VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager 1.0 User guide

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vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide

vCenter Chargeback 1.0

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Contents

AboutThisBook 7

1 IntroductiontovCenterChargeback 9

WhatIsChargeback? 9

ChargebackSolutionforVirtualizedEnvironments 9

OverviewofvCenterChargeback 10

2 InstallingvCenterChargeback 13

SystemRequirements 13

HardwareRequirements 13

SoftwareRequirements 13

OperatingSystems 14

DatabaseManagementSystems 14

WebBrowsers 14

VMwarevCenterServer 14

PrerequisitesforvCenterChargeback 14

Pre‐InstallationChecklist 15

InstallvCenterChargeback 16

BasicInstallationorFirst‐TimeInstallation 16

ClusterInstallation 18

BasicInstallationUsingExistingDatabaseSchema 20

StartingthevCenterChargebackApplication 21

DownloadingandInstallingDataCollector 22

DeployingvCenterChargebackasaVirtualAppliance 23

Managingthe

vCenterChargebackVirtualAppliance 25

UninstallingvCenterChargeback 25

3 ConfiguringAdministrationSettings 27

EnterLicenseKey 27

ConfigureGenericSettings 27

ConfiguretheLDAPServerSetting 28

ConfiguretheSMTPServerSettings 29

SetCurrency 30

SetLogLevel 30

ManagevCenterServers 31

AddvCenterServerInformation 31

EditvCenterServerInformation 32

DeletevCenterServerInformation 32

ManageDataCollectors 33

ViewDataCollectors 33

EnableDataCollector 34

DisableDataCollector 34

DeleteDataCollector 34

ManageLicense 35

ReplaceLicense 35

DeleteLicense 35

ManageReportTemplate 36

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ManageAttributes 37

AddAttribute 37

DeleteAttribute 37

ManageSystemHealthThresholds 38

4 AuthenticatingandManagingUsers,Roles,andPermissions 39

Users 39

CreateUser 39

ModifyUser 41

DeleteUser 41

Permissions 41

PermissionTypes 42

GlobalPermissions 42

HierarchyPermissions 42

CostPermissions 42

ReportingPermissions 42

Role‐BasedAccessControlPermissions 42

PermissionstoAccessUserInterfaceTabs 43

ManagePermissions 43

AssigntheSuperUserRoletoaUser 43

AssignaRoletoaUseronaHierarchy 43

ModifyPermissionsatEntityLevel 44

RevokeRolesandPermissionsAssignedto

aUser 45

Roles 45

PredefinedRoles 45

CreateaRole 46

ModifyaRole 47

DeleteaRole 47

Authentication 47

5 ManagingChargebackHierarchies 49

CreateaChargebackHierarchy 49

CreateaCustomChargebackHierarchy 49

SynchronizeaChargebackHierarchywithavCenterServer 50

ImportaChargebackHierarchyfromaCSVFile 50

FormatoftheCSVFile 51

ManageaChargebackHierarchy 51

ViewaChargebackHierarchy 52

AddavCenterServerEntity 52

AddavCenterChargebackEntity 53

RenameaChargebackHierarchyoraChargeback

Entity 53

DeleteanEntityfromtheHierarchy 53

DeleteaChargebackHierarchy 54

AssignAttributes 54

MoveEntitiesWithinaHierarchy 55

ShareVirtualMachineCost 55

ViewPropertiesofavCenterServerEntity 56

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6 CreatingandConfiguringaCostModel 57

vCenterChargebackCost‐RelatedElements 57

ChargeableComputingResource 57

BaseRate 58

RateFactor 58

FixedCost 58

BillingPolicy 58

CostModel 59

CostTemplate 59

ManageCostModels 60

CreateaCostModel 60

ModifyaCostModel 61

DeleteaCostModel 62

ManageGlobalFixedCosts 62

CreateaGlobalFixedCost 62

ModifyaGlobalFixedCost 63

DeleteaGlobalFixedCost 63

ManageCostTemplates 63

Createa

CostTemplate 63

ModifyaCostTemplate 65

DeleteaCostTemplate 65

ConfigureCostattheEntityLevel 66

ViewCostConfigurationofanEntity 66

EditCostConfigurationofanEntity 66

7 GeneratingReports 69

AboutReports 69

GenerateaCostReport 70

GenerateCostComparisonReport 71

CreateReportGenerationSchedules 72

SchedulingParameters 72

ScheduleReportGeneration 73

ManageReportGenerationSchedules 73

RescheduleReportGeneration 74

RemoveaSchedule 74

EmailaScheduledReport 74

ManageReports 75

ArchiveReport 75

ScheduleReport 75

EmailReport 76

ExportReport 76

ManageArchivedReports 76

ViewArchivedReport 77

RescheduleArchivedReport 77

EmailArchivedReport 78

DeleteArchivedReport 78

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8 SystemHealth,Utilities,andTroubleshooting 79

