor over the database URL a tool tip displays the URL name of the database the display name of the correspond
124. f the cost model Report To whom the report is addressed to This Addressed value is entered when generating the To report Total The total rolled up cost for the entity or Charges hierarchy on which the report is generated This field is displayed only in cost reports and showback reports This section specifies the total cost for the entity and all its child entities The total cost for an entity is the rolled up cost That is the costs of all the child entities are considered while calculating the cost of the parent entity This section is not included in a usage report This section provides cost for each chargeable computing resource the fixed costs and the total cost for the entity and its immediate child entities These details are displayed for each entity levels starting from the entity on which the report is generated to the leaf entities that is entities without any child entity The costs displayed in the report for each entity and for each resource are the rolled up costs at that entity level This section also displays the actual resource VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports utilization details at each entity level In a cost report this section also includes the following graphs for each entity level starting with the entity on which the report is generated m Cost per Resource m Cost per Child Entity m Usage per Child Entity If the cost and usage data is not available for a specified peri
125. figuring Generic Settings 12 Managing LDAP Servers 15 Managing vCenter Servers 17 Managing Data Collectors 22 Managing the Application License 29 Manage Report View 30 Managing Attributes 31 Manage System Health Thresholds 33 Manage Computing Resources 33 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions 35 Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager 35 Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager 36 Managing Roles 37 Managing Users 44 vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication 52 4 Managing Chargeback Hierarchies 55 Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy 55 Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy 58 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements 67 vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Related Elements 67 Managing Cost Models 73 Managing Fixed Costs 77 Managing Cost Templates 80 Managing Billing Policies 82 Configuring Cost at the Entity Level 85 Physical Infrastructure Costing 87 Configuring a Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines 91 VMware Inc vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 6 Generating Reports 95 About Reports 95 Generate a Cost Report 98 Generate a Usage Report 100 Generate Cost Comparison Report 101 Generate Showback Report 103 Scheduling Report Generation 105 Managing Reports 111 Managing Archived Reports 115 Managing Automatic Report Scheduler 118 Report Dashboard 120 7 Monitoring System Health 123 vCenter Chargeback Manager Events 124 8 Administration Uti
126. from the time of setting them on the entity till they are modified If you want to set the rate factors for a specific duration select Update for the effective period and specify the start and end date of the time period The dates have to be entered in the mm dd yyyy format If the end time is not specified the rate factors will be effective till they are modified at a future date You can view the existing rate factors for the specified time period by clicking Get Rate Factors 8 Optional Click Show next to Historical values to view the historical base rate and rate factor values of all the computing resources for the specified time period 9 Specify the rate factors for the required computing resources and click Update Rate Factors 10 Click OK in the information dialog box Managing Datastore Tiers vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you define rate factors for individual datastores You can also create tiers add datastores to the tiers and set rate factors at the tier level Setting rate factors at the tier level enables you to apply the same rate factor to multiple datastores The rate factors set at the datastore level can be overridden by the rate factors set at the entity level in the chargeback hierarchy You can also define rate factors for VM storage profiles defined in the vCenter Server The rate factor configured on a storage profile is applied to all the datastores that match the storage profile When the storage cost is calc
127. g this billing policy expression Table 5 3 Sample Billing Policy Expression Distributed Linked Resource VM Power On Off MAX Operator Attribute s Clones CPU Yes Yes reservation usage N A Memory Yes Yes reservation usage N A Storage No Yes allocation usage Yes All other resources No No allocation N A In this billing policy if you want to account for the fixed costs then you must select the Add Include Fixed Cost option Edit a Billing Policy You can modify the custom billing policies at any time You must have update privilege on the billing policy to perform this task However you cannot modify the system defined billing policies that are listed in Billing Policy on page 70 Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Cost tab click Billing Policy A table listing all the billing policies created in the application is displayed 2 Select the required billing policy from the table and click Edit The Billing Policy screen is displayed 3 Optional Modify the name and description on the General tab 4 Select the Expression tab and modify the required expressions a To modify only the expression for a resource select the resource click Clear selected expression and define the new expression b Ifyou want to delete a resource from the list of resources and corresponding expression select the resource from the list and click Delete row You can delete all the resources by clicking Delete All c You can include or exclud
128. ge of the Reports tab 110 VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports Managing Reports After you generate a report the report is displayed in the application You can remove rows and columns form the displayed report and also rearrange the columns in the report You can also archive schedule email and export the report m Modifying the Report in the Interactive Report View on page 111 After a report is generated and displayed in the application you can make few modifications to the report vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you remove rows and columns from the generated report You can also rearrange the columns in the report You can chose the types of the graphs to be included in the report m Configure vCenter Chargeback Manager to Correctly Display the Characters in the Exported Report on page 112 If you are using vCenter Chargeback Manager on a localized operating system or if the generated report contains extended ASCII or Unicode characters these characters might not be displayed correctly when the report is exported or emailed E Configure Precision Value for Numbers Displayed in the Report on page 112 The precision value for the numbers displayed in the exported PDF report can be configured in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database m Archive Report on page 113 A generated report can be archived and stored in the application After you generate a report the application displays the generated report m Schedule Report on p
129. ge the SSL certificate on the vCenter Server or upgrade the vCenter Server then you must modify the vCenter Server information in vCenter Chargeback Manager to import the new SSL certificate If the new SSL certificate is not imported on to the vCenter Chargeback Manager machine then communication with the vCenter Server fails To modify the vCenter Server information in vCenter Chargeback Manager you must have the Super User role or the Administrator role If you have the Administrator role you can edit only those vCenter Server settings that you have configured Norte You cannot modify the vCenter Server ID host name or IP address of the vCenter Server and the vCenter Server version number Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickvCenter Servers A table listing information about the vCenter Server instances added to the application is displayed 2 Select the vCenter Server for which you want to modify the details and click Edit The vCenter Server Information screen is displayed 3 Modify the required vCenter Server details Option Description vCenter Server Hostname IP FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server The IP address or host name cannot be edited after the vCenter Server is added to the application vCenter Server Display Name A display name for the vCenter Server vCenter Server Description A description of the vCenter Server This is optional vCenter Server Username User name to access the vCenter Serve
130. ges will not be processed and the changes in the vCenter Server and the vCloud Director Org hierarchy is not accounted for in vCenter Chargeback Manager Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click Data Collectors 2 Select the VMware Cloud Director tab 3 Select a property and click Edit You can edit several properties for VMware Cloud Director Data Collector Property Description VMware Cloud Director database IP address of the VMware vCloud Director database host VMware Cloud Director database The type of database used to create the VMware vCloud Director database type The permissible values are SQL_Server and Oracle VMware Cloud Director database Name of the VMware vCloud Director database name VMware Inc 4 Property VMware Cloud Director database port Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings Description Port on which the VMware vCloud Director database is listening for request If no port details are specified vCenter Chargeback Manager considers the default database port VMware Cloud Director database username VMware vCloud Director database user name VMware Cloud Director database password Password for the VMware vCloud Director database user Event processor job interval in seconds VMware Cloud Director Data Collector runs a job that reads and processes the chargeback events in VMware vCloud Director This property defines the time in seconds between two such job
131. he virtual machines in a cluster or on an ESXi host uniformly by setting rate factors at the hosts and clusters level Nore You cannot set the rate factor for the storage resource at the hosts and clusters level VMware Inc 87 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 88 Prerequisites You must have read privilege on the vCenter Server entity cost modify privilege on the chargeback hierarchical entities and update privilege on the cost models to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit Infrastructure Cost 2 Select Hosts amp Clusters from the drop down menu 3 Expand the Hosts amp Clusters folder by clicking the plus sign 4 Click the plus sign next to Clusters to view the clusters defined in the vCenter Server instances added to vCenter Chargeback Manager To view the ESXi hosts that are not included in any cluster you can click the plus sign next to Unclustered Hosts 5 Select the cluster or an individual ESXI host for which you want to define the rate factors If you select a cluster the right pane of the page displays the cluster properties and the ESXI hosts under the selected cluster along with the fields to set the rate factors for individual computing resources 6 Select a cost model from the drop down menu 7 Specify the duration for which the rate factors will be effective The default selection is Update from now onwards indicating that the rate factors will be effective
132. he Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities VMware Inc 63 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 64 3 Right click the chargeback entity for which you want to allocate computing resource units and select Set allocation units from the pop up menu The Define allocation units for the selected entity screen is displayed 4 Define the time period for which the allocation is applicable The default selection is Update from now onwards indicating the allocation is applicable from the time of setting the values till it is changed at a future date Alternately you can set a definite time period by selecting the Update for the effective period option and defining the start and end dates of the required time period 5 Optional Click Get and then click the Show link next to Historical values to see the historical allocation values set for all the computing resources Set the allocation units for the required computing resources Click Set Click OK in the information dialog box o Oo N O Close the Define allocation units for the sel
133. he 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 VMware Inc 29 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 2 3 Select the license and click Delete A dialog confirming the action is displayed Click OK to confirm the deletion Manage Report View 30 vCenter Chargeback Manager 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
134. he available resource types 5 Click Create The newly created role is added to the table displaying the roles defined in the application Modify a Role You can modify an existing role other than the system defined roles You must have the Administrator role or the Super User role to perform this task If you have the Administrator role you can edit only the roles that you have created A user with the Super User role can edit any roles other than the system defined roles Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab click Roles A table listing all the roles defined in the application is displayed 2 Select the role that you want to modify and click Edit The Edit Role screen is displayed 3 Modify the required information You can modify the name and description of the role and also the set of permissions assigned to the role 4 Click Save The modified role details are displayed in the table on the page Delete a Role You can delete any of the existing custom roles in the application The system defined roles cannot be deleted You must have the Administrator role or the Super User role to perform this task If you have the Administrator role you can delete only the roles that you have created A user with the Super User role can delete any roles other than the system defined roles Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab click Roles A table listing all the roles defined in the application is displayed VMware Inc 43
135. he system or the network to locate the file 5 Click Create A chargeback hierarchy is created using the entries from the csv file What to do next You can use the created hierarchy as is or modify it as per your requirements Format of the CSV File The entries in the CSV file used to create a chargeback hierarchy must adhere to the format defined by vCenter Chargeback Manager Starting with vCenter Chargeback 1 5 a new format for the entries in the CSV file is defined This new format is as follows UniqueId ChildName ParentId ChildEntityType description vcIP DNS vcEntityMolId vCenterViewId Table 4 1 describes each of the parameters in the CSV file entry Table 4 1 Parameters in the CSV File Entry Parameters Description Uniqueld A unique number to identify the entity The UniqueId of the first entry in the file must be 1 ChildName Name of the entity ParentId The Uniqueld of the parent of this entity If this entity is the root entity the ParentId must be 1 ChildEntityType The type of the entity If the entity is a vCenter Chargeback Manager entity the ChildEntityType must be 101 If the entity is a vCenter Server entity the ChildEntityType must be 0 description optional Description of the entity For a vCenter Server entity this is not applicable vcIP DNS The IP address or the DNS name of the vCenter Server as configured in the vCenter Chargeback Manager vcEntityMoId The
136. he vSphere Client as a vCenter Server user Ensure that you do not register more than one vCenter Chargeback Manager instance as a plug in for a single vCenter Server Enable Stats Replication Select this option if you want the resource usage statistics from the vCenter Server Database to be replicated in the vCenter Chargeback Manager Database Statistics starting from three months prior to adding the vCenter Server are collected vCenter Chargeback Manager considers the existing vCenter Server inventory to have existed for the three month period prior to adding the vCenter Server VMware Inc 21 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Click Save If the SSL certificate on the vCenter Server has changed a dialog requesting you to accept the new SSL certificate is displayed Accept the SSL certificate request If you click Cancel the modify vCenter Server operation is cancelled The modified information is reflected in the table displayed on the page Delete vCenter Server Information If you no longer want to calculate costs and generate reports for the virtual machines managed by a vCenter Server you can remove the vCenter Server from the vCenter Chargeback Manager To perform this task you must have the Super User role or the Administrator role If you have the Administrator role you can delete only those vCenter Server settings that you have configured Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickvCenter Ser
137. heck the Propagate option corresponding to an added fixed cost if the cost has to be applied to the child entities of the entity on which the cost template is applied You can also specify whether the cost must be applied to all descendants or only to the immediate child entities You can also select a filter to ensure that the cost is applied to specific entity types such as virtual machines ESXi hosts and vApps 8 Click Create The cost template is added to the application and is displayed in the table listing the created cost templates You can view the details of the cost template by clicking the plus sign in the Details column of the table Modify a Cost Template After a cost template is created you can modify it as and when required You must have the update privilege on the cost template to modify it VMware Inc 81 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Cost tab click Cost Template A table listing all the cost templates created in the application is displayed 2 Select the cost template that you want to modify and click Edit The Cost Template screen is displayed 3 Modify the name and description as required in the General tab Norte The name of the cost template is mandatory information and does not have any default values Also you cannot modify the currency type 4 Click the Rate Factors tab and modify the rate factors for the computing resources 5 Click the Fixed Costs tab
