Managing Vcenter Servers - VMware VCENTER CHARGEBACK 1.5 Manual

vCenter Chargeback User's Guide
Option
LDAP Limit
Enable LDAPS
5 Click Save.
The table on the LDAP Servers page lists the modified information for the selected LDAP server.
What to do next
If you have selected the Enable LDAPS option, you must download the certificate from the LDAP server on
to your local machine and add it to the vCenter Chargeback keystore. To do this, on the machine on which the
load balancer service is running, you must then run the following command:
Installation_Path \VMware\VMware vCenter Chargeback\jre\bin> keytool -import -trustcacerts -
keystore " Installation_Path \VMware\VMware vCenter Chargeback\jre\lib\security\cacerts" -alias
file_alias -file " LDAP_Server_Certificate_Path "
Installation_Path refers to the location where vCenter Chargeback is installed on the machine. file_alias refers
to any user-defined alias for the certificate file. LDAP_Server_Certificate_Path refers to the complete file path
along with the name of the LDAP server certificate on the local machine.
When you run the
keystore. The default password is
and you are prompted to confirm whether you trust the certificate. Type
certificate to the keystore.
Delete the LDAP Server Setting
Any LDAP server that is no longer in use and configured in the application can be deleted from the application.
To perform this task, you must have the Super User role or the Administrator role. If you have the
Administrator role, you can only delete those LDAP server settings that you have configured.
I If you remove an LDAP server, the corresponding LDAP users and groups will also be deleted
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from the application.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, click LDAP Servers.
2 Select the required LDAP server from the table displayed on the page.
3 Click Delete.
A dialog confirming the action is displayed.
4 Click OK.
Information about the LDAP server is deleted from the table displayed on the LDAP Servers page.

Managing vCenter Servers

To determine the utilization of computing resources by the virtual machines and calculate the total costs, you
must first add the vCenter Server instances in your virtual environment to vCenter Chargeback.
You can add more than one vCenter Server to the application. The application also lets you modify the
information about the vCenter Server instances and delete a vCenter Server from the application when it is no
longer required.
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Description
The maximum number of Windows Active Directory users or groups to be
fetched and displayed in the Add User Account screen of the application.
Select this option to enable LDAP over SSL.
command, you are prompted to enter the password for the vCenter Chargeback
keytool
. After entering the correct password, the certificate is be displayed
changeit
and press Enter to add the
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