SystemHealth 79

Events 80

Utilities 80

TroubleshootingUtility 80

DatabasePasswordChangeUtility 81

DatabaseManagementScripts 82

GenericScripts 82

SpaceCalculationScripts 82

DataPurgingandRestoringScripts 83

Troubleshooting 85

UnabletoSendReportThroughEmail 86

StorageSyncingJobFails 86

UnabletouseCustomSSLCertificates 86

UnabletoViewthevCenterChargebackPlug‐InintheVIClient 86

ReportDoesnotDisplaytheMemory

UsageValueandtheCorrespondingCost 87

ReportDoesnotDisplaytheNetworkTransmittedandNetworkReceivedStats 87

ReportDoesnotDisplaytheDiskReadandDiskWriteStats 87

UnabletoAddvCenterServerinvCenterChargeback 87

ChangedTimezoneSettingisnotReflected 87

InstallerThrowstheSQLDrivernotFoundError 88

StatusofFailed

DataCollectorisnotReflectedImmediatelyontheSystemHealthtab 88

Non‐EnglishCharactersarenotCorrectlyStoredinthevCenterChargebackDatabase 88

ServiceTemporarilyUnavailableErrorThrownwhenAccessingvCenterChargeback 88

TextandMessagesonthevCenterChargebackUserInterfacearenotCorrectlyDisplayed 88

ErrorOccursWhileImportingaHierarchyfroma

CSVFile 88

ChangestoChargebackHierarchyarenotReflectedintheConcurrentUser‐Sessions 88

ChangestothevCenterServerHierarchyare notReflectedinvCenterChargeback 89

UnabletoFetchthePrimaryGroupofaLDAPUser 89

UnabletoAccessthevCenterChargebackApplication 89

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ThevCenterChargebackUser’sGuideprovidesinformationaboutconfiguringandusingthechargeback

solutionforavirtualizedenvironment.

Intended Audience

Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhowantstoinstall,upgrade,orusevCenterChargebackManager.

The informationinthisbookiswrittenforexperiencedWindowsorLinuxsystemadministratorswhoare

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BeforeyouinstallandstartusingthevCenterChargebackapplication,anunderstandingofwhatchargeback

isandchargebacksolutionforavirtualizedenvironmentwouldbehelpful.Thischapterprovidesaquick

overviewofthevCenterChargebackapplication.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “WhatIsChargeback?”onpage 9

 “ChargebackSolutionforVirtualizedEnvironments”onpage 9

 “OverviewofvCenterChargeback”onpage 10

What Is Chargeback?

Chargebackisamechanismtoaccountfortheoperationalcostsinvolvedinprovidingandmaintainingan

IT infrastructure,includingthecostsforITservicesandapplications.Measuringresourceutilizationand

calculatingthecorrespondingIToperationalcostenablesyoutoaccountfortheITresourcesutilizedandbill

fortheservicesprovided.

In

anon‐virtualizedenvironment,aphysicalserverandtheassociatedresourcesliketheapplicationsrunning

onitcanbeeasilymappedtothedepartmentusingthem,makingthebillingforsuchresourceutilizations

relativelyeasy.Also,costsincurredduetomaintenanceandlicensingcanbedirectlyassociatedtoa

department,thereby

enablingyoutocalculatethecompleteIToperationalcosts.

Inavirtualizedenvironment,however,thetaskofcalculatingtheIToperationalcostforeachdepartment

becomesverydifficult.Multiplevirtualmachinesrunonaphysicalserver,whichmightbesharedacross

differentdepartmentsorcostcentersinanorganization.Asa

result,resourceutilizationforthisserverand,

therefore,thecostincurredcannotbedirectlyassociatedtoanysingledepartmentorcostcenter.Thedifficulty

inaccountinggetsfurthercompoundedwhenapplicationsandservicesgetshiftedovertimetodifferent

servers,basedontheloadandavailableinfrastructureresources.