138. heduled Reports A table listing all the reporting schedules created in the application is displayed 2 Select the required schedule 3 Click the mail icon above the table The screen with the emailing details is displayed VMware Inc 109 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 4 Provide the email details Option Description To The email address of the recipients The email addresses should be separated by commas Subject A subject for the email Body The body text for the email 5 Click Save The email details are saved If the size of the report in the PDF format is less than the attachment size limit configured for the SMTP server in vCenter Chargeback Manager then the report in the PDF format is attached to the email and sent to the marked recipients Else a link to the PDF report is included in the email The PDF report in the attachment or at the link provided is password protected The password to access the report is emailed separately Advanced Search for Scheduled Reports You can search for specific scheduled reports by using the advanced search feature of vCenter Chargeback Manager You can only search for scheduled reports on which you have read permission Procedure 1 Click Advanced on the Schedule Reports page of the Reports tab The Advanced Search screen is displayed 2 Provide the required search parameters Parameter Name of Report Description Name or part of the name of
139. hierarchies and entities that match the criteria and on which the user who created the automatic report scheduler has at least read privileges Create Automatic Report Scheduler You can create automatic report schedulers to ensure that report schedules are created automatically for hierarchies and entities that match a specific criteria You must have a create privilege on Automatic Report Scheduler to perform this task Procedure 1 Click Automatic Report Scheduler on the Reports tab A list of automatic report schedulers created in the application is displayed 2 Click Create The Create Automatic Report Scheduler window is displayed 3 Provide the schedule and report details and click Next Option Scheduler Name Description A name for the automatic report scheduler The name should not exceed 255 characters Schedule Name A name for the report schedule created by the automatic report scheduler The name should not exceed 255 characters Report Type The type of report You can select Cost Report or Usage Report Hierarchy Filter You can filter the hierarchies based on Hierarchy Name or Hierarchy Attribute If you define a filter based on hierarchy attribute the scheduler will filter hierarchies for which the attribute criteria matches at the root level The scheduler considers only the hierarchies on which you have at least read privileges Select a Cost Model Select the cost model to use f
140. ics Database View Column Name Data Type Nullable Description VM_NAME NVARCHAR2 255 No Name of the virtual machine CHAR VM_MOID NVARCHAR2 255 No Managed Object ID of the virtual machine CHAR VC_SERVER_UUI NVARCHAR2 255 No UUID of the vCenter Server on which the virtual machine D CHAR exists HIERARCHY_NA NVARCHAR2 255 No Name of the chargeback hierarchy in which the virtual ME CHAR machine exists RESOURCE_TYPE NVARCHAR2 255 No The type of resource For each virtual machine the view CHAR contains at least nine rows one each for the following resource types E Average CPU usage in MHz m Average memory consumed in KB E Average disk read and write in KB s E Average disk read in KB s E Average disk write in KB s E Average network received and transmitted in KB s E Average network received in KB s E Average network transmitted in KB s m Average storage usage in KB RESOURCE_VAL NUMBER No The value for the resource UE START_TIME DATETIME Yes The start time for the resource type END_TIME DATETIME Yes The end time for the resource type or the end time of the virtual machine in the hierarchy whichever is earlier VMware Inc Chapter 8 Administration Utilities After the view is created you can run SELECT queries on the view to obtain the necessary information Table 8 6 shows the sample output for a SELECT query on the CB_VIEW_VC_STAT_INVENTORY view Table 8 6 Sample Output for a SELEC
141. ierarchy is considered for billing The actual usage of the chargeable computing resources is ignored In this policy the actual utilization of the chargeable computing resources of the virtual machines is determined The total cost is then calculated by using the base rates set in the cost model and the actual used units of the chargeable computing resources This policy takes into account the capacity of a chargeable resource reserved for a virtual machine vCenter Server allows only CPU and memory reservation This reserved capacity of CPU and memory along with the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources is used for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the user defined allocation units of chargeable computing resources for the chargeback entities The allocated units along with the base rates defined in the cost model is used for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the CPU capacity reserved for a virtual machine This reserved CPU capacity along with the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources is used for calculating the total cost This policy takes into account the memory capacity reserved for a virtual machine This reserved memory capacity along with the actual utilization of other chargeable computing resources is used for calculating the total cost In this policy the maximum of the used and reserved units of CPU the maximum of the used and reserved
142. iew a Chargeback Hierarchy You can view the hierarchies created in the application from the Manage Hierarchy tab You must have a role with the read privilege on the hierarchy to view the hierarchy and its entities Procedure 1 Click the Manage Hierarchy tab 2 Select the chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed The right pane provides name description and various other details about the selected hierarchy You can modify the description by providing the new description and clicking Update 3 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities The left pane of the page displays the expanded chargeback hierarchy Norte vCenter Chargeback Manager does not display the status of the virtual machines and ESXi hosts added to the hierarchy What to do next You can also search for entities in the hierarchy by using the Search field below the hierarchy on the left pane of the page When you search for an entity vCenter Chargeback Manager highlights the first entity in the hierarchy whose name contains the search string You can click the next or previous icon next to the Search field to find the other entities in the hierarchy whose n
143. igure Cost tab click Edit Infrastructure Cost 2 Select DataStores from the drop down menu 3 Click Create Tier at the bottom of the left panel 4 Provide a name for the newly created tier and click outside the editable tier name field Datastore tier names are not case sensitive A new datastore tier folder is created Modify the Name of a Datastore Tier You can modify the name of the tier folder at any time after it is created You must have update privilege on the tier to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit Infrastructure Cost 2 Select DataStores from the drop down menu 3 Right click the tier folder whose name you want to modify and select Edit label 4 Enter the new name for the tier folder and click outside the editable tier name field Add a Datastore to a Tier After you have created a tier you can add one or more datastores and storage profiles to it Adding datastores and storage profiles to a tier enables you to set rate factors for multiple datastores uniformly Prerequisites You must have update privilege on the tier and read privilege on the vCenter Server to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit Infrastructure Cost 2 Select DataStores from the drop down menu 3 Expand the ungrouped folder by clicking the plus sign next to it Only the ungrouped datastores and storage profiles corresponding to the vCenter Server instances on which you have
144. ileges to access it A user can be given privileges to access a resource by assigning a role to him for the required resource If a user is assigned the Super User role then he can access any resource created in the application If a user is assigned the Administrator role then he can also access the resources created by the users that he has created You can assign only a single role to a user for a given resource If a user already has a role assigned to him for a given resource the same is removed and the new role is set on the user for the selected resource A user with the Super User role can assign any role on any resource to a user A user with the Administrator role can assign any of the system defined roles other than Super User and Administrator roles and the custom roles created by him This user can assign the roles only to users created by him and on the resources he has access to The role that users can assign to other users on a resource depends on m The permissions that the user has on the resource m The roles that the user has access to When you assign a role to a user for a resource vCenter Chargeback Manager automatically assigns either the Dependent Resource Update role or the Dependent Resource Read role to the user for the dependent resources Table 3 10 lists the resources in vCenter Chargeback Manager that have a dependent resource Table 3 10 Dependent resources in vCenter Chargeback Manager Parent Re
145. imilarly the data traffic over the network can be either reported separately as Network Received and Network Transmitted or in total as Network Received and Transmitted On the Resource Summary page select Include resource summary in report Select this option to include the summary of costs for the selected resources in the report You must also select the type of resource summary to be reported The resource summary can either be Complete default or Basic A basic summary includes the resource cost summary for the selected entity and its immediate child in the report A complete summary provides the resource cost summary for the selected entity and all its child entities up to the leaf node Select the computing resources whose usage and cost details have to included in the report Select Include cost summary in report to include the summary of costs in the report The cost summary can be either Complete default or Basic Click Next On the Details page select the fixed cost details usage related details and other information to be displayed in the report and click Next Option Description Show these details in report Select this option if you want to include information about the selected cost model or the entity attributes or information messages in the Cost Details section of the report The selected information is displayed in the report for the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback
146. in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database will not be in sync with the data in the vCenter Server Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickData Collectors A table listing all the data collectors registered with the application is displayed 2 Select the data collector that you want to delete and click Delete A dialog box confirming you action is displayed 3 Click OK to confirm deletion The data collector is deleted and the synchronization jobs associated with the data collector are assigned to other registered data collectors if any Configure VMware Cloud Director Data Collector If you have installed the Cloud Director Data Collector you must configure its properties from the Data Collectors page of the Settings tab Only users with the Super User role assigned to them can perform this task Configuring the Cloud Director Data Collector ensures that vCenter Chargeback Manager related events in the vCloud Director are processed Note Only the vCenter Chargeback Manager related events are processed by the Cloud Director Data Collector To update the vCloud Director Org hierarchies in vCenter Chargeback Manager the corresponding vCenter Server must be added to vCenter Chargeback Manager and the vCenter Chargeback Manager data collector must be running to synchronize the vCenter Chargeback Manager database with the vCenter Server database If the vCenter Chargeback Manager data collector is not installed or is not running then the chan
147. information about each data collector registered with the application The data collectors registered with the application and their corresponding details can be viewed from the Settings tab Procedure 1 Click the Settings tab 2 Click Data Collectors A table listing all the data collectors registered with the application and their corresponding details is displayed Registered Data Collectors The Data Collectors page displays a table listing all the synchronization jobs that each registered data collector is running for each vCenter Server added to the application If multiple data collectors are running synchronization jobs are equally distributed among them The data collector runs two types of synchronization jobs polling jobs and listening jobs Polling jobs are jobs that run periodically at fixed interval of time and poll the vCenter Server database to fetch the changes in the database Each time the job run completes the last synchronization time for the job is updated Stats Synchronization and Storage Synchronization are polling jobs Listening jobs start once and perform the initial synchronization These jobs then register a listener with the vCenter Server database and listen continuously for any update These jobs run continuously and are not periodic They are always in the Running state and never set to Done These jobs update their status and the last synchronization time only when an update in the vCenter Server database for
148. ing vCenter Server the status of the database and the database response time If the System Health tab is the active tab then the user session will not time out The page automatically refreshes every 9 minutes and can be manually refreshed by clicking the refresh icon On all other tabs if there is no action the user session times out after 30 minutes vCenter Chargeback Manager Events Most user actions generate an event in the application These events are recorded in the Events Details panel of the application This panel can be viewed on all the pages The panel is minimized by default To view the entries in the panel click the triangular icon in the bottom right corner of the screen The information displayed on the panel is listed in the table Table 7 3 Information Displayed in the Event Details Panel Information Type Description Message A short message giving information about the event User Name The user login that caused the event Time The date and time when the event occurred Type The type of event A user can see only the events generated by his actions in vCenter Chargeback Manager If the user has an Administrator role he can also see the events generated due to the actions performed by the users that he has created A user with the Super User role can see all the events The information displayed in the table is useful to track which users performed which actions on the application The informa
149. installed on the virtual machine and cost for vServices such as High Availability Fault Tolerance and virtual machine creation and deletion cost A cost model also enables you to define different billing policies for different time periods After you define a cost model in the application you can define rate factors and fixed costs on entities or hierarchies for the selected cost model You can also use the cost model to generate various reports Cost Template A cost template consists of entity specific cost configuration details These are rate factors for the chargeable computing resources and the fixed costs You can set these values in a cost template and use the template to configure the costs on one or more entities in the hierarchies Managing Cost Models vCenter Chargeback Manager provides a default cost model called Default Chargeback Cost Model The cost models defined in the application can be viewed and managed from the Cost Models page of the Manage Cost tab You can start using the application by creating a chargeback hierarchy and generating basic reports using the default cost model You can modify this cost model as per your requirements You can also create and manage multiple other cost models Starting with vCenter Chargeback Manager 2 0 the application includes the Default Allocation Based Chargeback Cost Model You must only modify the base rates in this cost model If you have installed the VMware Cloud Director D
150. ional costs involved in providing and maintaining an IT infrastructure including the costs for IT services and applications Measuring resource utilization and calculating the corresponding IT operational cost enables you to account for the IT resources utilized and bill for the services provided In a non virtual environment a physical server and the associated resources like the applications running on it can be easily mapped to the department using them making the billing for such resource utilizations relatively easy Also costs incurred due to maintenance and licensing can be directly associated to a department thereby enabling you to calculate the complete IT operational costs Ina virtual environment however the task of calculating the IT operational cost for each department becomes very difficult Multiple virtual machines run on a physical server which might be shared across different departments or cost centers in an organization As a result resource utilization for this server and therefore the cost incurred cannot be directly associated to any single department or cost center The difficulty in accounting gets further compounded when applications and services get shifted over time to different servers based on the load and available infrastructure resources Chargeback Solution for Virtual Environments In a virtual environment a chargeback solution requires a flexible metering system that can account for the utilization of res
151. irm the remove operation The vCenter Chargeback Manager details are removed from the database and the System Health page What to do next You must run the ModifyLBWorkers bat file to remove the corresponding vCenter Chargeback Manager entry from the load balancer Run the following commands from the command line prompt gt cd Installation_Folder vCenter CB Tools load balancer bin gt ModifyLBWorkers delete Server_Instance_Name 14 VMware Inc Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings lt Installation_Folder gt is the complete folder path provided during the vCenter Chargeback Manager installation The default installation folder is C Program Files VMware VMware vCenter Chargeback Server_Instance_Name is the name that you have provided during the installation You must restart the Load Balancer service after running the ModifyLBworkers bat file Managing LDAP Servers You can configure one or more LDAP servers in vCenter Chargeback Manager vCenter Chargeback Manager supports only Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory You can view and manage the LDAP servers from the LDAP Servers page of the Settings tab You can also configure the LDAP server for secure communication using SSL certificates Configure the LDAP Server Setting Configuring the LDAP server setting in the application enables Windows Active Directory users to access the application using their
