Permissions Defined In Vcenter Chargeback - VMware VCENTER CHARGEBACK 1.5 Manual

vCenter Chargeback User's Guide
Table 4-1. Resource Types Defined in vCenter Chargeback (Continued)
Resource Type
Attribute
Tier
Cost Model
Cost Template
Fixed Cost
Report
Schedule
Role
Billing Policy

Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback

vCenter Chargeback provides five different permissions, create, read, update, delete, and entity cost modify,
which can be set on a role for the different resource types.
Table 4-2 shows the permissions that can be set for the resource types defined in vCenter Chargeback.
Table 4-2. Permissions Applicable for Each Resource Type
Resource Type
VMware vCenter
Server
Data Collector
LDAP Server
SMTP Server
Chargeback
Hierarchy
Chargeback
Hierarchical Entity
Attribute
Tier
Cost Model
Cost Template
Fixed Cost
Report
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Description
This resource type refers to any attribute created or imported in vCenter Chargeback. Only
users with the Administrator role and Super User role have create permission for this resource
type.
This resource type refers to the storage tiers created in vCenter Chargeback. A user must have
read permission on the vCenter Server to access storage tiers.
This resource type refers to the cost models defined or created in vCenter Chargeback. A user
must have read permission on a cost model to use it for cost configuration and report
generation.
This resource type refers to the cost templates created in vCenter Chargeback. A user must
have read permission on a cost template to use it for cost configuration.
This resource type refers to the fixed costs created in vCenter Chargeback. A user must have
read permission on a fixed cost to use it for cost configuration.
This resource type refers to the reports created in vCenter Chargeback. A user must have read
permission on a report to access the report.
This resource type refers to the reporting schedules created in vCenter Chargeback. A user
must have read permission on a schedule to access the reporting schedule.
This resource type refers to the roles defined or created in vCenter Chargeback. Only users
with the Administrator role and Super User role have create permission for this resource type.
This resource type refers to the billing policies defined or created in vCenter Chargeback. A
user must have read permission on a billing policy to use it for cost configuration and report
generation.
Create Read
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Update Delete
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Entity Cost
Modify
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
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