Chargeback Solution for Virtualized Environments

Inavirtualizedenvironment,achargebacksolutionrequiresaflexiblemeteringsystemthatcanaccountfor

theutilizationofresourcessharedacrosstheorganization.Thesemeasurementscanbebasedonallocationor

actualusageofindividualserversorresources.InthecaseofVMotion,DRS,orHAbeingenabled,the

measurements

couldbebasedontheallocationoractualusageofresourcepools.

Tosupportchargeback,thevirtualizedenvironmentandthechargebacksolutionmustprovidewaysto

measureresourceusageandassociatetheusagewithaspecificcostingmodel.Thechargebacksolutionmust

alsosupporttheuseofdifferentcostingmodelsso

astochargethevariousdepartmentsorcostcenters

differently.

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Achargebacksolutionforavirtualizedenvironmentdefinesahierarchywithdifferenttypesofentitiessuch

asdepartments,divisions,businessunits,costcenters,physicalservers,virtualmachines,andsoon.Foreach

entitytype,acostmodelisdefinedthatdeterminestherateforeachunitofaresourceutilized.The

chargeback

solutiondeterminestheresourceusageeitherusingbyutilization‐basedmeteringorallocation‐based

meteringofvirtualmachines.Themeteredparametersarethenassociatedwiththedesignatedentities,and

thecostmodeldefinedforthatentityalongwithspecificchargebackformulasisusedaspartoftheoverall

chargeback

solution.

Overview of vCenter Chargeback

Determiningtheresourceutilizationandcalculatingthecorrespondingcostforenvironmentsvirtualized

usingVMwarevSpheretypicallyinvolvesVMwareprofessionalservices’workoruseofpartnersolutions,

suchasthoseprovidedbyEvident,Comparex,andIBM/Tivoli.Thesesolutionsarebuiltusingcustom

methodsforVMwarevSphereresourcedatacollectionandchargebackcost

calculationfororganizations.

vCenterChargebackisanend‐to‐endcostreportingsolutionforenvironmentsvirtualizedusingvSphere.

This Web‐basedapplicationinteractswiththevCenterDatabasetoretrieveusageinformation,calculatesthe

costbyusingthedefinedchargebackformulas,andgeneratesreports.Figure 1‐1showshowvCenter

Chargebackinteractswithvarious

componentsofavirtualizedenvironment.

Figure 1-1. vCenter Chargeback in a Virtualized Environment

vCenterChargebackrunsonanApacheTomcatserverinstance.TheuserinteractswiththevCenter

Chargebackapplicationthroughaloadbalancer(ApacheHTTPServer).vCenterChargebackconnectstoa

vCenterChargebackdatabasethatstoresapplication‐specificinformation,suchasthedefinedchargeback

hierarchies,costmodels,

users,roles,andsoon.TheapplicationalsointeractswiththevCenterServerand

vCenterServerdatabasethroughadatacollector.ThedatacollectorcommunicateswiththevCenterServer

usingVIMAPIsandwiththevCenterDatabaseusingJDBC.

WhenyouinstallvCenterChargeback,thevCenterChargebackapplication,theloadbalancer,

andthedata

collectorareinstalledandrunonthesamemachine.AlthoughthevCenterChargebackdatabasecanalsobe

installedonthesamemachine,inareal‐worldscenarioyouwouldinstalltheapplicationandthedatabaseon

separatemachines.

vCenter

Chargeback

database

vCenter

Server

database

vCenter Server

VIM APIJDBC

Data Collector

vCenter Chargeback

Load Balancer

ESX

host02

ESX

host03

ESX

host01

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Chapter 1 Introduction to vCenter Chargeback

vCenterChargebackretrievestheresourceusageandallocationinformationforeachvirtualmachinefromthe

vCenterServerdatabasethroughthedatacollector.Thedatacollectorreplicatesthisinformationinthe

vCenterChargebackdatabase.vCenterChargebackusesthisinformationfromthevCenterChargeback

databasealongwiththecostmodelandchargebackcost

calculationformulastogeneratethecostreports.

AsingledatacollectorinstancecancommunicatewithmultiplevCenterServerinstancesandvCenterServer

databasesandreplicatetherelevantinformationinavCenterChargebackdatabase.Adatacollectorinstance

canalsocommunicatewithmorethanonevCenterChargebackdatabase.

vCenterChargebackalsolets

youcreateaclusterofvCenterChargebackinstancesthatshareasingleload

balancer.Eachuserrequestisroutedthroughtheloadbalancer.Theloadbalancerforwardstherequesttoa

vCenterChargebackinstanceintheclusterbasedonthenumberrequestcurrentlybeingservicedbyeach

instanceinthecluster.