152. irtual machine cost 64 synchronize with vCenter Server 56 view 58 view vCenter Server entity properties 65 computing resources manage 33 configure LDAP server setting 15 log level 13 SMTP server setting 12 vCenter Server 17 VMware Cloud Director Data Collector 26 vShield Manager Data Collector 27 configure cost about 85 at host and cluster levels 87 edit 86 view 85 configuring costs 67 cost model about 73 create 74 delete 77 manage 73 modify 76 using base rate calculator 75 cost template about 73 create 81 137 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 138 delete 82 managing 80 modify 81 D data collector delete 26 disable 25 enable 25 information about 23 manage 22 modify job interval 25 modify super user password for 28 view 23 data collectors configure VMware Cloud Director Data Collector 26 configure vShield Manager Data Collector 27 database management scripts about 134 data purging scripts 136 generic scripts 135 space calculation scripts 135 datastore tier add datastore 89 create 89 managing 88 modify name 89 move datastores 90 definition base rate 68 billing policy 70 chargeable computing resource 68 chargeback 7 chargeback hierarchy 55 cost model 73 cost template 73 fixed cost 69 rate factor 69 E events 124 F fixed cost create 78 delete 80 managing 77 modify 79 H hierarchy See chargeback hierarchy interactive repor
153. is generated and archived you can send it through email to one or more recipients Prerequisites Ensure that the SMTP server has been configured before emailing the report Procedure 1 In the Reports tab click Archived Reports A table listing all the archived reports is displayed Select the report that you want to email Click the Email this report icon The Email Report screen is displayed Provide the email details Option Description To The email address of the recipients The email addresses should be separated by commas Subject A subject for the email Body The body text for the email Click Send If the size of the report in the PDF format is less than the attachment size limit configured for the SMTP server in vCenter Chargeback Manager then the report in the PDF format is attached to the email and sent to the marked recipients Else a link to the PDF report is included in the email The PDF report in the attachment or at the link provided is password protected The password to access the report is emailed separately Note Reports generated and archived prior to upgrading to vCenter Chargeback Manager 2 0 are not password protected Delete Archived Report You can clear the archive by deleting unwanted reports Prerequisites You must have delete privilege on the report to perform this task 116 VMware Inc Procedure Chapter 6 Generating Reports 1 Inthe Reports tab click Ar
154. istics from the vCenter Server Database to be replicated in the vCenter Chargeback Manager Database Statistics starting from three months prior to adding the vCenter Server are collected vCenter Chargeback Manager considers the existing vCenter Server inventory to have existed for the three month period prior to adding the vCenter Server VMware Inc 19 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 20 4 Click Add A dialog requesting you to add an SSL certificate for secure communication with the vCenter Server is displayed 5 Accept the SSL certificate request If you click Cancel the add vCenter Server operation is cancelled The vCenter Server is added to the application and included in the table listing the vCenter Server instances What to do next You can log in to the vCenter Server by using a vSphere Client and access the vCenter Chargeback Manager plug in if you have selected the Register As vSphere Client Plug in option You must however provide the IP address or the DNS name of the vCenter Server during login If you use localhost during login the plug in might be unavailable Edit vCenter Server Information Changes to the vCenter Server configuration must be manually reflected in the vCenter Chargeback Manager For example if the vCenter Server user account password or the password for the vCenter Server database user is changed you must also reflect this change in vCenter Chargeback Manager If you chan
155. ities option and then select the required cost models for each entity Computation Resources Select the resources for which the usage statistics have to be reported You can either select Disk Read and Disk Write to be reported individually or to be reported in total as Disk Read and Write Similarly the data traffic over the network can be either reported separately as Network Received and Network Transmitted or in total as Network Received and Transmitted Auto Archive Select this option to automatically save the generated report 5 On the Resource Summary tab select Include resource summary in report Select this option to include the summary of usage statistics for the selected resources in the report You must also select the type of resource summary to be reported The resource summary can either be Complete default or Basic A basic summary includes the resource summary for the selected entity and its immediate child in the report A complete summary provides the resource summary for the selected entity and all its child entities up to the leaf node 6 Select the computing resources whose usage details have to included in the report and click Next VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports 7 On the Details page select the usage related details and other information to be displayed in the report and click Next Option Description Show these details in report Select this option if you want to include information about the se
156. k Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Cost tab click Fixed Cost A table listing all the fixed costs created in the application is displayed You can view the details of the fixed cost by clicking the plus sign in the Details column of the table The details include the value of the cost the duration indicating how often the cost is charged and the time period for which the set value and duration is valid or applicable 2 Click Create The Fixed Cost screen is displayed 3 Provide the fixed cost details on the General tab Option Description Name A name for the fixed cost The character limit for the fixed cost name is 255 characters Description An optional description of the fixed cost The character limit for the description is 512 characters Currency The currency type used for defining the fixed cost Prorate Select this option to specify that the fixed cost is prorated Consider VM State If selected the fixed cost is accounted only for the duration for which the virtual machine is in the powered on state One Time If the defined cost has to be charged only once on the chargeback entity or hierarchy then select this option If you select this option then you cannot set any duration value for the fixed cost Also one time fixed costs cannot be prorated and do not consider the virtual machine power state 78 VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements 4 Inthe C
157. late VMware Inc 67 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 68 Chargeable Computing Resource A chargeable computing resource is any computing resource that must be accounted for when calculating the IT operational costs The usage of the computing resources is measured and the corresponding charge is calculated vCenter Chargeback Manager accounts for the following computing resources CPU The CPU usage is measured in GHz Memory The memory usage is measured in GB Network bandwidth The network usage both upload and download is measured in GB hour Storage The usage is measured in GB Disk Read and Write The usage is measured in GB hour vCPU The number of virtual CPUs in the virtual machine If the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector and vShield Manager Data Collector is installed vCenter Chargeback Manager also accounts for the following resources Count of Networks The number of networks that belong to an organization or a vApp in VMware Cloud Director NAT Service Whether the NAT service for VMware Cloud Director network is enabled or not DHCP Service Whether the DHCP service for VMware Cloud Director network is enabled or not Firewall Service Whether the firewall service for VMware Cloud Director network is enabled or not IPSec VPN Tunnel Count The number of enabled IPSec VPN tunnels External network The external network usage both upload and download is measured in MB transmit and receive External
158. le Output for a SELECT Query on the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY View VM_NA VMM VC_SERVER_U HIERARCHY_ RESOURCE_TY RESOURCE_ START_ END_TI ME OID UID NAME PE VALUE TIME ME vm01 vm 104 7BF5FFD5 Dev Hierarchy VM_STATE poweredOff 2011 06 0 4 F56C 4205 808D 1 329BB92636F0 12 12 21 4 63 vm01 vm 104 7BF5FFD5 Dev Hierarchy VM_MEM_ SIZE 2668 2011 06 0 4 F56C 4205 808D 1 329BB92636F0 12 12 21 4 63 vm01 vm 104 7BF5FFD5 Dev Hierarchy VM_VCPU_COU 1 2011 06 0 4 F56C 4205 808D NT 1 329BB92636F0 12 12 21 4 63 vm01 vm 104 7BF5FFD5 Dev Hierarchy VM_GUEST_FUL Red Hat 2011 06 0 4 F56C 4205 808D L_NAME Enterprise 1 329BB92636F0 Linux 5 64 12 12 21 4 bit 63 vm02 vm 112 O7F6FFO5 9546 4 QA Hierarchy VM_STATE poweredOn 2011 06 0 D01 1 B9C0 0170A A21 12 12 21 4 9579 63 vm02 vm 112 07F6FF05 9546 4 QdA Hierarchy VM_MEM_ SIZE 4096 2011 06 0 D01 1 B9C0 0170A A21 12 12 21 4 9579 63 VMware Inc Chapter 8 Administration Utilities Table 8 2 Sample Output for a SELECT Query on the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY View Continued VM_NA VM_M_ VC_SERVER_U HIERARCHY_ RESOURCE_TY RESOURCE_ START_ END _TI ME OID UID NAME PE VALUE TIME ME vm02 vm 112 07F6FF05 9546 4 QA Hierarchy VM_VCPU_COU 2 2011 06 0 D01 NT 1 B9C0 0170AA21 12 12 21 4 9579 63 vm02 vm 112 07F6FF05 9546 4 QA Hierarchy VM_GUEST_FUL Microsoft 2011 06 0 D01 L_NAME Windows 1 B9C0 0170AA21 Server 2003 12 12 21 4 9579 32 bit 63 The CB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_P
159. lected cost model or the entity attributes or some information messages in the Usage Details section of the report The selected information is displayed in the report for the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback hierarchy Show these columns in the usage Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report You must also details table select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in the report 8 Optional On the Attributes page select Filter the report based on attributes to define attribute filters You must specify an attribute name value pair Specifying attribute filters lets you generate report for only the entities on which the attribute name value pair is set Also the report is generated on the entities only for the time period with in the reporting duration for which the attribute name value pair is applicable 9 Click Submit The generated report is displayed Generate Cost Comparison Report You can compare the costs calculated by two different cost models on the same entity or hierarchy by generating a cost comparison report You must have create privilege on the report resource type and at least the read privilege on the hierarchy chargeback hierarchical entity and cost models to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Reports tab click Create Reports 2 Select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of th
160. lities 125 Database Password Change Utility 125 vCenter Chargeback Manager IP Address Reset Utility 126 Statistics Collection Scripts 127 vCenter Chargeback Manager Database Management Scripts 134 Index 137 4 VMware Inc About the User s Guide The vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide provides information about configuring and using the chargeback solution for virtual environments that use VMware Infrastructure or VMware vSphere Intended Audience This book is intended for anyone who wants to use vCenter Chargeback Manager The information in this book is written for experienced Windows system administrators who are familiar with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations VMware Inc 5 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 6 VMware Inc Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager vCenter Chargeback Manager is an end to end cost reporting solution for virtual environments using vSphere vCenter Chargeback Manager can also be used with VMware vCloud Director Before you install and start using vCenter Chargeback Manager an understanding of what is chargeback and about chargeback solutions for a virtual environment would be helpful This chapter includes the following topics m What Is Chargeback on page 7 m Chargeback Solution for Virtual Environments on page 7 m Overview of vCenter Chargeback Manager on page 8 What Is Chargeback Chargeback is a mechanism to account for the operat
161. m the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed The right pane provides various details about the selected hierarchy 3 Click the arrow icon next to Tools below the hierarchy The Hierarchy tools options are displayed 4 Select Show this hierarchy in the Report Dashboard against the Cost Model 5 Select a cost model If the hierarchy contains entities from a vCenter Server that is integrated with vCenter Operations then to obtain the cost projection and cost optimization details you must use a pure usage based cost model 6 Set the time of the day when the report in the dashboard has to be updated The time must be specified in the hh mm ss format 7 Click Update 8 Click OK in the information dialog box What to do next The report dashboard displays the usage and cost statistics for the hierarchy after the time specified during configuration The report is updated each day at this specified time View Hierarchy Details in the Report Dashboard If a chargeback hierarchy is configured for display in the report dashboard then you can view the resource usage and cost statistics for the hierarchy and its entities in the Dashboard page of the application Prerequisites To perform this task you must have read privilege on the hierarchy and on the corresponding cost model used to configure the report dashboard VMware Inc 121 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 122
162. mary of costs in the report The cost summary cab be either Complete default or Basic 107 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 108 9 Click Next 10 On the Details page select the fixed cost details usage related details and other information to be displayed in the report and click Next Option Description Show these details in report Select this option if you want to include information about the selected cost model or the entity attributes or information messages in the Cost Details section of the report The selected information is displayed in the report for the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback hierarchy Show these columns in the usage Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report You must also details table select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in the report Show fixed cost in report Select this option to include the details of the fixed costs in the report If you select this option you must also select the fixed cost details to be included in the report 11 Optional On the Attributes page select Filter the report based on attributes to define attribute filters You must specify an attribute name value pair Specifying attribute filters lets you generate report for only the entities on which the attribute name value pair is set Also the report is generated on the entities only for the time period wi
163. moid managed object ID of a virtual machine as defined in the vCenter Server You can obtain the entity MoID by using vSphere SDK or through the vCenter server MOB http vcserverIP mob vCenterViewlId The vCenter Server hierarchy view to be used for creating the chargeback hierarchy If you want to use the Host amp Clusters view then set vCenterViewId to 1 For the VMs amp Templates view set vCenterViewlId to 2 VMware Inc 57 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide The following sample is an example of the contents of such a file version 1 5 0 1 CB folder 1 101 2 CB folder 1 1 101 vCenter Chargeback Manager entity 3 cbm vc 1 0 12 123 123 123 vm 203 1 4 CBM_1 5_B2 2 0 23 123 123 123 vm 218 2 The first line of the CSV file specifies the version of the chargeback hierarchy population CSV file The latest version is 1 5 0 If this line is not present the format of the CSV file entries defaults to that for vCenter Chargeback 1 0 Starting with the vCenter Chargeback 1 0 1 release blank lines in the CSV file are ignored and lines starting with the hash sign are considered as comments Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy After creating a chargeback hierarchy you can perform various tasks on the hierarchy such as view the hierarchy modify the hierarchy by adding and deleting entities manage attributes for individual entities in the hierarchy and set the allocation units for individual computing resources V
164. n affinity for an instance based on the number of requests currently being serviced by each instance in the cluster All the vCenter Chargeback Manager instances in a cluster are connected to the same vCenter Chargeback Manager database If you have a VMWare vCloud Director setup you can install the vCloud Director Data Collector and configure it appropriately so that the vCloud Director setup can be integrated with vCenter Chargeback Manager You can then generate various reports of the organizations classified under the different categories such as Pay As You Go Reservation and Allocation Pool VMware Inc 9 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 10 VMware Inc Configuring Administration Settings As an administrative user you can perform various administrative tasks such as configuring the LDAP and SMTP servers in the application and adding as well as updating vCenter Server information To perform these administrative tasks you must have the Super User or Administrator role The user account details provided during the installation has the Super User role defined on it Log in to the application by using this administrative user account This chapter includes the following topics Activate the Application on page 11 Configuring Generic Settings on page 12 m Managing LDAP Servers on page 15 m Managing vCenter Servers on page 17 m Managing Data Collectors on page 22 m Managi
165. n modify the job interval for the external traffic statistics collector job run by the vShield Manager Data Collector vShield Manager Data Collector runs a job that collects broadband statistics from vShield Manager for all the registered networks The broadband statistics collector job interval defines the time in seconds between two such job runs The Change Data Collector Property screen is displayed Modify the property value and click Save Select the required instance from the vShield Manager instances section and click Edit The Edit vShield Manager Setting screen is displayed Modify the property values and click Save You can modify the following settings for the selected vShield Manager instance Property Description Host Host name or IP address of the vShield Manager instance User name User name used to connect to the vShield Manager instance Password Password for the user Confirm password Password for the user What to do next If you modify the External traffic statistics collector job interval property value you must restart the data collector for the change to take effect You need not restart the data collector if you have made modifications only to the vShield Manager instances Modify Super User Password for Cloud Data Collectors If you change the password of the super user that was used when installing the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector and vShield Manager Data Collector you must change the same
