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Chargeback 2.5 error in creating new Billing Policy
When I attempt to create a new Billing Policy in vCenter Chargeback 2.5, I get the error "Insufficient number of resources in giving Flexible Billing Policy". Can't find anything online about this...
View ArticleScheduled Email Reports?
Maybe we are just missing something very simple, even after all of the complexities of setting up Usage based reports that calculate a cost of running a VM per hour. My customer wants a weekly report...
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Add / Edit Computing Resources
Hi! I'm working with CP APIs and I have to readout several values (usage report). I need some positions which are not viewed at "Configure Cost" ("-> Edit Entity Cost). For Example, I need an usage...
View ArticleStatistics Level "fix"
This document:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2010099provides a link to a Java program to allow network and disk red/write stats...
View ArticleBasic concepts
Hi What is the use of the "Edit Entity Cost" screen? why assign a pricing model to a entity in a hierarchy? why there is a range of dates? I do not understand, because when you generate a report on an...
View ArticleLost Database Password
I've inherited vCenter Chargeback 2.0.1 and do not have the original database password. I can reset the password ok in SQL however, when running the Database Credentials tool to reset the password it's...
View ArticleProblem with Datastore Tier Rate Factors
Hi all, I have problem with Chargeback Datastore Tiers. I have three different datastore types and I want to charge them seperately. To do this, I created three datastore tiers and moved that...
View ArticleBasic allocation cost/usage report
Hi Guys, I'm trying to wrap my head around Chargeback manager but struggling a little bit here. Hopefully someone can offer some advice as to how I can achieve what I'm after so I'll provide the basic...
View ArticleChargeback Manager report creation strangeness
Hi All, First off i am new to charge back manager so bear with me if i muddle my terminology and or terms and thanks for your patience in advance!! Okay, so basically I have set a custom Hierarchy...
View ArticleUsage Report Results Confusion
Hi Everyone, Here is some background before I ask my question:I set up a hierarchy and populated it VM entities no problem. I set up my own basic pricing model that was based on "Actual Usage" and had...
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Storage values in Usage Report.
Hi,Can you help me with my problem?In usage report(any organization and allocation type OvDC) displayed only total storage usage. Storage usage per vms\catalog items equal 0.00.Do you have any idea?...
View ArticleDisplay the storage class within a chargeback report
Hello. I've a question about displaying the 'storage class'.Within the organization our storage is devided in different classes, e.g. standard-mirrored (SM) or enterprise-plus (EP). For example:...
View ArticleHow to charge "used storage GB" - 50 GB?
Hi all, My vCloud customer wants to charge his customer for using a base configuration in a Pay as You Go vDC.The base config looks like this: 10 GB vRAM, 10 vCPU, 50 GB storage. The customer will be...
View ArticleCompatibility
Is vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5.1 compatible with vCenter Server 5.5.0a and vCloud Director 5.5.0? Thanks!
View Articleany change in vCloud Director are not relected in the Chargeback hierarchy
In Chargeback hierarchy, it still shows old vCloud Director structure, basically, any new organization, or VMs are not shown in Chargeback hierarchy. how to fix it? In the "System Health", everything...
View ArticlevCops Dashbord not reflects in chargeback console. Reported -- "Unable to...
vCops Dashbord not reflects in chargeback console. Reported -- "Unable to fetch dashboard reports, please try after some time"
View ArticleHOW To: Upgrade vCenter chrageback manager from 2.5 to 2.6
This blog post explains the detailed steps involved in upgrading vCenter chrageback manager from 2.5 to 2.6 http://vpirate.in/2014/01/14/upgrade-vcenter-chargeback-manager-2-5-2-6/
View ArticleChargeback 2.5 / VCD 5.1 - Storage Tiers
Hello, I am only getting rate factors to apply on Pay-As-You go customers. I have setup rate factors for my storage tiers. I run a report against a pay as you go vCloud Director Customer and it...
View Articlechainging chargeback servers url inquiry
I installed Chargeback Manager 2.6 recently. Everything is working fine. I added an ssl certificate for chargeback using the fqdn of the server. That works find also. I went to add chargeback to...
View ArticleCB for Showback purposes
Hello, We already have a CB used to measure the costs to bill to customers on vCD. I'd like to do the same internally, connecting a new deployed CB to the internal vCenter, to assign an economic value...
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