AllthevCenterChargebackinstancesinaclusterareconnectedtothesamevCenter

Chargebackdatabase.

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Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “SystemRequirements”onpage 13

 “PrerequisitesforvCenterChargeback”onpage 14

 “InstallvCenterChargeback”onpage 16

 “StartingthevCenterChargebackApplication”onpage 21

 “DownloadingandInstallingDataCollector”onpage 22

 “DeployingvCenterChargebackasaVirtualAppliance”onpage 23

 “UninstallingvCenterChargeback”onpage 25

System Requirements

Thissectionprovidesdetailsoftheminimumhardwareconfigurationrequiredforinstallingandrunning

vCenterChargeback.Thesectionalsoprovidesinformationaboutthesupportedoperatingsystems,database

managementsystems,andthevCenterServerreleases.ItalsoliststhesupportedWebbrowserstoaccessthe

vCenterChargebackapplication.

Hardware Requirements

vCenterChargebackcanberunonacomputeroravirtualmachinewiththefollowinghardware

specifications:

 2.0GHzorfasterIntelorAMDx86processor

 3GBormoreofRAM

 Aminimumof1.1GBdiskstorage(2GBrecommended)

 10/100Ethernetadapter(Gigabitrecommended)

Ifyouare installingthevCenterChargebackdatabaseonthesamecomputerasvCenterChargeback,

additionalstorage,memory,andprocessorcapacityisrequired.

Software Requirements

Otherthananoperatingsystem,youmusthaveadatabasemanagementsystemandaWebbrowserinstalled

torunandaccessvCenterChargeback.Thissectionliststhesupportedoperatingsystems,database

managementsystems,Webbrowsers,andvCenterServerreleases.

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Operating Systems

ThevCenterChargebackapplicationcanbeinstalledandrunonthefollowingoperatingsystems:

 MicrosoftWindows2003ServerwithSP2

 MicrosoftWindows2003ServerR2

 MicrosoftWindows2008Server

Database Management Systems

vCenterChargebacksupportsthefollowingdatabasemanagementsystems(both32bitand64bit):

 MicrosoftSQLServer2005(StandardandEnterprise)

 MicrosoftSQLServer2008(StandardandEnterprise)

 OracleDatabase10g(StandardandEnterprise)

 OracleDatabase11g(StandardandEnterprise)

Web Browsers

vCenterChargebackisabrowser‐basedapplicationthatistestedandsupportedonthefollowing:

 MicrosoftInternetExplorer6.xand7.x

 MozillaFirefox2.xand3.x

AlthoughvCenterChargebackcanbeaccessedthroughaMicrosoftInternetExplorer6.xorMozillaFirefox 2.x

Webbrowser,VMwarerecommendsthatyouuseaMicrosoftInternetExplorer7.xorMozillaFirefox 3.x

Web browser.

VMware vCenter Server

vCenterChargebacksupportsVirtualCenterServer2.5Update3andlaterreleasesandvCenterServer4.0.

Prerequisites for vCenter Chargeback

YouneedtoperformthefollowingtasksbeforeinstallingthevCenterChargebackapplication:

 CreateavCenterChargebackDatabaseandDatabaseUser

vCenterChargebackstorestheapplication‐specificdata,suchascostmodels,chargebackhierarchies,and

usersandroles,inthevCenterChargebackdatabase.Youmust,therefore,firstcreateadatabasefor

storingthisdata.ThedatabasemanagementsystemssupportedbyvCenterChargebackarelisted

in

“DatabaseManagementSystems”onpage 14.Youcaneithercreatethedatabaseyourselfbyreferringto

thecorrespondingproductdocumentationoraskyourdatabaseadministratortocreateoneforyou.

IfyouusinganOracledatabaseasthevCenterChargebackdatabase,youmustconfigurethedatabaseto

usetheUnicode(AL32UTF8)

charactersettosupportthefollowingscenarios:

 YouwanttodeploythevCenterChargebackdatabaseinanon‐Englishenvironment.

 YouwanttosynchronizethevCenterChargebackdatabasewithavCenterServerdatabasethathas

non‐Englishdata.

AfteryoucreatethevCenterChargebackdatabase,youmustalsocreateadatabaseusertoaccessthis

database.Ensurethatthedatabaseuserhastheprivilegestocreateanddeleteschema,aswell

asread

fromandwritetothedatabase.