166. n the IP address of the LDAP server is displayed The page also provides an option to select a resource type Select the required resource type from the list Expand the resource type folder and select the resources for which you want to revoke the role on the user Select the user from the table listing the users If any role has already been assigned to the user on the selected resources the same is displayed under Currently Assigned Role Click Unassign this role under Current Assigned Role The role is revoked from the user for the selected resources The user can no longer access the selected resources Revoke the Role Assigned to a User on vCenter Chargeback Manager The role assigned to user on vCenter Chargeback Manager can be revoked as and when required Procedure 1 VMware Inc In the Users amp Roles tab click Permissions A page listing the users their type whether the user has the Super User role or the Administrator role and if the user is a vCenter Server user then the vCenter Server name or if the user is an LDAP user or group then the IP address of the LDAP server is displayed The page also provides an option to select a resource type Select the user from the table listing the users If any role has already been assigned to the user the same is displayed under Currently Assigned Role Click Unassign this role under Current Assigned Role 51 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide The role
167. nce pricing matrix Also the defined fixed cost is reported only if the report is generated by a Super User Create a Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines A pricing matrix defines multiple costs based on vCPU count and memory bundles and is associated with a cost model and a hierarchy selection criterion Procedure 1 Inthe Configure Cost tab click Edit VM Instance Cost 2 Select a cost model from the drop down menu A table listing the hierarchy selection criteria defined for the cost model is displayed on the page 3 Click Create The Selection Criteria and VM Instance Matrix screen is displayed 4 Select whether you want to apply the VM instance matrix to all hierarchies or only specific hierarchies 5 Define the hierarchy and entity selection criteria if you selected Specify hierarchy selection criteria a Define the hierarchy selection criteria based on the hierarchy name You must select a string comparison operator and specify a compare string The available comparison operators are Equals Starts with Ends with and Contains You can also define the hierarchy selection criteria based on the hierarchy attribute by clicking Enter Hierarchy Attribute b Optional Click Add Row under Entity selection criteria and define the entity criteria The entity selection can be based on name or attribute You must select a comparison operator and specify a compare string The available comparison operators are Equals Starts with Ends with and Contain
168. network The external network usage both upload and download is measured in transmit and receive rate MB hour Norte The cloud data collectors fetch the external network traffic data only for networks that have a vShield Edge instance in vShield Manager An Edge instance is present only if the network is either PRIVATE_ROUTED ORG NETWORK ROUTED VAPP NETWORK or FENCED VAPP NETWORK Therefore the external network counters are not charged for other types of vCloud Director networks Also the chargeable external traffic networks are present at org level Therefore these counters are not accounted for in reports that are generated at the vDC level Base Rate Base rate is a global rate that you want to charge for a unit of chargeable computing resource used reserved or allocated for a specific duration Table 5 1 lists a set of sample base rates for a unit of each chargeable computing resource VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements Table 5 1 Sample Base Rate Values Chargeable Resource Unit Duration Base Rate CPU GHz Hourly 0 0399 Memory GB Hourly 0 0048 Network Received and Transmitted GB hour Hourly 0 0008 Storage GB Hourly 0 0013 Disk Read and Write GB hour Hourly 0 0008 vCPU Count Hourly 0 04 The base rate duration is configurable vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you define the base rate for an hour day week month quarter half year or year for e
169. ng resource and that for the units used beyond the allocation 7 Modify the fixed cost for vServices and guest operating systems in the Other Costs tab 8 Click Save to save all your changes Norte The name of the cost model and the start dates are mandatory information and do not have any default values Delete a Cost Model You can remove invalid or unwanted cost models from the application However you cannot delete the Default Chargeback Cost Model and Default Allocation Based Chargeback Cost Model You must have delete privilege on the cost model to perform this task Caution Ifa cost model is deleted any entity specific cost configuration done for this cost model will also be deleted and the information cannot be retrieved Procedure 1 In the Manage Cost tab click Cost Models A table listing all the cost models created in the application is displayed 2 Select the cost model that you want to delete and click Delete A dialog box confirming the action is displayed 3 Click OK The cost model is deleted from the application and consequently from the table listing the cost models Managing Fixed Costs vCenter Chargeback Manager provides functionality to create and manage fixed costs These fixed costs provide a means to charge various resources identically The fixed costs defined in the application can be viewed and managed from the Fixed Cost page of the Manage Cost tab VMware Inc 77 vCenter Ch
170. ng the Application License on page 29 m Manage Report View on page 30 m Managing Attributes on page 31 m Manage System Health Thresholds on page 33 m Manage Computing Resources on page 33 Activate the Application When you log in to vCenter Chargeback Manager for the first time after installation you are prompted to enter the license key Procedure 1 On the Add License screen enter the license key 2 Provide the username and password of the Super User 3 Click Add The details about this license is stored in the application and can be accessed from the License page of the Settings tab VMware Inc 11 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Configuring Generic Settings 12 Before you start using the various features of vCenter Chargeback Manager you must configure few settings in the application Some of the generic settings can be configured from the Settings tab You can configure the SMTP server settings and the log level from the General page of the Settings tab The General page of the Settings tab lists all the vCenter Chargeback Manager instances added to the cluster In the case of a stand alone installation a single URL for the vCenter Chargeback Manager is displayed You can remove the vCenter Chargeback Manager instances that are not required or not responding from this page Configure the SMTP Server Setting You must configure the SMTP server setting in vCenter Charge
171. ns defined in the vCenter Guest User role for each of the resource type Table 3 7 Permissions Defined on the vCenter Guest User Role Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify VMware vCenter No Yes No No No Server Data Collector No No No No No LDAP Server No No No No No SMTP Server No No No No No VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions Table 3 7 Permissions Defined on the vCenter Guest User Role Continued Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify Chargeback No Yes No No No Hierarchy Chargeback No Yes No No No Hierarchical Entity Attribute No No No No No Tier No No No No No Cost Model No No No No No Cost Template No No No No No Fixed Cost No No No No No Report No No No No No Schedule No No No No No Role No No No No No Billing Policy No No No No No Automatic Report No No No No No Scheduler No Access Role The No Access role has no permissions defined on it This role can be assigned only on the Chargeback Hierarchical Entity resource type Dependent Resource Update Role Table 3 8 lists the permissions defined in the Dependent Resource Update role for each of the resource type vCenter Chargeback Manager assigns this role to the user on the dependent resources For more information Assign a Role to a User for a Resource on page 50 Table 3 8 Permissions Define
172. nthe Users amp Roles tab click Users A table listing all the users created in the application is displayed 2 Click Create The Add User Account screen is displayed 3 Enter the type name and authentication details of the user Option Description User Type The user type must be Local User Name A unique name to identify the user The user name cannot exceed 255 characters in length Password A password to authenticate the user The password must contains at least 8 characters and should not exceed 24 characters in length The password cannot be same as the user name Also the password must include a combination of upper case and lower case characters Confirm Password Re enter the password 4 Select the required option from the Role section The default is not to assign any role to the user You can alternately assign the Super User role or the Administrator role to the user on vCenter Chargeback Manager 5 Click Add VMware Inc 45 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 46 The newly created user is added to the table displaying the users and groups created in the application What to do next The role assigned to the user defines the permission that the user has in the application You must however assign roles to the user on the individual resources for him to access those resources Create an LDAP User You can add Windows Active Directory users to vCenter Chargeback Manager The account det
173. number of virtual machines in the Number of VM field Specify the total number of hours to be considered for a month Set the attribution percentages for the CPU and memory The attribution percentages must add up to 100 percent The annual monthly and hourly rates are displayed The various costs for different time periods are displayed on the Suggested Metrics page You can note down these values and use them to create cost models and fixed costs in the application If you want to use only the base rates for CPU memory and storage you can click the Save these values in cost model link on the top of the Suggested Metrics page The Cost Model screen is displayed with the hourly base rates for CPU memory and storage populated in it You must enter the remaining required values before completing the cost model creation task Modify a Cost Model After a cost model is created you can modify it as and when required You must have update privilege on the cost model to perform this task Procedure 1 76 In the Manage Cost tab click Cost Models A table listing all the cost models created in the application is displayed Select the cost model that you want to modify and click Edit The Cost Model screen is displayed In the General tab modify the name and description as required You cannot modify the currency type for a cost model In the Billing Policy tab modify the billing policy and the effective time period a O
174. ob starts n minutes from the completion of the earlier run of the job where n denotes the value you enter in this field Last Synchronize Time The time stamp when the synchronization job was last completed Job State The status of the synchronization job The displayed values are Running The job is in progress Waiting The job is yet to start It is either waiting to be assigned to a data collector or waiting for the assigned data collector to start it Failed The job has failed If the job has failed the job is reassigned to a data collector after 10 minutes Done Refers to jobs that are run at specific intervals and the previous run is complete VMware Inc Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings Modify Job Interval You can control the time interval between two consecutive job runs for jobs that do not run eternally Ensure that the job interval time specified is sufficient enough to run the job completely The data collector starts a job run only after the earlier job run is completed If the specified interval is too small then the job might not start exactly after the specified minutes post the last synchronization time The job will start only after the earlier job run is completed Procedure 1 Click Edit in the Job Interval column The Change Job Interval screen is displayed 2 Enter the new job interval The specified job interval must be in minutes 3 Click Save The new job interval is
175. ocedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed VMware Inc 59 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the entity to which you want to add a vCenter Server entity and select New vCenter Server Entity from the pop up menu You can add a vCenter Server entity to the hierarchy or to a vCenter Chargeback Manager entity in the hierarchy You cannot add a vCenter Server entity to another vCenter Server entity in the chargeback hierarchy 4 Select the required vCenter Server from the drop down menu on the right pane Only the vCenter Server instances on which you have a read privilege is included in the menu The selected vCenter Server is displayed on the right pane 5 Optional Click the arrow icon next to Filters amp Views at the bottom of the right pane of the page The filtering and hierarchy view options are displayed 6 Optional Select the required filtering and hierarchy view options The default is No highlighting and the Hosts amp Clusters view The view type selected must be same as the view type u
176. od then the graphs for this period are excluded from the exported report Also if a report is generated on a virtual machine or an entity without any child entities then the report does not include any graphs Chargeback This section lists all the costs charged on each entity Cost Details the rolled up costs of its child entities and the total fixed costs It also provides information about the cost model the attributes set on the entities and informational messages for the entities The report contains a separate cost details section for each entity This section displays the base rates rate factors used units attribution percentage and total cost for each computing resource of each virtual machine Usage Report A usage report is similar to a cost report except that it provides only the computing resource utilization data This report type is useful when you only want to analyze the resource utilization for various entities in a hierarchy The report structure is similar to the cost report with the following exceptions Em Report does not include the Cost Summary section m The Report Summary section does not include any cost information m The Resource Summary section does not include any cost information m The Resource Summary section includes only the Usage per Child Entity graph m The Cost details section is not applicable Instead the report includes the Usage details section This section provides the usage details of each
177. older in the Tomcat installation folder is deleted the export to rtf might fail If you have chosen to view the report in the pdf format an Opening filename pdf dialog is displayed If you have chosen to view the report in the csv format an Opening filename csv dialog is displayed You can either chose to open the file with a supported application or save the file on the system Managing Archived Reports The Archived Reports page of the Reports tab displays a table listing all the reports archived in the application This includes manually generated and saved reports as well as reports generated by report schedules All the reports generated by a single schedule have the same name but different Created on and Billing Period values The reports are listed in the ascending order of their creation time You can view an archived report by clicking it Export Archived Report on page 115 After a report is generated and archived it can be exported to the required format at any time Email Archived Report on page 116 After a report is generated and archived you can send it through email to one or more recipients Delete Archived Report on page 116 You can clear the archive by deleting unwanted reports Advanced Search for Archived Reports on page 117 You can search for specific archived reports by using the advanced search feature of vCenter Chargeback Manager Export Archived Report After a report is generated and archived it c
178. om the CB_VC_PERFORMANCE_STAT table that is older than the specified number of months VMware Inc 135 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Data Purging Scripts The data purging scripts enable you to remove data older than the specified number of months from the vCenter Chargeback Manager database tables Prerequisites for Running the Data Purging Scripts You must have the SELECT and DELETE permissions on the vCenter Chargeback Manager database tables to run the data purging scripts Before you run the scripts take a backup of the vCenter Chargeback Manager database About the Data Purging Scripts Table 8 9 lists the data purging scripts provided with vCenter Chargeback Manager Table 8 9 Data Purging Scripts Script Description purgeCostData This script removes the cost related data that is older than the specified number of months The number of months is specified using the MONTHS_IN_HISTORY parameter in the Oracle script and the MONTHS_IN_HISTORY parameter in the SQL Server script You can set this parameter appropriately before running the script The script removes the data from the following tables m CB_BASE_RATE m CB_BILLING_POLICY m CB_ENTITY_METERING m CB_RATE_FACTOR m CB_FIXED_COST purgeHierarchyData This script removes the hierarchy related data that is older than the specified number of months The number of months is specified using the MONTHS_IN_HISTORY parameter in the Oracle script and the MONTHS_IN_H
179. or report generation Multiple Entity Selection Select this option to generate report at the entity level If you select this option then you must perform the following steps a Click Add Row b Specify the entity selection criteria The entity selection can be based on entity name or an attribute assigned to the entity c Select the cost model for the entity You can add multiple criteria The scheduler considers only the entities on which you have at least read privileges Hierarchy Entity Level Specifies the number of levels for which the criteria is applied to select entities To scan the entire hierarchy set the value as zero Computation Resources Select the computing resource to be accounted for during report generation 118 VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports On the Schedule page specify the report schedule details and click Next Option Description Report Creation Time When the report has to be generated Recurrence Pattern How often the report has to be generated Range of Recurrence Till when the report has to be generated periodically On the Resource Summary page select Include resource summary in report Select this option to include the summary of costs for the selected resources in the report You must also select the type of resource summary to be reported The resource summary can either be Complete default or Basic A basic summary includes the resource cost summa
