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    <title>topic Re: Chargeback: Format Issues and How to Implement Minimal Utilization Charge in vCenter Chargeback Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;anyone can share some advices for the questions above ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>xyhs2003</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2011-07-14T06:16:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Chargeback: Format Issues and How to Implement Minimal Utilization Charge</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263488#M492</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi, &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We have tested the VMware Chargeback 1.6 for a while,&amp;nbsp; all looks fine except the following issues,&amp;nbsp; we do appreciate if anyone can give some ideas.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Chargeback.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/33239iBC55DDA44A427C9F/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="Chargeback.png" alt="Chargeback.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;No. 1.&amp;nbsp; Is there any way we can remove the row of 'dummy parent entity' in setting panel?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;No.2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We installed Chargeback on Windows 2008R2 Chinese version,&amp;nbsp; but why only the 'month' in report showed in Chinese while the rest of report still in English?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; How to fix it ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;No.3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; How we can define the number of decimal digits by round-off&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;No.4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The report sample in Chargeback official overview (&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-chargeback/overview.html"&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-chargeback/overview.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;) looks like this, the format&amp;nbsp; differs from ours obviously, anyone know the cause ?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG alt="http://www.vmware.com/files_inline/images/vcenter_chargeback02_262x210.gif" class="jive-image" src="http://www.vmware.com/files_inline/images/vcenter_chargeback02_262x210.gif" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;No.5.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We intend to setup a policy that if customer's actual utilization charge below a pre-defined so-called 'minimal charge', we would like to charge customer the minimal charge, otherwise,&amp;nbsp; the charge will be based on the actual utilization.&amp;nbsp; We didn't find a way to setup this policy,&amp;nbsp; any one has this experience or similar requirement ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:37:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263488#M492</guid>
      <dc:creator>xyhs2003</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-07-08T04:37:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Chargeback: Format Issues and How to Implement Minimal Utilization Charge</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263489#M493</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;We definitiely have the same requirement as you for number 5 and are struggling to think how to do this without manual intervention...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263489#M493</guid>
      <dc:creator>derekf</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-07-08T17:53:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Chargeback: Format Issues and How to Implement Minimal Utilization Charge</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263490#M494</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;anyone can share some advices for the questions above ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263490#M494</guid>
      <dc:creator>xyhs2003</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T06:16:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Chargeback: Format Issues and How to Implement Minimal Utilization Charge</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263491#M495</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You could define little fix costs per month for that entity..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;derekf schrieb:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We definitiely have the same requirement as you for number 5 and are struggling to think how to do this without manual intervention...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:04:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263491#M495</guid>
      <dc:creator>maxel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:04:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Chargeback: Format Issues and How to Implement Minimal Utilization Charge</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263492#M496</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi xyhs2003,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; No.1:&amp;nbsp; Is there any way we can remove the row of 'dummy parent entity' in setting panel?&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ==&amp;gt; We have a internal tracker to track this issue. In the mean time you can try the following work around. Please note that this work around will just change the label and will not remove the row:&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#1: Stop Chargeback services.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#2: Edit TOMCAT_INSTALL_FOLDER\apache-tomcat-6.0.29\webapps\vCenter-CB\WEB-INF\classes\vCenterCBLabels.properties&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#3: Modify &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; vcenter.chargeback.reporting.dummy.parentEntity = Dummy Parent Entity&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; To&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; vcenter.chargeback.reporting.dummy.parentEntity = Root Entity&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#4: Save the file and restart Chargeback.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; No.2. We installed Chargeback on Windows 2008R2 Chinese version,&amp;nbsp; but why only the 'month' in report showed in Chinese while the rest of report still in English?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; How to fix it ?&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ==&amp;gt; This is a documented known issue (in release notes under 'Internationalization issues' section).&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; No.3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; How we can define the number of decimal digits by round-off&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ==&amp;gt; Currently we do not have any provision to achieve this. &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; No.4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The report sample in Chargeback official overview (&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-chargeback/overview.html"&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-chargeback/overview.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;) looks like this, the format&amp;nbsp; differs from ours obviously, anyone know the cause ?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ==&amp;gt; Thanks for pointing it. We will follow it up and fix it at the earliest.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; No.5.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We intend to setup a policy that if customer's actual utilization charge below a pre-defined so-called 'minimal charge', we would like to charge customer the minimal charge, otherwise,&amp;nbsp; the charge will be based on the actual utilization.&amp;nbsp; We didn't find a way to setup this policy,&amp;nbsp; any one has this experience or similar requirement ?&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ==&amp;gt; Currently, there is no provison to achieve this based on the 'minimal &lt;STRONG&gt;cost&lt;/STRONG&gt;', but to a greater extent you can achieve this using allocation (which is based on usage though). Please do not use this if you use Chargeback with vCloud Director.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#1: Create a custom billing policy with the expression MAX(usage, allocation).&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#2: Create a cost model using the billing policy created in Step#1.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#3: Go to the 'Manage Hierarchy' tab, select the VM you are interested in, right click and "set allocation units".&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#4: Fill in the allocation units for the computing resources you are interested.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Step#5: Generate a report for that VM using the cost model created in Step#2.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;Thanks &amp;amp; Regards&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV id="_mcePaste"&gt;Diwakar&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263492#M496</guid>
      <dc:creator>dprabhakaran</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T14:17:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Chargeback: Format Issues and How to Implement Minimal Utilization Charge</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263493#M497</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;thanks a lot, dprabhakaran !&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;looking forward to these features could be included in 1.7.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:17:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Chargeback-Discussions/Chargeback-Format-Issues-and-How-to-Implement-Minimal/m-p/1263493#M497</guid>
      <dc:creator>xyhs2003</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-07-18T07:17:32Z</dc:date>
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