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Technical Note: Using VMware vCenter Chargeback
Manager with VMware vCloud Director
Chargeback
database
Session 1
1
2
3
Load Balancer
Chargeback
Server 3
Chargeback
Server 1
Chargeback
Server 2
Session 2
Session 3
Figure 2. User Request Routing with Clustering
are enabled, so sessions always stick to one vCenter Chargeback Manager server. If there are multiple sessions,
Manager servers, the report processing load is balanced by the internal Quartz Scheduler.
Losing the vCenter Chargeback Manager server that contains the load balancer removes access to the Web
server is restored.
vCenter Chargeback Manager Database
The vCenter Chargeback Manager database stores organization hierarchies, cost/rate plans and global vCenter
are supported.
SQL scripts are available that enable administrators to manage and retrieve usage data from the vCenter
Chargeback Manager database. Refer to the vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide for more details.
Data Collectors
vCenter Chargeback Manager data collector – Connects to vCenter Servers to pull vCenter information. Add
connections to all vCenter Servers attached to the vCloud instance. VMware vSphere® vApp™ virtual machines
are not displayed in the vCloud hierarchies until their respective vCenter Servers are registered with vCenter
Chargeback Manager.
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