180. orm this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click General VMware Inc Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings 2 Click Edit in the Email Setting section The Manage Email Server screen is displayed 3 Modify the required SMTP server settings Option Description Server HostName Static IP address of the SMTP server If the sever does not have a static IP address ensure that you provide the FQDN Server Port Port number on which the SMTP server is listening for requests Email Address Email address that the application must use to send emails Authentication Type Type of authentication to be used to access the SMTP server The default is Anonymous User Name User name to be used for authentication if authentication type is Require Login Password Password for the user name provided above Maximum Attachment Size KB The maximum permissible file size for email attachments The size specified is in KB 4 Click Edit The email address is displayed in the Email Setting section Delete the SMTP Server Setting You can remove an existing SMTP server and add a new one You must have the Super User role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickGeneral 2 Click Remove in the Email Setting section A dialog confirming the action is displayed 3 Click OK Set Log Level By default the log level for the application is set at the info level You can change the log level
181. ost Details tab set the period for which the cost will be effective The default selection is Update from now onwards indicating the defined cost will be effective from the time of creation of the fixed cost till it is changed at a future date The other option is Update for the effective period If you select this option you must specify the start and end date of the period for which the cost will be effective You must enter the dates in the mm dd yyyy format If the end date is not specified the cost will be effective from the specified start date till it is changed at a future date 5 Enter the value of the cost and select the duration indicating how often the cost is incurred The duration can be Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly Half yearly or Yearly 6 Click Create The newly created fixed cost is added to the table listing the fixed costs What to do next After a fixed cost is created you can associate it with an entity a set of entities or hierarchies This can be done while configuring costs at the entity level Fixed costs can also be added to a template and then set on an entity or a hierarchy Modify a Fixed Cost You can modify the fixed costs as and when required You must have update privilege on the fixed cost to modify it vCenter Chargeback Manager does not maintain a history for the Prorate and Consider VM State options of a fixed cost Therefore if you change these options vCenter Chargeback Manager u
182. oup is added a user belonging to that group can log in to the application This LDAP user need not be explicitly added to the application The LDAP user will have the same role as that set on the LDAP group VMware Inc 47 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide What to do next The role assigned to the group defines the permission that the group has in the application You must however assign roles to the group on the individual resources for granting access on those resources Modify a User After a user is created you can change the password for the user by using the Modify User feature of the application You can modify the password of only a Local user You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task If you have the Administrator role then you can reset the password for only the users that you have created The password for an LDAP user LDAP group or vCenter Server user cannot be reset from vCenter Chargeback Manager Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab click Users A table listing all the users created in the application is displayed 2 Select the required user name and click Edit The Edit User Account screen is displayed 3 Modify the password and click Save The password must contains at least 8 characters and should not exceed 24 characters in length The password cannot be same as the user name Also the password must include a combination of upper case and lower case chara
183. ources Select the resources to be considered for calculating the costs and to be reported You can either select Disk Read and Disk Write to be reported individually or to be reported in total as Disk Read and Write Similarly the data traffic over the network can be either reported separately as Network Received and Network Transmitted or in total as Network Received and Transmitted On the Schedule page and set the scheduling parameters Option Description Report Creation Time When the report has to be generated Recurrence Pattern How often the report has to be generated Range of Recurrence Till when the report has to be generated periodically ImporTANT You must provide the schedule information The application does not define any default values for the schedule information On the Resource Summary page select Include resource summary in report Select this option to include the summary of costs for the selected resources in the report You must also select the type of resource summary to be reported The resource summary can either be Complete default or Basic A basic summary includes the resource cost summary for the entity and its immediate child in the report A complete summary provides the resource cost summary for the selected entity and all its child entities Select the computing resources whose usage and cost details have to included in the report Select Include cost summary in report to include the sum
184. ources shared across the organization These measurements can be based on allocation or actual usage of individual servers and resources In the case of VMotion DRS or HA being enabled the measurements could be based on the allocation or actual usage of resource pools To support chargeback the virtual environment and the chargeback solution must provide ways to measure resource usage and associate the usage with a specific costing model The chargeback solution must also support the use of different costing models so as to charge the various departments or cost centers differently VMware Inc 7 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide A chargeback solution for a virtual environment defines a hierarchy with different types of entities such as departments divisions business units cost centers physical servers virtual machines and so on For each entity type a cost model is defined that determines the rate for each unit of a resource utilized The chargeback solution determines the resource usage by using either utilization based metering or allocation based metering of virtual machines The metered parameters are then associated with the designated entities and the cost model defined for that entity along with specific chargeback formulas are used as part of the overall chargeback solution Overview of vCenter Chargeback Manager Determining the resource utilization and calculating the corresponding cost for a virtual environment th
185. ption for the billing policy Option Description Name Name for the billing policy This is mandatory information The character limit for the name is 255 characters Description An optional description of the billing policy The character limit for the description is 512 characters Select the Expression tab Select a resource and define an expression for it a To include only an attribute select the required attribute from the Attribute drop down menu The following attributes are available in vCenter Chargeback Manager m Allocation The user defined allocation value for the resource is considered for cost calculation m Usage The actual resource usage is considered for cost calculation m Reservation The amount of resource reserved by the user is considered for cost calculation This attribute is available only for CPU and memory Burstable Utilization This attribute lets you account for the 95th percentile of actual utilization This attribute is available only for the external network transmit rate and external network receive rate computing resources To obtain a maximum of a set of attribute values click MAX and then select the required attributes from the Attribute drop down menu To calculate the resource units only for the powered on virtual machine first select the VM Power On Off option and then define the required expression for the selected resource To account for the storage linked clones sel
186. ptional To fetch the current billing policies set in the cost model select the Update for the effective period option specify the required time period and click Get You can retain the currently set billing policies and add more policies for different time periods in the same cost model b To add another billing policy set the effective time period select the billing policy and then click Set Repeat this for each billing policy you want to add to the cost model VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements 5 Inthe Base Rates tab modify the base rates for the chargeable computing resources the duration and the effective time period a Optional To fetch the historical base rate values select the Update for the effective period option specify the required time period and click Get b Click the Show link next to Historical values The historical base rate values for the specified period is displayed for each of the computing resources c To add another set of base rates set the effective time period set the base rates and corresponding duration and then click Set Repeat this for each set of base rates that you want to add to the cost model You can also modify the existing base rates for different time periods 6 Optional To create or modify the overage rate for a computing resource select Overage and provide the rate to be charged for the allocated units of the computi
187. r vCenter Server Password Password for the user name entered VMware Inc Option Database URL Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings Description URL to access the vCenter Server database For Oracle Database this URL must have the format IP address host name TNS listener port For example 123 123 123 123 1521 For Microsoft SQL Server this URL can be in the following formats IP address host name database instance name or IP address host name For example 123 123 123 123 chargeback_db You can also specify a well formed JDBC URL that starts with jdbc and contains the database name If the vCenter Server database is on an Oracle RAC environment then you must provide a JOBC URL for the database Database Name Name of the vCenter Server database For example vim_vcdb which is the default name given by vCenter Server If you are using Oracle Database then the database name can be either the service name or SID If you are providing the service name ensure that you prefix the service name with a forward slash For example service_name Database Type The database type can be either SOL Server default or Oracle Authentication Type This option is available only if you have set the Database Type to SQL Server You can set the Authentication Type to Credential Based Authentication or Windows Authentication Credential Based Authentication lets you access the database using SQL S
188. r No No No No No Chargeback No No No No No Hierarchy Chargeback No No No No No Hierarchical Entity Attribute No No No No No Tier No No No No No Cost Model No No No No No Cost Template No No No No No Fixed Cost No Yes No No No Report No Yes No No No Schedule No Yes No No No Role No No No No No Billing Policy No Yes No No No Automatic Report No No No No No Scheduler Create a Role Apart from the system defined roles you can define your own custom roles in vCenter Chargeback Manager These roles can then be assigned to the users created in the application Only users having the Super User role or the Administrator role assigned to them can perform this task VMware Inc Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users Roles and Permissions Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab click Roles A table listing all the roles defined in the application is displayed 2 Click Create The Create Role screen is displayed 3 Enter a name and description for the role Option Description Role Name A name to uniquely identify the role Provide a meaningful name to the role so that it is easy to identify the use of the role and the permissions assigned on the role The character limit is 255 characters Role Description A brief description of the role that you are creating You can define the purpose of the role in this field The character limit is 512 characters 4 Select the required permissions for t
189. r_Name classes folder for each data collector You must restart the data collectors after copying the hibernate cfg xml1 file vCenter Chargeback Manager IP Address Reset Utility 126 If vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed on a machine that does not have a static IP address and the IP address changes dynamically then the vCenter Chargeback Manager service might not function properly vCenter Chargeback Manager therefore provides a utility to reset the IP address in the database and the relevant configuration files The IP reset utility is located in Instal lation_Directory vCenter CB Tools reset IP bin and the utility file is UpdateCbmServer bat This utility updates the IP address references for the vCenter Chargeback Manager database and the embedded data collectors Reset vCenter Chargeback Manager IP Address If the IP address of the machine on which vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed is changed you must reset the IP address for the vCenter Chargeback Manager in the database and other configuration files by running the IP address reset utility Prerequisites You must have execute access permission on the machine on which vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed 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 ne
190. racters in length The password cannot be same as the user name Also the password must include a combination of upper case and lower case characters Confirm New Password Re enter the new password 4 Click Change VMware Inc 53 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 54 VMware Inc Managing Chargeback Hierarchies vCenter Chargeback Manager interacts with the vCenter Server to determine the utilization of the computing resources by various virtual machines that are created in the vCenter Server hierarchy vCenter Chargeback Manager enables you to create multiple chargeback hierarchies which can be different from the vCenter Server hierarchies A chargeback hierarchy is an organization of vCenter Server entities and vCenter Chargeback Manager entities The vCenter Server entities include virtual machines ESX Server hosts data centers resource pools host folders and virtual machine folders A chargeback hierarchy can contain entities from more than one vCenter Server The vCenter Chargeback Manager entities are custom entities that could represent a logical parent for the vCenter Server entities For example the vCenter Chargeback Manager entities could represent the departments cost centers or business units in an organization A vCenter Chargeback Manager entity can contain one or more vCenter Server entities and vCenter Chargeback Manager entities This chapter includes the following topics m Creating a Chargeb
191. rarchy Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hierarchical Entity Attribute No No No No No Tier No No No No No Cost Model Yes Yes Yes Yes No Cost Template Yes Yes Yes Yes No Fixed Cost Yes Yes Yes Yes No Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Schedule Yes Yes Yes Yes No Role No No No No No VMware Inc 39 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 40 Table 3 5 Permissions Defined on the Hierarchy Manager Role Continued Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify Billing Policy Yes Yes Yes Yes No Automatic Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Scheduler Report Generator Role Table 3 6 lists the permissions defined in the Report Generator role for each of the resource type Table 3 6 Permissions Defined on the Report Generator Role Entity Cost Resource Type Create Read Update Delete Modify VMware vCenter No No No No No Server Data Collector No No No No No LDAP Server No No No No No SMTP Server No No No No No Chargeback No Yes No No No Hierarchy Chargeback No Yes No No Yes Hierarchical Entity Attribute No No No No No Tier No No No No No Cost Model Yes Yes Yes Yes No Cost Template Yes Yes Yes Yes No Fixed Cost Yes Yes Yes Yes No Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Schedule Yes Yes Yes Yes No Role No No No No No Billing Policy Yes Yes Yes Yes No Automatic Report Yes Yes Yes Yes No Scheduler vCenter Guest User Role Table 3 7 lists the permissio
192. rarchy the chargeback hierarchical entity and the current and new parent chargeback hierarchical entity to move entities within a hierarchy VMware Inc Chapter 4 Managing Chargeback Hierarchies Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the entity that you want to move and select Cut Entity from the pop up menu Norte This menu option is available only for the vCenter Chargeback Manager entities created in the hierarchy and the vCenter Server entities that are directly added to the hierarchy 4 Right click the destination entity and select Paste Entity from the pop up menu The selected entity and all its child entities are moved under the destination entity You cannot paste the entities under a vCenter Server entity What to do next You can undo a paste operation by right clicking the pasted entity and selecting the Revert this paste operation option However this option is not available on the entity if any further changes are made to the entity or to the chargeback hierarchy Allocate
193. red and select Manage cost sharing from the pop up menu Norte This menu option is available only for the virtual machines that are individually added to the hierarchy 4 Click OK on the information dialog box 5 Right click the vCenter Chargeback Manager entity that shares this virtual machine and select Share Cost in this folder from the pop up menu The Set cost sharing screen is displayed VMware Inc Chapter 4 Managing Chargeback Hierarchies 6 Set the share percentages and click Apply The share percentages must total up to 100 The shared virtual machine is displayed in the hierarchy You can change the share percentage or share the virtual machine again with more entities by performing the same steps Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy You can backdate a chargeback hierarchy so that the resource utilization details for the last three months from the current date are considered You must have update privilege on the hierarchy to perform this task Note If you have upgraded to vCenter Chargeback 1 5 and the chargeback hierarchy contains entities from vCenter Server instances added before the upgrade then do not backdate the hierarchy You cannot backdate hierarchies imported from a VMware Cloud Director setup in to vCenter Chargeback Manager vCenter Chargeback Manager identifies the hierarchies imported from VMware Cloud Director by using the attribute VcloudOrgEntity set on them Therefore if the VcloudOrgEntity a
