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Technical Note: Using VMware vCenter Chargeback
Manager with VMware vCloud Director
Overview
The process for installing and configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager is as follows:
InstallvCenterChargebackManageralongwiththevCenterChargebackManagerVMwarevCloudDirector
andVMware®vShieldManager™datacollectorsRefertothevCenterChargebackManagerInstallationand
UpgradeGuidefordetailedinstallationinstructions
ValidatevCenterChargebackManagerdatacollectorsettingsChangevShieldManagerlogincredentials
accordingly
AddallvCenterServersattachedtotheVMwarevCloudDirectorinstanceRefertothevCenterChargeback
ManagerUser’sGuidefordetailedinstructions
ValidatesynchronizationofinventoriesbetweenvCloudDirectorandvCenterChargebackManager
Basedonapprovedservicedefinitioncreateandconfigurecostmodelsfixedcostsorvirtualmachine
instance
ConfigurecostsforspecificvCenterChargebackManagerentities
Schedulereportsmanuallyorleverageautomaticscheduler
Createusersandassociatetheappropriaterolesandaccess
(optional)IntegratevCenterChargebackManagerwithexternalsystems
This technical note provides additional details and best practices for each step in the process.
Architecture
vCenter Chargeback Manager components include:
The data collectors gather and send data to the vCenter Chargeback Manager database. The vCenter
Chargeback Manager Web interface handles cost modeling, user management, and report generation.
Integration with other management products, such as VMware® vCenter™ Orchestrator™ and VMware® vCenter™
Operations Manager™, is available through the appropriate plug-in/adaptor.
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