User manual VMWARE VCENTER CHARGEBACK 1.5

[. . . ] vCenter Chargeback User's Guide vCenter Chargeback 1. 5 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-000429-00 vCenter Chargeback 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 © 2010 VMware, Inc. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www. vmware. com/go/patents. [. . . ] What to do next To add entities to this hierarchy and manage the hierarchy, see "Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy, " on page 78. 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. Prerequisites Ensure that the vCenter Server is added to vCenter Chargeback. To know more about how to add a vCenter Server to the application, refer to "Add vCenter Server Information, " on page 45. The vCenter Server should be running to complete the hierarchy creation. The name must not exceed 255 characters and the description must not exceed 512 characters in length. 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. 5 Click Create. A chargeback hierarchy similar 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 78. Import a Chargeback Hierarchy from a CSV File You can create a chargeback hierarchy by importing a hierarchy defined in a . 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. 76 VMware, Inc. Chapter 5 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 77. The name must not exceed 255 characters and the description must not exceed 512 characters in length. Enter the path of the . csv file or alternately you can browse the system or the network to locate the file. 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. 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, vcEntityMoId, vCenterViewId]] Table 5-1 describes each of the parameters in the CVS file entry. [. . . ] Solution Modify the base DN of the LDAP server added to the application such that the primary group is defined under it in the Active Directory hierarchy. Unable to Use Custom SSL Certificates vCenter Chargeback can be accessed through a Web browser using either the HTTP protocol or HTTPS protocol. Problem Prior to vCenter Chargeback version 1. 5, the application was shipped with a default SSL certificate that was generated using OpenSSL. However, to use custom SSL certificates for secure communication, you must replace the certificate related files in your installation directory. Solution 1 Replace the security-related files, default. cert and default. key, with the custom SSL files. [. . . ]