Multiple storage profiles in allocated ovDCs
Hi,Is there a way to produce a report that shows the amounts of storage allocated to different storage profiles in an allocated ovDC? I know about the rate factors that can be set at the storage...
View ArticleEmbedded data collector down (Chargeback 2.5.1)
Hi, recently the System Health tab show that DataCollector-Embedded (Host: XYZ) is down. Strangely the issue occours since a few weeks.This resolution (VMware KB: vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 Patch...
View Articleschema for vCBM 2.5.1 API - creating custom hierarchy from CSV
v2.5.1 removed from the GUI the ability to create a custom hierarchy by importing a CSV file - must now be done through the API. Any documentation on the schema for this? code examples? checked the...
View ArticleMoving Chargeback Server Database
I'm trying to move our Chargeback 2.5 server in stages and I'm having problems on my first stage; moving the chargeback DB.The DB was copied to the new database server successfully, and I updated the...
View ArticlevCloud Hierarchy stopped syncing again....
Hi Guys, Can anyone help shed some light on this. Our Chargeback setup has stopped syncing the vCloud Hierarchy again. I've worked with this product extensively for about 2 years now and have dug...
View ArticleQuery about generating report for entire Organization
Hi All, I have a question about one of my customer regarding vCenter server Chargeback. We have got an organization in which we have 3 different Org vDC's. Each with its own network, Host and storage...
View Articlewrong assign messages in the collector logs
Hi,Does anyone know what causes this type of errors to show up in the vCenterDC_Errors.log file for the embedded data collector? 2014-04-02T08:01:23.180-0400 ERROR [(32)...
View Articledata collector not running
Hi, I've just installed Chargeback 2.6.0 in our test environment.Installation went fine, but after the innitial setup there seems to be a problem with the data collector. System health says: 'Some of...
View ArticleUser permissions and LDAP
We have a group added from LDAP in our Chargeback Manager and they cannot see the hierarchies or the vCenter Servers that have been added into Chargeback Manager. If you attempt to add a vCenter with...
View ArticleChargeback manager not collecting any external network traffic stats from vCloud
I'm having some real trouble with Chargeback Manager talking to vShield Manager with vCloud director. All the VM stats collect ok in Chargeback manager except for external network statistics. These...
View ArticleHow to set a syslog for vCenter Chargeback?
Hi, I need to know if its possible to configure a syslog for chargeback, at our architecture now we have this: 1 Chargeback Load Balancer server 2 Chargeback Manager On each CBM we have configured: 1...
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Problem with Storage Tiering at vcloud director and chargeback, rate factor...
Hi,I configured the rate factor into the storage Tier profile at "infraestructure cost" option, and when I run a report at vDC level the rate factor is ignored and replaced with "1". but when I run the...
View ArticleREST CALL API in PHP
Hi, I've a problem with a call to the API for report generation in PHP. $curl = curl_init();curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/vCenter-CB/api/report?version=2.5");...
View ArticleChargeback going away?
I will be working on a task soon for an organization the is using vSphere vCD. (I hear vCD may also be moving into vCAC?) They will be deploying next year and want to implement a chargeback process for...
View ArticleError integrating vCloud Director with vCenter
Hello,I installed CB 2.6 in a 2-nodes config + a separated LB + a separated MSSQL.This CB is connected to a vCenter 5.5, to a vCD 5.5 and to a vShield Manager.I've been waiting for some minutes after...
View ArticleUsage report and storage profiles
Hi all, I'm trying to create a usage report i CBM that shows the storage consumption devided in storage policies. I have 2 different storage policies and they are both visible when editing...
View ArticleError installing chargeback SQL connecting
Hello, we are installing chargeback 2.6. I created a sql Databaase on MS SQL 2008 R2 with a sql authentication user. At the point where i could test the sql connection, i got the following error...
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Strange results in reporting
HiI ran a usage report for a vCloud hierarchy and I don't understand why I don't get any subresults (see attachment). Why are the lines for the vApps empty? When I run a report of the complete month...
View ArticlePassword Protection on Reports Emailed from Chargeback
Does anyone know if it's possible to remove the password protection from PDF reports that are generated and emailed from Chargeback. It is extremely painful to have to supply a password to view a PDF...
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