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YoumustprovidethedetailsofthisvCenterChargebackdatabaseanddatabaseuserwheninstalling

vCenterChargeback.Theinstallerwillusethesedetailstocreatethedatabaseschemaandobjects.Also,

vCenterChargebackwilllogintothevCenterChargebackdatabaseusingthedetailsofthisdatabaseuser

andperformthe

necessarydatabaseoperations.

 CheckWhetherthePortsareFree

Ensurethattheportsthatyouspecifyduringtheinstallationarefree.Whileinstallingyoumustspecify

theportnumbersforthefollowing:

 HTTPport:ThisportisusedbyvCenterChargebackforcommunicationusingtheHTTPprotocol.

Thedefaultportnumberis8080.

 Load‐balancerport:ThisportisusedbyvCenterChargebacktocommunicatewiththeloadbalancer. 

Thedefaultportis8009.

 HTTPSport:Thisportisusedbytheloadbalancertolistenforuserrequests.Thedefaultportis443.

Ifanyofthespecifiedportisalsoconfiguredforanotherserviceandtheserviceisnotrunning,thenthe

installerwillusethespecifiedport.However,thismightresultin

aportconflictandeitherofthe

configuredservicesmightfail.

 SetaStaticIPAddressontheMachine

BeforeyouinstallthevCenterChargebackapplicationonamachine,youmustobtainastaticIPaddress

fromyournetworkadministrator.SetthisIPaddressonthemachineonwhichyouaregoingtoinstall

vCenterChargeback.Preferably,obtainandsetstaticIP

addressesonalltheserv ersanddatabasesthat

theapplicationcommunicateswith.

 EnsurethatSystemTimeofalltheServersandDatabasesareinSync

YoumustensurethatthesystemtimeofthemachinesonwhichyouinstallvCenterChargebackand

vCenterChargebackdatabaseareinsync.Ifyouplantoinstallaseparatedatacollectoronadifferent

machine,thenthe

systemtimeofthismachinemustbeinsyncwiththatoftheothermachines.

 EnsurethatMSIInstallationisEnabled.

Beforeyoustarttheinstallation,youmustensurethatMSIinstallationisenabledonthemachine.Ifnot,

youmustmanuallyinstallMicrosoftVisualC++2005RedistributablePackage(x86)beforerunningthe

vCenterChargebackinstaller.

 EnsurethatPortExceptionsareConfiguredontheWindowsFirewall

IftheWindowsFirewallisenab l e d , youmustsettheportexceptionsfo r theHTTP,loadbalancer,and

HTTPSportsontheWindowsFirewall.Ifthese exceptio nsarenotset,theapplicationwillbenotbeusable.

Pre-Installation Checklist

ThechecklistprovidedinTable 2‐1helpsyouensurethatyouhavealltherequiredinformationandhave

performedthenecessarypre‐installtasks.

OTEInsteadofusingthedefaultdatabaseusers,suchassa,SYS,andSYSTEM,createadatabaseuser

withjusttherequiredprivilegesandaccessthedatabasewiththisuserscredentials.Thisisagoodsecurity

practice.

Table 2-1. vCenter Chargeback Pre-Install Checklist

Item Requirement Checked

HardwareConfiguration

CPU 2.0GHzorfasterIntelorAMDx86processor

RAM 3.0GBormore

Diskspace Minimum1.1GB;Recommended2.0GBormore

Card 10/100Ethernetadapter(Gigabitrecommended)

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Install vCenter Chargeback

Thissectioncoversthefollowinginstallationscenarios:

 “BasicInstallationorFirst‐TimeInstallation”onpage 16

 “ClusterInstallation”onpage 18

 “BasicInstallationUsingExistingDatabaseSchema”onpage 20

Downloadtheinstallerfile,vCenter-CB-1.0.0-<build_number>.zip,andextractthecontentofthisZIP

filetothemachineonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheapplication.Ifyoutrytoruntheinstallerfromashared

locationonthenetwork,theinstallermightfail.

Basic Installation or First-Time Installation

Whenyouinstalltheproductforthefirsttime,theinstallerperformsthefollowingtasks:

 Connectstothedatabaseandcreatesaschemafortheapplicationdata.

 Installstheapplication.

 Installstheloadbalancer,whichreceivesandroutesalluserrequeststotheapplication.

 Installsthedatacollector,whichsynchronizesthevCenterChargebackdatabasewiththevCenterServer

databases.