194. reen of the application Enable LDAPS Select this option to enable LDAP over SSL 4 Click Add If you have selected Enable LDAPS then a dialog requesting you to accept the SSL certificate is displayed 5 Accept the SSL certificate If you click Cancel the LDAP Server setting configuration fails VMware Inc 15 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide On successfully configuring the LDAP server setting the details of the LDAP server except the authentication information are displayed in the table on the LDAP Servers page What to do next You can now add the Windows Active Directory users and groups to vCenter Chargeback Manager so that they can access the application using their Windows Active Directory login credentials To know more about adding LDAP users and groups to the application see Creating Users on page 45 Edit the LDAP Server Setting After you have configured an LDAP server in the application you can modify its details any time provided you have the required privileges For instance if the LDAP user account password is changed on the LDAP server you must also reflect this change in vCenter Chargeback Manager If the SSL certificate on the LDAP server is changed you must modify the LDAP server setting in vCenter Chargeback Manager to obtain the modified SSL certificate Else communication with the LDAP server fails To perform this task you must have the Super User role or the Administrator
195. required information 4 Click Save The modified attribute details are listed in the table Delete an Attribute The attributes that are not required can be deleted from the application You cannot delete attributes that are imported from the vCenter Server If an attribute is deleted from the vCenter Server it is also deleted from vCenter Chargeback Manager during the next run of the data collector synchronization job You must have the Super User or Administrator role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click Manage Attributes A table listing all the attributes added to the application is displayed 2 Select the attribute that you want to remove 3 Click Delete VMware Inc Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings The attribute is deleted from the application and is removed from the table Manage System Health Thresholds The System Health tab provides information about the status of the entire system based on the response time of the various servers and databases in the system The response time limits can be set in the application You must have the Super User role to perform this task You can set the response time limits in milliseconds for vCenter Chargeback Manager vCenter Chargeback Manager database vCenter Server and vCenter Server database The response time limits define the Normal Warning and Alert latency ranges Procedure 1 Inthe Settings tab click System Health Thresholds 2
196. requirements You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to create users The application lets you create the following types of users and groups Local User This is a vCenter Chargeback Manager user whose details are defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager LDAP User This is a Windows Active Directory user The LDAP server must be configured in vCenter Chargeback Manager to add such a user The details of the user are defined in the Windows Active Directory LDAP Group This is a Windows Active Directory group The LDAP server must be configured in vCenter Chargeback Manager to add such a group The group details are defined in the Windows Active Directory vCenter Chargeback Manager also defines another type of user called VC User This is a vCenter Server user This user can access vCenter Chargeback Manager from the vSphere Client when he logs in to a vCenter Server that has been added to vCenter Chargeback Manager with the Register As vSphere Client Plug in option selected This user is added automatically to the list of users when the user logs in to vCenter Server Create a Local User A local user is a user whose account details are defined in the vCenter Chargeback Manager You can create more than one local user in the application You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task Norte Only a user with the Super User role can assign a role when creating a user Procedure 1 I
197. rocedure 1 2 98 In the Reports tab click Create Reports Select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed You can expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities of the hierarchy is displayed To further expand click the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities Right click the hierarchy or the entity on which you want to generate the report and select Generate Cost Report from the pop up menu To generate a report for multiple entities press the Ctrl key select each of the required entities and right click and select Generate Cost Report from the pop up menu Do not release the Ctrl key till you right click The Create Report screen is displayed Provide the requested report details and click Next Option Description Name Enter a meaningful name for the report The character limit for the report name is 255 characters Description Provide an optional description of the report The character limit for the report description is 512 characters User Name Optional Enter the name of the user to whom the report is addressed to The report is not automatically emailed to this user Report Duration Select the Generate this report now option default and specify the effective time period for generating the report by providing the s
198. role If you have the Administrator role you can only edit those LDAP server settings that you have configured Caution Changes to the LDAP server settings might impact the corresponding LDAP users and groups that are already added to the application If you change the BaseDN to the DN of an entity that is lower in the LDAP hierarchy compared to the currently set DN then LDAP users that exist above the new DN will not be able to log in to vCenter Chargeback Manager and the resources created by them in the application such as hierarchies cost model and reports might get orphaned and become unusable 16 Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click LDAP Servers 2 Select the required LDAP server from the table displayed on the page 3 Click Edit The Manage LDAP Server screen is displayed 4 Modify the required LDAP server setting Option Description Server Name A user defined name to uniquely identify the LDAP server You can provide a full name or a short code to identify the LDAP server Server Address Static IP address of the LDAP server If the sever does not have a static IP address ensure that you provide the fully qualified domain name FQDN User Name The LDAP account to authenticate in to the LDAP server The user name can be of the formats user_name domain_name or domain_name user_name Preferably use the User Principal Name UPN Password Password for the user name provided BaseDN The distinguished name
199. rt screen is displayed 4 Provide the requested report details and click Next Option Description Name Enter a meaningful name for the report The character limit for the report name is 255 characters Description Provide an optional description of the report The character limit for the report description is 512 characters VMware Inc 103 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 10 11 Option Description User Name Optional Enter the name of the user to whom the report is addressed to The report is not automatically emailed to this user Report Duration Select the Generate this report now option default and specify the effective time period for generating the report by providing the start date and end date for the reporting duration This reporting duration is the time period for which the usage stats of computing resources will be retrieved and used for calculating the costs The entity specific cost configuration details such as rate factors and fixed costs that are applicable during this time period will also be used Ensure that the dates are entered in the mm dd yyyy format Select a distribution policy Select the distribution policy to be used for generating the report Computation Resources Select the resources to be considered for calculating the costs and to be reported You can either select Disk Read and Disk Write to be reported individually or to be reported in total as Disk Read and Write S
200. runs If the time between two job runs is too large then virtual machines that are created and removed within this time frame might not be accounted for by vCenter Chargeback Manager during cost calculation Failed events processor job interval in seconds VMware Cloud Director Data Collector runs a job to clear failed chargeback events in VMware vCloud Director This property defines the time in seconds between two such job runs Unprocessed VMware Cloud Director chargeback event lifetime in seconds This property defines the time for which an unprocessed event is retained in the database The default value is 10 days After this lifetime period events are removed from the database because they are in an inconsistent state and cannot be processed Inconsistency can occur due to the following reasons m Event was generated when it was not necessary m Event fails to get persisted in the VMware vCloud Director database VM Instance job interval in seconds VMware Cloud Director Data Collector runs a job to apply the fixed costs defined in the virtual machine instance price matrix on the virtual machines in the vDCs virtual data centers This property defines the time in seconds between two such job runs VMware Cloud Director apply overage charge on Allocation Pool vDC Set this flag to true to consider the percentage guarantee value along with the allocation value for the computing resources This is global flag
201. ry for the entity and its immediate child in the report A complete summary provides the resource cost summary for the selected entity and all its child entities Select the computing resources whose usage and cost details have to included in the report Select Include cost summary in report to include the summary of costs in the report The cost summary cab be either Complete default or Basic Click Next On the Details page select the fixed cost details usage related details and other information to be displayed in the report and click Next Option Description Show these details in report Select this option if you want to include information about the selected cost model or the entity attributes or information messages in the Cost Details section of the report The selected information is displayed in the report for the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback hierarchy Show these columns in the usage Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report You must also details table select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in the report Show fixed cost in report Select this option to include the details of the fixed costs in the report If you select this option you must also select the fixed cost details to be included in the report 10 Click Submit The created automatic report scheduler is listed in the Automatic Report Scheduler page
202. s Option Description 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 8 Click Footer The Footer section of the report template displays three sub sections 9 Select a sub section from the Footer section of the report template 10 Select an option from the Footer Settings section to display the required information in the selected sub section Option Description Copyright The copyright information that you want to include in the report Page Number Selecting this option ensures that each page of the report is numbered Report Creation Time Date and time of report generation based on the system date and time on the machine where vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed None default No information is displayed in this section in the report This is the default selection Repeat this step to set the information for each sub section as required 11 Optional Click Preview to preview a sample report on the right pane of the page 12 Click Save The report view is saved and will be used when the next report is generated In each section the configured sub sections will use the space available in the adjacent empty sub sections A configured sub section will first try to expand and use the unused space in the sub section to its right
203. s You can define multiple entity selection criteria The criteria filters the entities in the selected hierarchies on which the pricing matrix is applied 6 Inthe VM Instance Matrix section click Add A new row is created in the table in the VM Instance Matrix section 7 Enter the required vCPU count 8 Click the Memory column of the row and enter the memory value in MB 9 Click the Cost column of the row and enter the cost for the specified vCPU count and memory bundle 10 Select the duration for which the cost is charged on the virtual machine 11 Specify the default cost and duration If a virtual machine in the hierarchy has a vCPU count and memory bundle that does not match any entry in the defined virtual machine instance cost matrix then this default cost is applied to the virtual machine 12 Click Create A row corresponding to the specified hierarchy selection criterion is added to the table on the Edit VM Instance Cost page VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements Update Hierarchy Selection Criteria and Virtual Machine Instance Cost Matrix You can update the hierarchy selection criterion and the corresponding virtual machine instance cost matrix You can modify the hierarchy selection criteria defined for a cost model as and when required You can modify the entity filter criteria and edit the virtual machine instance cost matrix corresponding to the hierarchy selection criterion by
204. s can be viewed from the Settings tab Enable Data Collector on page 25 If a data collector registered with the application is disabled you can enable it from the application Disable Data Collector on page 25 When a data collector is installed it is registered with the application and is enabled by default If you do not want to use a data collector you can disable it from the application Delete Data Collector on page 26 A data collector registered with the application can be removed or deleted VMware Inc Chapter 2 Configuring Administration Settings m Configure VMware Cloud Director Data Collector on page 26 If you have installed the Cloud Director Data Collector you must configure its properties from the Data Collectors page of the Settings tab E Configure vShield Manager Data Collector on page 27 If you have installed the vShield Manager Data Collector you must specify the user name and password to access the vShield Manager instances You can set this access information from the Data Collectors page of the Settings tab m Modify Super User Password for Cloud Data Collectors on page 28 If you change the password of the super user that was used when installing the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector and vShield Manager Data Collector you must change the same from the Data Collectors page to ensure that these data collectors function correctly View Data Collectors vCenter Chargeback Manager stores and displays
205. s that have sub entities 3 Right click the hierarchy or entity on which you want to generate the report and select Generate Usage Report from the pop up menu To generate a report for multiple entities press the Ctrl key select each of the required entities and right click and select Generate Usage Report Do not release the Ctrl key till you right click The Create Report screen is displayed 4 Provide the requested report details and click Next Option Description Name Enter a meaningful name for the report The character limit for the report name is 255 characters Description Provide an optional description of the report The character limit for the report description is 512 characters User Name Optional Enter the name of the user to whom the report is addressed to The report is not automatically emailed to this user Report Duration Select the Generate this report now option default and specify the effective time period for generating the report by providing the start date and end date for the reporting duration This reporting duration is the time period for which the usage statistics of computing resources will be retrieved Ensure that the dates are entered in the mm dd yyyy format Select a cost model Select the cost model to be used for generating the report If you are generating a report for multiple entities you can choose to use different cost models for each entity by selecting the Use different cost models for ent
206. s the scheduling policy m Quarterly This option lets you specify a date of the first month of a quarter on which the report for the previous quarter has to be generated The quarters defined are January March April June July September and October December For example if the date is set to 5 then the report for the period April through June is generated on the 5th of July and the report for the period July through September will be generated on 5th of October m Half Yearly This is similar to the Quarterly option In this case the report is generated for a six month duration The report for the duration January to June is generated on the set date in July The report for the duration July to December is generated on the set date in January m Yearly This option is similar to the Monthly option You can select the month and day starting from which the billing has to be done You can also define a schedule policy that defines when the report has to be generated For example suppose you want to generate a yearly report for the earlier year on the second Sunday of January In this case you can specify the billing day as 1 the month as January and the report generation day as the second Sunday of January which is the scheduling policy Custom You can set a custom billing period by specifying the start date of the billing period as the number of days prior to the report generation day and the duration for which the entities have to
207. sed to add the existing vCenter Server entities in the chargeback hierarchy The entities in the selected vCenter Server hierarchy will be highlighted only if the view type for the hierarchy of the selected vCenter Server and the vCenter Chargeback Manager hierarchy are same and one of the highlighting options is selected 7 Expand the vCenter Server hierarchy and select the entity that you want to add to the chargeback hierarchy The number of vCenter Server entities selected is displayed next to the cursor indicating that the entity is selected and available for adding to the chargeback hierarchy You can also select multiple entities and add them at the same time To select multiple entities press the Ctrl key and click the required vCenter Server entities If you add a vCenter Server entity to a chargeback hierarchy you cannot separately add its parent entity or any of its child entities to the same chargeback hierarchy 8 Select the vCenter Chargeback Manager entity to which you want to add this vCenter Server entity The selected vCenter Server entities are added to the chargeback hierarchy After a vCenter Server entity is added to a chargeback hierarchy you cannot delete any of its child entities from the chargeback hierarchy without deleting this added entity What to do next You can undo an add operation by right clicking the newly added entity and selecting the Revert this add operation option However this option is not availabl
