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Add vCenter Server Information
vCenter Chargeback can calculate overall resource utilization and corresponding cost only for vCenter Servers
that are added to the application. You can add one or more vCenter Server instances to vCenter Chargeback.
You must have the Super User role or the Administrator role to perform this task.
Prerequisites
Before you add a vCenter Server, you must ensure that the vCenter Server is accessible over the network.
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Also, ensure that vCenter Server and the vCenter Server database have static IP addresses. If not, you must
provide the FQDN for such servers and databases when adding them to vCenter Chargeback.
You must ensure that the system time on the vCenter Server, vCenter Chargeback, vCenter Server
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database, vCenter Chargeback database, and data collectors are in sync.
When adding a vCenter Server to vCenter Chargeback, you must provide a vCenter Server user name and
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vCenter Server Database user name. You must ensure that the vCenter Server user has at least read access
on all the entities that would be added to vCenter Chargeback including the storage views. Also, the
database user must have read access to the
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Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, click vCenter Servers.
A table listing information about the vCenter Server instances added to the application is displayed.
2 Click Add.
The vCenter Server Information screen is displayed.
3 Enter information about the vCenter Server and its corresponding database that has to be added to the
application.
Option
vCenter Server Hostname/IP
vCenter Server Display Name
vCenter Server Description
vCenter Server Username
vCenter Server Password
Database URL
Database Name
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Description
FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server. The IP address or host name
cannot be edited after the vCenter Server is added to the application.
A display name for the vCenter Server.
A description of the vCenter Server. This is optional.
User name to access the vCenter Server.
Password for the user name entered.
URL to access the vCenter Server database.
For Oracle Database, this URL must have the format:
IP address/host name : TNS listener port
For example:
123.123.123.123:1521
For Microsoft SQL Server, this URL can be in the following formats:
IP address/host name \ database instance name
or
IP address/host name
For example:
123.123.123.123\chargeback_db
Name of the vCenter Server database. For example, vim_vcdb, which is the
default name given by vCenter Server. If you are using Oracle Database, then
the database name can be either the service name or SID. If you are providing
the service name, ensure that you prefix the service name with a forward
slash (/). For example:
service_name
/
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