VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager 1.0.1 User guide

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vCenter Chargeback User’s Guide

vCenter Chargeback 1.0.1

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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 14

OperatingSystems 14

DatabaseManagementSystems 14

WebBrowsers 14

VMwarevCenterServer 14

PrerequisitesforvCenterChargeback 14

Pre‐InstallationChecklist 16

InstallvCenterChargeback 17

BasicInstallationorFirst‐TimeInstallation 17

ClusterInstallation 19

BasicInstallationUsingExistingDatabaseSchema 21

UpgradevCenterChargeback 23

StartingthevCenterChargebackApplication 23

DownloadingandInstallingDataCollector 24

UpgradetheDataCollector 26

DeployingvCenter

ChargebackasaVirtualAppliance 26

ManagingthevCenterChargebackVirtualAppliance 28

UninstallingvCenterChargeback 28

3 ConfiguringAdministrationSettings 31

EnterLicenseKey 31

ConfigureGenericSettings 31

ConfiguretheLDAPServerSetting 32

ConfiguretheSMTPServerSettings 33

SetCurrency 34

SetLogLevel 34

ManagevCenterServers 35

AddvCenterServerInformation 35

EditvCenterServerInformation 36

DeletevCenterServerInformation 37

ManageDataCollectors 37

ViewDataCollectors 37

EnableDataCollector 38

DisableDataCollector 39

DeleteDataCollector 39

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ManageLicense 39

ReplaceLicense 40

DeleteLicense 40

ManageReportTemplate 40

ManageAttributes 42

AddAttribute 42

DeleteAttribute 42

ManageSystemHealthThresholds 43

4 AuthenticatingandManagingUsers,Roles,andPermissions 45

Users 45

CreateUser 45

ModifyUser 47

DeleteUser 47

Permissions 47

PermissionTypes 48

GlobalPermissions 48

HierarchyPermissions 48

CostPermissions 48

ReportingPermissions 48

Role‐BasedAccessControlPermissions 48

PermissionstoAccessUserInterfaceTabs 49

ManagePermissions 49

AssigntheSuperUserRoletoaUser 49

AssignaRoletoaUseronaHierarchy 49

ModifyPermissionsatEntityLevel 50

RevokeRolesandPermissionsAssignedtoaUser 51

Roles 51

PredefinedRoles 51

CreateaRole 52

ModifyaRole 53

DeleteaRole 53

Authentication 53

5 ManagingChargebackHierarchies 55

CreateaChargebackHierarchy 55

CreateaCustomChargebackHierarchy 55

SynchronizeaChargebackHierarchywithavCenterServer 56

ImportaChargebackHierarchyfromaCSVFile 56

FormatoftheCSVFile 57

ManageaChargebackHierarchy 57

ViewaChargebackHierarchy 58

AddavCenterServerEntity 58

AddavCenterChargebackEntity 59

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

Entity 59

DeleteanEntityfromtheHierarchy 60

DeleteaChargebackHierarchy 60

AssignAttributes 60

MoveEntitiesWithinaHierarchy 61

ShareVirtualMachineCost 61

ViewPropertiesofavCenterServerEntity 62

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6 CreatingandConfiguringaCostModel 63