NetworkConfiguration

StaticIPAddress WritedowntheIPaddressofthemachineonwhichyouplantoinstallvCenter

Chargeback.EnsurethatthemachinehasastaticIPaddress.

PortNumbers HTTPPort(default:8080)

Load‐balancerPort(default:8009)

HTTPSPort(default:443)

DatabaseConfiguration

Type MicrosoftSQLServer2005orlater

OracleDatabase10g

orlater

Databasename CreateadatabaseforvCenterChargebackandnotedown thedatabasename

URL IPaddressofthevCenterChargebackdatabase

EnsurethatthemachineonwhichthedatabaseisinstalledhasastaticIP

address.

TNSlistenerportforOracledatabase

DatabaseinstancenameforSQLServerdatabase

Databaseusername

and

password

Usernameofthedatabaseuserwhohasprivilegestocreateanddeleteschema,

aswellastoreadfromandwritetothedatabase

Passwordforthisuser

SoftwareConfiguration

MicrosoftSQLServer EnsurethattheSQLServerBrowserserviceisrunning

MSIInstallation IsMSIinstallationenabled?

Ifnot,installMicrosoftVisual

C++2005RedistributablePackage(x86)

PortExceptionson

WindowsFirewall

IfyouhaveenabledWindowsFirewall,youmustsettheportexceptionsforthe

HTTPport,loadbalancerport,andHTTPSport.

NOTEPriortostartingtheinstallation,checkwhetherthedefaultportsarefree.Ifnot,ensurethatyouprovide

alternativeportnumbersduringtheinstallation.

Table 2-1. vCenter Chargeback Pre-Install Checklist (Continued)

Item Requirement Checked

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To install the application

1RunthevCenter-CB.exefile.

Theinstallationwizardisdisplayed.

2ClickNextontheIntroductionscreen.

3Accepttheend‐userlicenseagreement,andclickNext.

4Providethepathfortheinstallationdirectory,andclickNext.

Ensurethattheinstallationdirectorypathhasatleastonedirectory(forexample,

C:\vCenterChargeback10\)anddoesnot

pointtojustadrive(forexample,C:\).Ifthespecified

installationdirectoryexists,ensurethatitisempty.Ifthespecifiedinstallationdirectorydoesnotexist,

theinstallerwillcreatethedirectory.

5ProvidethefollowingvCenterChargebackdatabase‐relatedinformation,andclickNext:

 DatabaseType:ThetypeofdatabaseusedtocreatethevCenterChargebackdatabase.Thiscanbe

eitherSQLSERVERorORACLE.

 DatabaseURL:TheIPaddressofthesystemonwhichthevCenterChargebackdatabaseisinstalled

alongwiththeportatwhichthedatabaselistenerserviceisrunningorthevCenterChargeback

databaseinstancename.

ForOracleDatabase,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:

ForSQLServer,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:



DatabaseName:NameofthedatabaseinwhichvCenterChar gebackstorestheapplication‐specificdata.

 DatabaseUsername:Nameofthedatabaseuser.Thedatabaseusermusthaveprivilegestocreate

anddeleteschema,aswellasreadfromandwritetothedatabase.

 DatabasePassword:Passwordfortheusernamethatyouhaveprovided.

Iftheinstallersuccessfullyconnectstothedatabase,thenextscreenisdisplayed.

6ProvidethefollowinginformationforthevCenterChargebackapplication,andclickNext:

 IPAddress:StaticIPaddressofthemachineonwhichyouareinstallingvCenterChargeback.Donot

uselocalhostinsteadoftheIPaddress.

 HTTPPort:AnunusedHTTPportthroughwhichvCenterChargebackcancommunicate.

 Load‐BalancerPort:AnunusedportthroughwhichvCenterChargebackcancommunicatewiththe

loadbalancer(ApacheServer).

 ServerInstanceName:Auser‐definednameforthevCenterChargebackinstance.Thisnameisused

bytheloadbalancertoidentifytheinstance.

Ifthespecifiedportsarefree,thenextscreenisdisplayed.

7Providethefollowingdetailsforinstallingtheloadbalancer,andclickNext:

 IPAddress:StaticIPaddressofthemachineonwhichyouareinstallingvCenterChargeback.Donot

uselocalhostinsteadoftheIPaddress.

 AdminEmailAddress:Emailaddressoftheserveradministrator.

 HTTPSPort:AnunusedportthroughwhichtheApacheServercancommunicate.Theloadbalancer

listensonthisportforuserrequests.

Ifthespecifiedportisfree,thenextscreenisdisplayed.

