Download And Extract The Vcenter Chargeback Installer; Install Vcenter Chargeback - VMware VCENTER CHARGEBACK 1.5 Manual

Table 2-1. vCenter Chargeback Pre-Install Checklist (Continued)
Item
Type
Database name
URL
Database user name and
password
Software Configuration
System Time
Microsoft SQL Server
MSI Installation
Port Exceptions on
Windows Firewall

Download and Extract the vCenter Chargeback Installer

You must first download the installer files and extract its contents on to the machine on which you want to
install vCenter Chargeback. You must run the installer on the local machine and not from a remote machine.
Procedure
1 Download the installation-related files,
http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-chargeback/overview.html.
2 Extract the content of this ZIP file to the machine on which you want to install the application.
The
vCenter-CB.exe
What to do next
Run the installer to install vCenter Chargeback.

Install vCenter Chargeback

vCenter Chargeback can be installed on any system or virtual machine that meets the system requirements.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you run the installer on the machine on which vCenter Chargeback has to be installed. Do not run
it on a remote machine.
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Requirement
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or later
Oracle Database 10g or later
Create a database for vCenter Chargeback and note down the database
name.
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
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.
Ensure that system time of all the servers and databases are in sync
Ensure that the SQL Server Browser service is running if you are using
a database instance name and dynamic database instance port to
connect to the vCenter Chargeback database.
Is MSI installation enabled?
If not, install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86).
If you have enabled Windows Firewall, you must set the port exceptions
for the HTTP port, load balancer port, and HTTPS port.
vCenter-CB-
file is the installer file.
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