vCenterChargebackCost‐RelatedElements 63

ChargeableComputingResource 63

BaseRate 64

RateFactor 64

FixedCost 64

BillingPolicy 64

CostModel 65

CostTemplate 66

ManageCostModels 66

CreateaCostModel 66

ModifyaCostModel 67

DeleteaCostModel 68

ManageFixedCosts 68

CreateaFixedCost 68

ModifyaFixedCost 69

DeleteaFixedCost 70

ManageCostTemplates 70

CreateaCostTemplate 70

ModifyaCost

Template 72

DeleteaCostTemplate 72

ConfigureCostattheEntityLevel 72

ViewCostConfigurationofanEntity 73

EditCostConfigurationofanEntity 73

7 GeneratingReports 75

AboutReports 75

GenerateaCostReport 76

GenerateCostComparisonReport 77

CreateReportGenerationSchedules 78

SchedulingParameters 78

ScheduleReportGeneration 79

ManageReportGenerationSchedules 80

RescheduleReportGeneration 80

RemoveaSchedule 80

EmailaScheduledReport 81

ManageReports 81

ArchiveReport 81

ScheduleReport 82

EmailReport 82

ExportReport 82

ManageArchivedReports 83

ViewArchivedReport 83

RescheduleArchivedReport 83

EmailArchivedReport 84

DeleteArchivedReport 84

8 SystemHealth,Utilities,andTroubleshooting 85

SystemHealth 85

Events 86

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Utilities 86

TroubleshootingUtility 86

DatabasePasswordChangeUtility 87

DatabaseManagementScripts 88

GenericScripts 88

SpaceCalculationScripts 88

DataPurgingandRestoringScripts 89

Troubleshooting 91

UnabletoSendReportThroughEmail 92

StorageSyncingJobFails 92

UnabletouseCustomSSLCertificates 92

UnabletoViewthevCenterChargebackPlug‐InintheVIClient 92

ReportDoesnotDisplaytheMemoryUsageValue

andtheCorrespondingCost 93

ReportDoesnotDisplaytheNetworkTransmittedandNetworkReceivedStats 93

ReportDoesnotDisplaytheDiskReadandDiskWriteStats 93

UnabletoAddvCenterServerinvCenterChargeback 93

ChangedTimezoneSettingisnotReflected 93

InstallerThrowstheSQLDrivernotFoundError 94

StatusofFailedDataCollector

isnotReflectedImmediatelyontheSystemHealthtab 94

Non‐EnglishCharactersarenotCorrectlyStoredinthevCenterChargebackDatabase 94

ServiceTemporarilyUnavailableErrorThrownwhenAccessingvCenterChargeback 94

TextandMessagesonthevCenterChargebackUserInterfacearenotCorrectlyDisplayed 94

ErrorOccursWhileImportingaHierarchyfromaCSVFile 94

ChangestoChargebackHierarchyarenotReflectedintheConcurrentUser‐Sessions 94

UnabletoAccessthevCenterChargebackApplication 95

UnabletoRemovethevCenterChargebackPlug‐InfromtheVIClient 95

UnabletoFetchthePrimaryGroupofaLDAPUser 95

ChangestothevCenterServerHierarchyAreNotReflectedinvCenterChargeback 96

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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

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inthisbookiswrittenforexperiencedWindowsorLinuxsystemadministratorswhoarefamiliarwithvirtual

machinetechnologyanddatacenteroperations.

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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.

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 17

 “UpgradevCenterChargeback”onpage 23

 “StartingthevCenterChargebackApplication”onpage 23

 “DownloadingandInstallingDataCollector”onpage 24

 “UpgradetheDataCollector”onpage 26

 “DeployingvCenterChargebackasaVirtualAppliance”onpage 26

 “UninstallingvCenterChargeback”onpage 28

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.

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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.

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)

 MicrosoftSQLServer2005Express

 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.

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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.

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.

 EnsurethattheWindowsuserhastheLog on as a servicepermission

IfyouwanttousetheWindowsauthenticationoptionforthevCenterChargebackdatabase,youmust

ensurethattheWindowsuserhastheLog on as a servicepermission.Ifthispermissionisnotseton

theuser,theinstallationwillfail.Also,theinstallermust

beruninthecontextofthisWindowsuser.

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.

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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.

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)

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vCen ter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

IfyouareusingWindowsAuthenticationforaMicrosoftSQLServer

database,thenyoumusthavetheWindowsuseraccountname.This

usermusthavetheLog on as a servicepermission.

PasswordforthisWindowsuseraccount

IfyouareusingWindowsauthentication,ensurethatyourunthe

installerin

thecontextofthisWindows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.

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Install vCenter Chargeback

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

 “BasicInstallationorFirst‐TimeInstallation”onpage 17

 “ClusterInstallation”onpage 19

 “BasicInstallationUsingExistingDatabaseSchema”onpage 21

Youmustfirstdownloadtheinstallerfile,vCenter-CB-1.0.1-<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.Beforeyouinstalltheapplication,ensurethatyou

haveperformedthepreinstallationtaskslistedin“PrerequisitesforvCenterChargeback”onpage 14.

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.

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Port:(Optional)Theportonwhichthedatabaseserviceislisteningforrequests.

 DatabaseName:NameofthedatabaseinwhichvCenterChargebackstorestheapplication‐specific

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 SQLAuthenticationMode:ThisoptionisapplicableonlyforSQLServerdatabases.ForanSQL

Serverdatabase,theauthenticationtypecanbeeitherSQLServerAuthenticationorWindows

Authentication.

 DatabaseUsername:The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.IfyouselectWindows

AuthenticationforSQLAuthenticationMode,youmustprovidetheWindowsuseraccountname.

Theusernamemust

beoftheformDomainName\UserName.Also,theusermusthavetheLog on as

a servicepermission.

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

Authenticationastheauthenticationtype,youmustprovidethepasswordfortheWindowsuser

account.

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.

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.

NOTE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

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.However,youmustensurethat

eachinstanceofvCenterChargebackintheclusterisofthesameversion.

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.

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Port:(Optional)Theportonwhichthedatabaseserviceislisteningforrequests.

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

 SQLAuthenticationMode:ThisoptionisapplicableonlyforSQLServerdatabases.ForanSQL

Serverdatabase,theauthenticationtypecanbeeitherSQLServerAuthenticationorWindows

Authentication.

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 DatabaseUsername:The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.IfyouselectWindows

AuthenticationforSQLAuthenticationMode,youmustprovidetheWindowsuseraccountname.

Theusernamemust

beoftheformDomainName\UserName.Also,theusermusthavetheLog on as

a servicepermission.

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

Authenticationastheauthenticationtype,youmustprovidethepasswordfortheWindowsuser

account.

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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