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8EnterausernameandpasswordforthevCenterChargebackadministrativeaccount,andclickNext.

Thepasswordmustnotexceed24charactersinlength.

9 (Optional)ChoosetoinstallthedatacollectorandclickNext.

TheInstallDataCollectoroptionisselectedbydefault.Youmusthaveatleastoneinstanceofthedata

collectorthatisrunningandregisteredwiththeapplicationforthedatabasesynchronizationjobstorun.

10 ReviewtheinformationdisplayedonthePre‐InstallationSummaryscreen,andclickInstall.

Theinstallerstartsinstallingthevariouscomponentsandcreatingthedatabaseschema.Iftheinstallation

issuccessful,theURLfor

accessingthevCenterChargebackapplicationisdisplayed.

11 NotethisURL,andclickDone.

EnsurethatthesystemtimeofvCenterChargeback,vCenterChargebackdatabase,andthedatacollectorare

insync.

Cluster Installation

WhenyouinstallthevCenterChargebackapplicationforthefirsttimeonamachine,aloadbalancerisalso

installed.TheexistenceoftheloadbalancerenablesyoutohavemorethanoneinstanceofthevCenter

Chargebackapplicationrunning,witheachinstanceaccessingthesamevCenterChargebackdatabase.These

vCenter

Chargebackinstancesformacluster.Alluserrequestsareroutedthroughtheloadbalancer.Also,all

theinstancesintheclustersharethesameadministrativeaccountinformation.

TheloadbalancerensuresthatnosinglevCenterChargebackinstanceisloadeddisproportionatelywithuser

requests.Also,ifoneoftheinstancesfails,any

requestcurrentlybeingservicedbythatinstanceis

automaticallyredirectedtoanotherinstanceinthecluster.Forthefailovertohappensuccessfully,youmust

ensurethefollowing:

 AllthevCenterChargebackinstancesinthecluster,thevCenterChargebackdatabase,andthedata

collectorshavethesamesystemtime.Thatis,thesystemtimesareinsync.

 AllthevCenterChargebackinstancesintheclusterareinthesamenetworkdomain.

 MulticastingmustbeenabledonthemachineonwhichthevCenterChargebackinstanceisinstalled.

To install the application

1RunthevCenter-CB.exefile.

Theinstallationwizardisdisplayed.

2ClickNextontheIntroductionscreen.

3Accepttheend‐userlicenseagreement,andclickNext.

4Providethepathfortheinstallationdirectory,andclickNext.

Ensurethatthe

installationdirectorypathhasatleastonedirectory(forexample,

C:\vCenterChargeback10\)anddoesnotpointtojustadrive(forexample,C:\).Ifthespecified

installationdirectoryexists,ensurethatitisempty.Ifthespecifiedinstallationdirectorydoesnotexist,

theinstallerwillcreatethedirectory.

OTEIftheinstallationfailsduetosomereason,theuninstallerisinvokedautomaticallyandallthe

componentsinstalledtillthefailureoccurredisremov ed.

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Chapter 2 Installing vCenter Chargeback

5ProvidethefollowingvCenterChargebackdatabase‐relatedinformation,andclickNext:

 DatabaseType:ThetypeofdatabaseusedtocreatethevCenterChargebackdatabase.Thiscanbe

eitherSQLSERVERorORACLE.

 DatabaseURL:TheIPaddressofthesystemonwhichthevCenterChargebackdatabaseisinstalled

alongwiththeportatwhichthedatabaselistenerserviceisrunningorthevCenterChargeback

databaseinstancename.EnsurethatthespecifieddatabaseURLpointstothevCenterChargeback

databasethatanexisting

vCenterChargebackinstanceisalreadyusing.

ForOracleDatabase,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:

ForSQLServer,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:



DatabaseName:NameoftheexistingvCenterChargebackdatabase.

 DatabaseUsername:Nameofthedatabaseuser.Thedatabaseusermusthaveprivilegestocreate

anddeleteschema,aswellasreadfromandwritetothedatabase.

 DatabasePassword:Passwordfortheusernamethatyouhaveprovided.

IftheinstallerconnectstothedatabaseanddetectsavCenterChargebackschema,adialogisdisplayed.

6ClickUseit.

ThevCenterChargebackinstancewillusethisexistingvCenterChargebackdatabase.

7ProvidethefollowinginformationforthevCenterChargebackapplication,andclickNext:

 IPAddress:StaticIPaddressofthemachineonwhichyouareinstallingvCenterChargeback.Donot

uselocalhostinsteadoftheIPaddress.

