When you upgrade to this version and later versions of VMware Aria Operations, and you have VMware Chargeback, you have the option to switch to VMware Aria Operations Chargeback and use all the capabilities from one place. This can be achieved through the migration process. The existing settings and configurations will migrate to VMware Aria Operations.
Steps to Migrate Chargeback Data to VMware Aria Operations
- From the VMware Chargeback UI, in the left menu, click Migration.
- From the Migration page, you will see the list of tasks to be migrated with the Start and End time. You can also view the status of each task that is being migrated. Click Initiate Migration.
Note: Click on each task row to view information about the number of objects that have been migrated, the number of objects that have been ignored, the migrated resources, error messages if any, and so on.
List of tasks in Chargeback and their corresponding location in VMware Aria Operations
Chargeback Migration Steps and Location in Chargeback | Location in VMware Aria Operations |
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Initialization | NA |
Email Configuration |
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Pricing Policies |
Pricing Policies Assignment All pricing policies from Chargeback will be converted to separate policies under the default Policy in VMware Aria Operations. They will have the same name as they have in the Chargeback UI with the pricing card UUID added as a suffix. After migration Active Polices are the ones that have at least one object assignment in Chargeback.
Pricing Policies Assignment Migration
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Bill Schedules | Bill schedules migration should be done manually. For more details about scheduling bills, see Scheduling Bill Generation Using Automation Central. |
Notification Rules |
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Report Schedules |
Filter by VCD Tenants and then view the Schedules column to view the Scheduled reports. |
Tenant Reports |
Filter by VCD Tenants and view the generated reports. |
Generated Bills |
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Bill Retention Settings |
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Finalization |
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