208. ses the values set for these options on the fixed cost at the time of report generation immaterial of when these options were modified on the fixed cost Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Cost tab click Fixed Cost A table listing all the fixed costs created in the application is displayed You can view the details of the fixed cost by clicking the plus sign in the Details column of the table The details include the value of the cost the duration indicating how often the cost is charged and the time period for which the set value and duration is valid or applicable 2 Select the fixed cost that you want to modify and click Edit The Fixed Cost screen is displayed 3 In the General tab modify the fixed cost details as required Note You cannot modify the currency type and the One Time option 4 Inthe Cost Details tab set the period for which the modified cost value and duration will be effective The default selection is Update from now onwards indicating that the defined cost detail will be effective from the time of updating the fixed cost till infinity The other option is Update for the effective period If you select this option you must specify the start and end date of the period for which the cost will be effective You must enter the dates in the mn dd yyyy format If the end date is not specified the cost detail will be effective from the specified start date till infinity 5 Optional To fetch the cost values and dura
209. source Dependent Resources Cost Model Billing Policy and Fixed Cost Cost Template Fixed Cost Schedule Report Automatic Report Scheduler Schedule If you assign a role with update permission on the parent resource then vCenter Chargeback Manager assigns the Dependent Resource Update role to the user for the dependent resources If you assign a role with only read permission on the parent resource then vCenter Chargeback Manager assigns the Dependent Resource Read role to the user for the dependent resources For example if you assign a role with only read permission to a user on a cost model that you have created then the user automatically get read permission on the fixed costs defined in the cost model Note If you assign a role to an LDAP group for a resource then the LDAP users belonging to the LDAP group will be assigned the same role on the resources However the LDAP user cannot perform any action on the resources if the LDAP group does not have at least read privileges on the various resource types at the vCenter Chargeback Manager level Procedure 1 Inthe Users amp Roles tab click Permissions A page listing the users their type whether the user has the Super User role or the Administrator role and if the user is a vCenter Server user then the vCenter Server name or if the user is an LDAP user or group then the IP address of the LDAP server is displayed The page also provides an option to select a resource type
210. st have read permission on the vCenter Server to access storage tiers Cost Model This resource type refers to the cost models defined or created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on a cost model to use it for cost configuration and report generation Cost Template This resource type refers to the cost templates created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on a cost template to use it for cost configuration Fixed Cost This resource type refers to the fixed costs created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on a fixed cost to use it for cost configuration Report This resource type refers to the reports created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on a report to access the report Schedule This resource type refers to the reporting schedules created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on a schedule to access the reporting schedule Role This resource type refers to the roles defined or created in vCenter Chargeback Manager Only users with the Administrator role or Super User role have create permission for this resource type Billing Policy This resource type refers to the billing policies defined or created in vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on a billing policy to use it for cost configuration and report generation Automatic Report Scheduler This resource type refers to th
211. t New Chargeback Folder from the pop up menu You can add vCenter Chargeback Manager entities to the hierarchy or to another vCenter Chargeback Manager entity in the hierarchy You cannot add a vCenter Chargeback Manager entity to a vCenter Server entity 4 Provide a name for the added entity and click outside the entity name text box The character limit for the entity name is 255 characters The entity names are not case sensitive The entity with the provided name is added to the chargeback hierarchy What to do next You can undo an add operation by right clicking the newly added entity and selecting the Revert this add operation option However this option is not available on the entity if any further changes are made to the entity or to the chargeback hierarchy Add a vCenter Server Entity If you are creating a custom chargeback hierarchy you must add vCenter Server entities such as ESXi Server hosts and virtual machines to it You can also add a cluster or an entire data center to the hierarchy To add a vCenter Server entity to a chargeback hierarchy you must have the read privilege on the vCenter Server and update privilege on the chargeback hierarchy and the parent entity Prerequisites Ensure that the vCenter Server is added to vCenter Chargeback and the Hosts amp Clusters and VMs amp Templates Synchronization job successfully synchronized the vCenter Server inventory in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Pr
212. t enable you to manage the various users roles and permissions defined in the application vCenter Chargeback Manager provides resource based authorization The application defines different permissions for each resource The application also provides few predefined roles In addition you can create new roles and users as per your requirements This chapter includes the following topics m Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager on page 35 m Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager on page 36 m Managing Roles on page 37 m Managing Users on page 44 m vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication on page 52 Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager vCenter Chargeback Manager defines various resource types and authorizes access to a resource on the basis of the role assigned to a user Table 3 1 lists the various resource types defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager Table 3 1 Resource Types Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager Resource Type VMware vCenter Server Description This resource type refers to the vCenter Server instances added to vCenter Chargeback Manager A user must have read permission on a vCenter Server to read its entities and add them to a chargeback hierarchy vCenter Server Entity This resource type refers to the entities in the vCenter Server hierarchy Data Collector This resource type refers to data coll
213. t to set the rate factor on an ungrouped datastore or storage profile select the required datastore or storage profile from the ungrouped folder 4 Select the cost model from the drop down menu 5 Select the duration for which the rate factor will be effective The default selection is Update from now onwards indicating that the rate factors will be effective from the time of setting them on the datastore till they are modified at a future date If you want to set the rate factors for a specific duration select Update for the effective period and specify the start and end date of the time period The dates have to be entered in the mm dd yyyy format If the end time is not specified the rate factors will be effective till they are modified at a future date You can view the existing rate factors for the specified time period by clicking Get Rate Factors For a tier the duration is always from the time of setting the rate factor till it is updated at a future time 6 Specify the rate factor and click Set 7 Click OK on the information dialog box The new rate factor is set on the datastore or tier for the selected cost model and specified time period Move a Datastore or Storage Profile to Another Tier You can move datastores and storage profiles across tiers After a datastore or storage profile is moved from one tier to another tier the rate factor that it inherited from first tier is overridden by the rate factor configured on the second
214. t view modify report 111 LDAP server setting configure 15 managing 15 modify 16 remove 17 license key delete 29 manage 29 replace 29 one time cost 69 physical infrastructure costing 87 rate factor set at hosts and clusters level 87 set on datastore 90 set on datastore tier 90 report dashboard about 120 configure hierarchy for display 121 view entity report 121 view hierarchy report 121 report generation schedules email scheduled report 109 generate 106 remove schedule 109 reschedule 108 scheduling parameters 105 search 110 report view configure 30 manage 30 reports about 95 about exported reports 95 about report generation 95 archive 113 configure precision value 112 email 114 export 114 generate cost comparison report 101 generate cost report 98 generate showback report 103 generate usage report 100 manage 111 modify in interactive report view 111 VMware Inc report generation schedules 105 schedule 113 types 95 view in interactive report view 111 resource permissions defined for 36 roles assign user role for a resource 50 assign user role on vCenter Chargeback Manager 49 create 42 delete 43 managing 37 modify 43 predefined roles 38 revoke role for a resource 51 revoke role on vCenter Chargeback Manager 51 S scripts data purging scripts 136 generic scripts 135 guest OS licensing script 127 130 performance statistics script 132 space c
215. tails Option Description To The email address of the recipients The email addresses should be separated by commas Subject A subject for the email Body The body text for the email 3 Click Send If the size of the report in the PDF format is less than the attachment size limit configured for the SMTP server in vCenter Chargeback Manager then the report in the PDF format is attached to the email and sent to the marked recipients Else a link to the PDF report is included in the email The PDF report in the attachment or at the link provided is password protected The password to access the report is emailed separately Export Report After a report is generated you can export it to rtf pdf and csv formats Procedure 1 Select the output type m To export the report to the rtf format click the Microsoft Word document icon m To export the report to the pdf format click the Adobe PDF icon m To export the report to the csv format click the Microsoft Excel icon The Convert Report Format screen is displayed VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports Click the Click to download link The application exports the report to the specified format If the report name contains any special characters then such characters are replaced with an underscore _ in the exported report file name If you have chosen to view the report in the rtf format an Opening filename rtf dialog is displayed Note If the temp f
216. tart date and end date for the reporting duration This reporting duration is the time period for which the usage stats of computing resources will be retrieved and used for calculating the costs The entity specific cost configuration details such as rate factors and fixed costs that are applicable during this time period will also be used Ensure that the dates are entered in the mm dd yyyy format VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports Option Description Select a cost model Select the cost model to be used for generating the report If you are generating a report for multiple entities you can choose to use different cost models for each entity by selecting the Use different cost models for entities option and then select the required cost models for each entity Ensure that the selected cost models have the same currency type Computation Resources Select the resources to be considered for calculating the costs and to be reported You can either select Disk Read and Disk Write to be reported individually or to be reported in total as Disk Read and Write Similarly the data traffic over the network can be either reported separately as Network Received and Network Transmitted or in total as Network Received and Transmitted Auto Archive Select this option to automatically save the generated report 5 On the Resource Summary page select Include resource summary in report Select this option to include the summary of
217. te for the effective period If you select this option you must specify the start and end date of the period for which the billing policy will be effective You must enter the dates in the mn dd yyyy format If the end date is not specified the billing policy will be effective from the specified start date till infinity Select the required policy from the Billing Policy list In the Base Rates tab set the period for which the base rates will be effective The default selection is Update from now onwards indicating the base rates will be effective from the time of creation of the cost model till it is changed at a future date The other option is Update for the effective period If you select this option you must specify the start and end date of the period for which the base rates will be effective You must enter the dates in the mn dd yyyy format If the end date is not specified the base rates will be effective from the specified start date till infinity VMware Inc 10 11 12 Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements Set the base rate and the corresponding duration for the computing resources The duration specifies how often the specified rate is charged for the corresponding computing resource The duration can be Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly Half yearly or Yearly In vCenter Chargeback Manager a duration value of Monthly is equal to 30 days Quarterly is equal to 91 days H
218. ter Chargeback Manager The Source column of the table lists the vCenter Server name from which the attribute is imported For attributes created in vCenter Chargeback Manager this column is empty VMware Inc 31 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide 32 Add an Attribute You can define one or more attributes in vCenter Chargeback Manager You must have the Super User or Administrator role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click Manage Attributes 2 Click Create The Create Attribute screen is displayed 3 Enter the name and description for the attribute A attribute can be attached to an entity to provide additional information about the entity The attributes associated with an entity can be included in the chargeback reports 4 Click Create The attribute is added to the table listing the attributes added to the application Modify an Attribute You can modify the attributes defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager You must be the owner of the attribute or should have the Super User role to modify the attribute Also you can only modify attributes that are created in vCenter Chargeback Manager Attributes imported from vCenter Server cannot be modified Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click Manage Attributes The page displays a table with all the attributes available in your vCenter Chargeback Manager installation 2 Select the attribute that you want to modify and click Edit 3 Modify the
219. th in the reporting duration for which the attribute name value pair is applicable 12 Click Submit The report is generated periodically as per the schedule options set The generated reports are automatically archived and can be viewed from the Archived Reports page of the Reports tab You can similarly schedule usage reports and cost comparison reports What to do next Allactive report schedule can be accessed from the Schedule Reports page of the Reports tab A report schedule would expire only if the range of recurrence is limited with an end date Even if a report schedule has expired the reports generated and archived as per the schedule are available and can be viewed from the Archived Reports page of the Reports tab Reschedule Report Generation A report generation schedule can be modified to define a new schedule You must have update privilege on the report schedule to perform this task Prerequisites Before you reschedule a report refer to Scheduling Parameters on page 105 to learn about the scheduling parameters in vCenter Chargeback Manager Procedure 1 In the Reports tab click Scheduled Reports A table listing all the report generation schedules is displayed 2 Select the required report schedule from the table 3 Click the scheduler icon above the table The Schedule Report screen is displayed VMware Inc Chapter 6 Generating Reports 4 Enter relevant values for the scheduling parameters
220. the corresponding LDAP users and groups will also be deleted from the application Procedure 1 In the Settings tab clickLDAP Servers 2 Select the required LDAP server from the table displayed on the page 3 Click Delete A dialog confirming the action is displayed 4 ClickOK Information about the LDAP server is deleted from the table displayed on the LDAP Servers page Managing vCenter Servers To determine the utilization of computing resources by the virtual machines and calculate the total costs you must first add the vCenter Server instances in your virtual environment to vCenter Chargeback Manager You can add more than one vCenter Server to the application The application also lets you modify the information about the vCenter Server instances and delete a vCenter Server from the application when it is no longer required Communication with the vCenter Server is secured using a SSL certificate After you add or modify the vCenter Server settings in vCenter Chargeback Manager you can view and install the SSL certificate presented by the vCenter Server If you chose not to install the SSL certificate the vCenter Server is not added to and cannot be accessed from vCenter Chargeback Manager If you change the SSL certificate on the vCenter Server or upgrade the vCenter Server then you must modify the vCenter Server information in vCenter Chargeback Manager to import the new SSL certificate Add vCenter Server Information vCenter
221. the option to delete the archived reports that were generated by the report schedules created by the automatic report scheduler 4 Click OK The report scheduler and the corresponding schedules are removed from the applications Report Dashboard 120 vCenter Chargeback Manager provides a report dashboard that displays various graphs providing information about the resource cost and usage for a selected hierarchy or entity for the last 30 days excluding the current date The report dashboard displays three charts Cost per Resource Cost per child Entity and Cost per Day for the selected hierarchy or entity The dashboard also provides an option to view the following Top N reports Top N most expensive VMs m Top N least expensive VMs Top N CPU consuming VMs Top N Memory consuming VMs Here N can take the values 10 20 and 50 To fetch a Top N report you must select the value for N select the report type and click Fetch For each virtual machine listed in the Top N report you can view the Cost per Resource graph by clicking the virtual machine name in the report For a hierarchy that includes a vCenter Server that is integrated with VMware vCenter Operations the dashboard provides the following details m The Cost per Resource bar chart in the Cost projection tab shows cost for each resource which is color coded for the past 30 days and projected data for next three months in sets of 30 days each m The Cost per