 HTTPPort:AnunusedHTTPportthroughwhichvCenterChargebackcancommunicate.

 Load‐BalancerPort:AnunusedportthroughwhichvCenterChargebackcancommunicatewiththe

loadbalancer(ApacheServer).

 ServerInstanceName:Auser‐definednameforthevCenterChargebackinstance.Thisnameisused

bytheloadbalancertoidentifytheinstance.

Ifthespecifiedportsarefree,thenextscreenisdisplayed.

8EnsurethattheInstallLoadBalancerServeroptionisnotselected,andclickNext.

9 (Optional)Choose

toinstallthedatacollectorandclickNext.

TheInstallDataCollectoroptionisselectedbydefault.Youmusthaveatleastoneinstanceofthedata

collectorthatisrunningandregisteredwiththeapplicationforthedatabasesynchronizationjobstorun.

10 ReviewtheinformationdisplayedonthePre‐Installation

Summaryscreen,andclickInstall.

Theinstallerstartsinstallingthevariouscomponents.Iftheinstallationissuccessful,theURLfor

accessingthevCenterChargebackapplicationandtheinformationrequiredtoaddthisinstalledinstance

totheclusterisdisplayed.

11 Notethisinformation,andclickDone.

Theadministrativeaccountforaccessingthis

instancewillbesameastheoneusedbytheexistingvCenter

Chargebackinstance.

Aftersuccessfullyinstallingtheapplication,youmustaddthisvCenterChargebackinstancetoaclusterby

runningtheModifyLBWorkers.batfileonthemachineonwhichtheloadbalancerisinstalled.

OTEIftheinstallationfails,theuninstallerstartsautomaticallyandremovesallthecomponentsinstalled.

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To add an application instance to a cluster

1Inacommand‐linewindow,enterthefollowingcommand:

cd <Installation_Folder>/vCenter-CB-Tools/load-balancer/bin/

here,<Installation_Folder>isthecompletefolderpathprovidedduringthevCenterChargeback

installation.

2Runthefollowingcommand:

ModifyLBWorkers <Host IP Address> <Load-Balancer Port> <Server Instance Name>

where:

 HostIPAddress:TheIPaddressofthemachineonwhichthenewvCenterChargebackinstanceis

installed.

 Load‐BalancerPort:Theportthroughwhichtheapplicationinstancecommunicateswiththeload

balancer.ThisissameastheportconfiguredduringthenewvCenterChargebackinstallation.

 ServerInstanceName:ThenameofthenewvCenterChargebackinstancethatyouwanttoaddto

thecluster.Thisisthenamethatyouhaveprovidedduringtheinstallation.

3RestarttheLoadBalancerservicefromtheStart > Programs > VMware > VMware vCenter

Chargeback > vCenter Chargeback Servicesmenu.

Basic Installation Using Existing Database Schema

Youcaninstallastand‐alonevCenterChargebackinstancethatusesanexistingvCenterChargebackschema.

To install the application

1RunthevCenter-CB.exefile.

Theinstallationwizardisdisplayed.

2ClickNextontheIntroductionscreen.

3Accepttheend‐userlicenseagreement,andclickNext.

4Providethepathfortheinstallationdirectory,andclickNext.

Ensurethat

theinstallationdirectorypathhasatleastonedirectory(forexample,

C:\vCenterChargeback10\)anddoesnotpointtojustadrive(forexample,C:\).Ifthespecified

installationdirectoryexists,ensurethatitisempty.Ifthespecifiedinstallationdirectorydoesnotexist,

theinstallerwillcreatethedirectory.

5Providethe

followingvCenterChargebackdatabase‐relatedinformation,andclickNext:

 DatabaseType:ThetypeofdatabaseusedtocreatethevCenterChargebackdatabase.Thiscanbe

eitherSQLSERVERorORACLE.

 DatabaseURL:TheIPaddressofthesystemonwhichthevCenterChargebackdatabaseisinstalled

alongwiththeportatwhichthedatabaselistenerserviceisrunningorthevCenterChargeback

databaseinstancename.EnsurethatthespecifieddatabaseURLpointstoadatabasethathasa

vCenterChargeback

schemaandisnotbeingusedbyanyvCenterChargebackinstance.

ForOracleDatabase,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:

ForSQLServer,thedatabaseURLcanbeinanyofthefollowingformats:



DatabaseName:NameoftheexistingvCenterChargebackdatabase.

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