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Technical Note: Using VMware vCenter Chargeback
Manager with VMware vCloud Director
Storage allocation units for vCloud entities are set as thick, regardless of provisioning. If the billing policy uses
the usage attribute for storage, it is possible to charge for thin-provisioned disks as thick-provisioned disks.
To view allocation units, go to Manage Hierarchy, select the hierarchy, right-click the object and select
Set allocation units. Click Show to view historical allocation units.
NOTE: Do not set any allocation units on vCloud objects, because this is done automatically by the vCloud
Director data collector. If allocation units are modified in the vCenter Chargeback Manager Web interface, they
persist until overridden by a vCloud Director chargeback event.
OBJECT PAY AS YOU GO ALLOCATION
POOL
R E S E R VATI O N
POOL
Organization Virtual
Datacenter (vDC)
None
Memory
Storage
Memory
Storage
vApp None None None
Virtual Machine
Memory
Storage
Memory
Storage
Memory
Storage
Template Storage Storage Storage
Storage Storage Storage
Network
NAT
Tunnel Count
Count of Networks
NAT
Tunnel Count
Count of Networks
NAT
Tunnel Count
Count of Networks
Table 1. VMware vCloud Object Allocation Units
Server. The data collector gathers information for External Network Routed Connection for Org and Routed or
Fence Deploy of vApp Network
collector. Network Rx/Tx is collected by the vCenter Chargeback Manager data collector. Therefore, use external
network Rx/Tx rather than network Rx/Tx for vCloud-specific network entities.
The vShield Manager data collector compiles information on external network Rx/Tx and no other counters.
the vCloud Director data collector. The network services are charged based on the service being enabled or
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