222. the report You can either search for reports that have the specified name or the ones that do not have the specified name Hierarchy name Name of a chargeback hierarchy You can search for all the reports that are generated on a hierarchy or any of its entities by specifying the name of the hierarchy You can also search for reports that are not generated on a specified hierarchy or any of its entities Created by user You can search for reports scheduled by a specific user or the ones that are not scheduled by the specified user Cost Model You can search for reports that are generated by using the specified cost model or the ones that are not generated by using the specified cost model Entity Name You can search for reports that are generated on the specified entity or the ones that are not generated on the specified entity Report scheduling policy This is reporting duration The permissible values are daily weekly monthly quarterly half yearly yearly and custom Auto email enable Whether or not automatic email of the scheduled report is configured 3 Specify the filters to sort the search results You can specify two filter levels The results can be sorted based on the report name hierarchy name entity name or cost model name 4 Click Search The scheduled reports that match the criteria specified by using the search parameters are displayed in the table on the Schedule Reports pa
223. tion in the Event Details panel is refreshed every 30 seconds If this panel is open the user session does not get timed out If the system time of the vCenter Chargeback Manager instances in a cluster are not in sync the Event Details tab does not display any event messages 124 VMware Inc Administration Utilities vCenter Chargeback Manager interacts with various servers and databases It also stores information about users and various components such as hierarchies and entities To ensure that the application and the corresponding components are working properly one must monitor the health of the entire system periodically vCenter Chargeback Manager provides a few utilities and database management scripts that enable you to manage the application efficiently This chapter includes the following topics m Database Password Change Utility on page 125 m vCenter Chargeback Manager IP Address Reset Utility on page 126 E Statistics Collection Scripts on page 127 m vCenter Chargeback Manager Database Management Scripts on page 134 Database Password Change Utility vCenter Chargeback Manager also provides a utility to change the password of the vCenter Chargeback Manager database user This utility changes the password in the hibernate cfg xml file in the following directories E Installation_Directory apache tomcat 6 0 18 webapps vCenter CB WEB INF cLasses E Installation_Directory DataCollector
224. tion set for a specific time period select the Update for the effective period option specify the start and end dates of the time period and then click Fetch VMware Inc 79 vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide Enter the value of the cost and select the duration indicating how often the cost is incurred The duration can be Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly Half yearly or Yearly For one time costs duration is not applicable If you are defining the cost for a specific time period click Set You can set more than one value and duration for different time periods by repeating Step 4 Step 6 and Step 7 Click Save The modified fixed cost is displayed in the table listing the fixed costs You can view the modified cost details of the fixed cost by clicking the plus sign in the Details column of the table Delete a Fixed Cost You can delete invalid or unwanted fixed costs from the application You must have delete privilege on the fixed cost to remove it from the application A Caution Deleting a fixed cost removes it from the entities on which it is configured and does not reflect in a report Only fixed costs that exist in the application at the time of report generation are included in the report Procedure 1 In the Manage Cost tab click Fixed Cost A table listing all the fixed costs created in the application is displayed Select the fixed cost that you want to delete and click Delete
225. tities and vCenter Chargeback entities from a chargeback hierarchy If you have added a vCenter Server entity to the chargeback hierarchy you cannot remove any of its child entities without deleting the directly added vCenter Server entity from the chargeback hierarchy Even if an entity is deleted from the hierarchy the generated reports include these deleted entities for the time period they were available in the hierarchy vCenter Chargeback maintains the history of the entities created in the chargeback hierarchies Therefore the cost information of the deleted entities can be retrieved for the period they existed in the chargeback hierarchy To delete an entity you must have delete privilege on the chargeback hierarchical entity and update privilege on the hierarchy A Caution You cannot undo a delete entity operation Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the entity that you want to remove and select Delete from the pop up menu A dialog confirming the action is displayed 4 Click OK The
226. to the vCenter Server hierarchy with the selected view is created The custom attributes defined on the various entities in vCenter Server are imported into the chargeback hierarchy These attributes provide additional information about the vCenter Server entities and can be displayed in the chargeback report What to do next You can modify a chargeback hierarchy as per your requirements To know more about editing a chargeback hierarchy refer to Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy on page 58 Import a Chargeback Hierarchy from a CSV File You can create a chargeback hierarchy by importing a hierarchy defined ina csv file To perform this operation you must have a create privilege for the hierarchy resource type and a read privilege on all the vCenter Server instances whose entities are specified in the CSV file 56 VMware Inc Chapter 4 Managing Chargeback Hierarchies Prerequisites Before you begin you must ensure that the csv file entries are in the correct format To know more about the format of the csv file entries refer to Format of the CSV File on page 57 Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab click Create Hierarchy The Create Hierarchy screen is displayed 2 Enter a name and description for the hierarchy The name must not exceed 255 characters and the description must not exceed 512 characters in length 3 Select Import hierarchy from csv file 4 Enter the path of the csv file or alternately you can browse t
227. ttribute is set on any user defined hierarchy in vCenter Chargeback Manager you cannot backdate that hierarchy Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed The right pane provides various details about the selected hierarchy 2 Click the arrow icon next to Tools below the hierarchy The Hierarchy tools options are displayed 3 Click Backdate 4 Click OK in the information dialog box View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity A chargeback hierarchy can contain entities from more than one vCenter Server In a chargeback hierarchy you can identify the vCenter Server to which an entity belongs by viewing its properties You must have a read privilege on the hierarchy and the chargeback hierarchical entity to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Manage Hierarchy tab select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop down menu on the left pane of the page The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed 2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the hierarchy name The first level entities in the hierarchy are displayed You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub entities 3 Right click the vCenter Server entity and select Properties from the pop up menu The vCenter Server
228. u to calculate the space that can be retrieved by purging the old data from the database tables Prerequisites for Running the Space Calculation Scripts You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database to run the space calculation scripts The v_months_in_history parameter in the Oracle scripts and the MONTHS_IN_HISTORY parameter in the SQL Server scripts is set to 6 months by default You can change this in the scripts to the desired number of months About the Space Calculation Scripts Table 8 8 lists the space calculation scripts provided with vCenter Chargeback Manager Table 8 8 Space Calculation Scripts Script Description spaceCostData This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the cost data that is older than the specified number of months spaceHierarchyData This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the hierarchy data that is older than the specified number of months spaceReportData This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the report data that is older than the specified number of months spaceTablesData This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the cost hierarchy and report data that is older than the specified number of months spaceStatsData This script returns the amount of space that can be retrieved by purging the performance statistics data fr
229. ulated vCenter Chargeback Manager checks for the cost configuration on the datastore If the datastore matches a profile and in listed under a profile then the cost configuration on the profile is considered If the datastore or the profile is grouped under a tier then the cost configuration details of the tier is used for calculating the storage cost If a datastore matches more than one profile then the datastore appears under each matching VM storage profile In such a case the highest user defined rate factor set on the VM storage profiles is considered Therefore if a datastore matches two different profiles and if you have not defined any rate factor on either of the profiles then default rate factor of 1 is considered If you have defined rate factor on both the profiles then the highest of the two rate factors is considered However if you have defined rate factor on only one of the profiles say 0 75 then the user defined rate factor is considered even if it is less than the default value of 1 VMware Inc Chapter 5 Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements Create a Datastore Tier You can create a datastore tier in vCenter Chargeback Manager and add various datastores and storage profiles to it This enables you to define a standard rate factor for a set of datastores You must have create privilege for the tier resource type on vCenter Chargeback Manager to perform this task Procedure 1 Inthe Conf
230. unting The script names are of the form script_name_mssq1 sql E For Oracle Installation_Directory Database Scripts main verszion oracle gos License accounting The script names are of the form script_name_oracle sql Installtion_Directory refers to the complete path of the folder in which vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed version refers to a folder that has version number as the folder name For example v2 0 Guest OS Licensing Script The guest OS licensing script helps you identify the operating system running on a virtual machine and the corresponding memory and vCPU details for that virtual machine The script considers only the virtual machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager Running the Guest OS Licensing Script in SQL Server You must have the SELECT permission on the tables in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database to run the guest OS licensing script On running the script two database objects are created a The CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY database view E The CB_FN_GOS_LICENSE_PAYG function The CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY view contains the guest OS details and the corresponding memory vCPU and power state details for all the virtual machines that are part of any hierarchy created in vCenter Chargeback Manager Table 8 1 lists the details of the columns in the CB_VIEW_GOS_LICENSE_INVENTORY view Table 8 1 Column Details of the GOS Licensing Database View Column Name
231. ut the datastore view of the vCenter Server are synchronized in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Network Synchronization This synchronization job ensures that all information about the network view of the vCenter Server are synchronized in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Stats Synchronization If the Enable Stats Replication option is selected for a vCenter Server added to the application all the vital performance statistics required for cost calculation is replicated in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database This synchronization job ensures that the statistics information is periodically replicated in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database with the corresponding information in the vCenter Server database Important For vCenter Server 2 5 Update 3 ensure that the stats collection level is set to 2 or above for the average memory usage counter to be available If the stats collection level is set to 1 the cost for actual memory usage cannot be calculated Global Configuration Synchronization The data collector fetches global configuration data of the vCenter Server and stores it in the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Currently this synchronization job fetches the custom attributes from the vCenter Server Job Interval The interval between consecutive job runs The values can be Not periodic Indicates that the job runs eternally Positive number Indicates the repetition interval in minutes The consecutive j
232. vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide vCenter Chargeback Manager 2 0 0 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition To check for more recent editions of this document see http www vmware com support pubs EN 0007 16 00 vmware vCenter Chargeback Manager User s Guide You can find the most up to date technical documentation on the VMware Web site at http www vmware com support The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates If you have comments about this documentation submit your feedback to docfeedback vmware com Copyright 2012 VMware Inc All rights reserved This product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual property laws VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http www vmware com go patents VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies VMware Inc 3401 Hillview Ave Palo Alto CA 94304 www vmware com 2 VMware Inc Contents About the User s Guide 5 1 Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager 7 What Is Chargeback 7 Chargeback Solution for Virtual Environments 7 Overview of vCenter Chargeback Manager 8 2 Configuring Administration Settings 11 Activate the Application 11 Con
233. vailable or not required are removed from the cluster In a cluster configuration the load balancer forwards the requests to a vCenter Chargeback Manager instance that has a lighter load However even if a vCenter Chargeback Manager instance is unavailable and not responding the load balancer tries to forward the requests to such an instance You must therefore monitor the health of the vCenter Chargeback Manager instances and remove those instances from the cluster that are not responding When you remove a vCenter Chargeback Manager from the UI the corresponding entries for the instance is removed from the System Health However the instance is still in the cluster and the load balancer sends requests to it You must manually remove the instance from the load balancer by running the ModifyLBWorkers bat file You must have the Super User role to perform this task Note Removing a vCenter Chargeback Manager instance does not correspond to uninstalling the instance Only the details of the instance is removed from a database table and from the application UI The instance exists on the system that it is installed You can log in to this instance and use it if the instance functions correctly Procedure 1 In the Settings tab click General A list of vCenter Chargeback Manager instances is displayed under the Chargeback Servers section 2 Select the vCenter Chargeback Manager that you want to remove 3 Click Remove 4 Click OK to conf
234. vers A table listing all the vCenter Servers is displayed Select the vCenter Server that you want to remove and click Delete If any of the entities of the vCenter Server are part of a chargeback hierarchy the Manage linked entities screen is displayed Optional Click Delete all these entries to remove the entities from the hierarchy permanently You can retain the entities by clicking Keep all these entries If you choose to retain the entities they will be temporarily removed from the hierarchy and will appear automatically when you re add the vCenter Server at a later stage If none of the vCenter Server entities are part of any of the chargeback hierarchies the a dialog box confirming the delete operation request is displayed Click OK Managing Data Collectors 22 When you install vCenter Chargeback Manager you can optionally install a data collector You can register more than one data collector with a vCenter Chargeback Manager instance You can also install the Cloud Director Data Collector and the vShield Manager Data Collector All the data collectors registered with the application can be managed from the Settings tab You must have the Super User role to view and manage the data collectors View Data Collectors on page 23 vCenter Chargeback Manager stores and displays information about each data collector registered with the application The data collectors registered with the application and their corresponding detail
235. w 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 Database type The type of database used to create the vCenter Chargeback Manager database The database type can be either Oracle or SQL Server Database URL The URL to connect to the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Database user name User name to access the vCenter Chargeback Manager database Database password Password for the user name provided IP address for the data collector IP address of the machine on which the data collector is installed VMware Inc Chapter 8 Administration Utilities 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 Statistics Collection Scripts vCenter Chargeback Manager provides few SQL scripts that help you collect different resource usage and allocation statistics vCenter Chargeback Manager provides the following SQL scripts m Guest OS licensing script E Storage allocation script m Performance statistics script These SQL scripts can be run from the SQL prompt by any database user having the required permissions These scripts are packaged with the application and are located in the following folders m For SQL Server Installation_Directory Database Scripts main verszion mssql gos License acco

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