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Chapter 2 Installing vCenter Chargeback
5ProvidethefollowingvCenterChargebackdatabase‐relatedinformation,andclickNext:
DatabaseType:ThetypeofdatabaseusedtocreatethevCenterChargebackdatabase.Thiscanbe
eitherSQLSERVERorORACLE.
DatabaseURL:TheIPaddressofthesystemonwhichthevCenterChargebackdatabaseisinstalled
alongwiththeportatwhichthedatabaselistenerserviceisrunningorthevCenterChargeback
databaseinstancename.EnsurethatthespecifieddatabaseURLpointstothevCenterChargeback
databasethatanexisting
vCenterChargebackinstanceisalreadyusing.
ForOracleDatabase,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:
<IP Address>:<TNS Listener Port>
<Host Name>:<TNS Listener Port>
ForSQLServer,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:
<IP Address>\<Database Instance Name>
<Host Name>\<Database Instance Name>
DatabaseName:NameoftheexistingvCenterChargebackdatabase.
DatabaseUsername:Nameofthedatabaseuser.Thedatabaseusermusthaveprivilegestocreate
anddeleteschema,aswellasreadfromandwritetothedatabase.
DatabasePassword:Passwordfortheusernamethatyouhaveprovided.
IftheinstallerconnectstothedatabaseanddetectsavCenterChargebackschema,adialogisdisplayed.
6ClickUseit.
ThevCenterChargebackinstancewillusethisexistingvCenterChargebackdatabase.
7ProvidethefollowinginformationforthevCenterChargebackapplication,andclickNext:
IPAddress:StaticIPaddressofthemachineonwhichyouareinstallingvCenterChargeback.Donot
uselocalhostinsteadoftheIPaddress.
HTTPPort:AnunusedHTTPportthroughwhichvCenterChargebackcancommunicate.
Load‐BalancerPort:AnunusedportthroughwhichvCenterChargebackcancommunicatewiththe
loadbalancer(ApacheServer).
ServerInstanceName:Auser‐definednameforthevCenterChargebackinstance.Thisnameisused
bytheloadbalancertoidentifytheinstance.
Ifthespecifiedportsarefree,thenextscreenisdisplayed.
8EnsurethattheInstallLoadBalancerServeroptionisnotselected,andclickNext.
9 (Optional)Choose
toinstallthedatacollectorandclickNext.
TheInstallDataCollectoroptionisselectedbydefault.Youmusthaveatleastoneinstanceofthedata
collectorthatisrunningandregisteredwiththeapplicationforthedatabasesynchronizationjobstorun.
10 ReviewtheinformationdisplayedonthePre‐Installation
Summaryscreen,andclickInstall.
Theinstallerstartsinstallingthevariouscomponents.Iftheinstallationissuccessful,theURLfor
accessingthevCenterChargebackapplicationandtheinformationrequiredtoaddthisinstalledinstance
totheclusterisdisplayed.
11 Notethisinformation,andclickDone.
Theadministrativeaccountforaccessingthis
instancewillbesameastheoneusedbytheexistingvCenter
Chargebackinstance.
Aftersuccessfullyinstallingtheapplication,youmustaddthisvCenterChargebackinstancetoaclusterby
runningtheModifyLBWorkers.batfileonthemachineonwhichtheloadbalancerisinstalled.
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OTEIftheinstallationfails,theuninstallerstartsautomaticallyandremovesallthecomponentsinstalled.