Migration of Chargeback Data to VMware Aria Operations in Case of an Upgrade

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

1. From the VMware Chargeback UI, in the left menu, click Migration.
2. 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

Table 1. Migration Details from Chargeback to VMware Aria Operations

Chargeback Migration Steps and Location in Chargeback	Location in VMware Aria Operations
Initialization	NA
Email Configuration Admin Setting > Configure > Configure Email	Click Operations > Configurations, and then click the VCD Tenant Email Configuration tile.
Pricing Policies Pricing > Configuration	Click Operations > Configurations, and then click the Policy Definition tile. 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 If there is just one active policy in VMware Aria Operations before migration, then all the policy assignments from Chargeback will be migrated to VMware Aria Operations accordingly. If there is more than one active policy in VMware Aria Operations, then after migration, the policy assignment of Organization and Organization VDC objects should be done manually. In this scenario it is recommended to proceed with policy assignments immediately to ensure continuous pricing calculations.
Bill Schedules	Bill schedules migration should be done manually. For more details about scheduling bills, see Scheduling Bill Generation Using Automation Central.
Notification Rules Alerts > Tenant Alerts > Notification Rules	Click Operations > Configurations, and then click the VCD Tenant Notifications tile.
Report Schedules Reports > Tenant Reports	Click Operations > Reports > Manage Filter by VCD Tenants and then view the Schedules column to view the Scheduled reports.
Tenant Reports Reports > Tenant Reports	Click Operations > Reports > Generated Reports Filter by VCD Tenants and view the generated reports.
Generated Bills Pricing > Bills	Click Cost > Bills
Bill Retention Settings Admin Settings > Settings > Data Retention	Click Administration > Control Panel > Chargeback > Data Retention > Generated Bills.
Finalization Admin Settings > Support > Self Health	Click Administration > Control Panel > Audit > Chargeback Migration Audit Users created with the role of VCD Tenant Admin will be removed. All VCD instances which had VMware Chargeback registered will now be switched to VMware Aria Operations. Manual registration may be required in certain cases. These instances will be reported in the Finalization step summary. VMware Aria Operations Chargeback capabilities will be activated. A detailed report of migration can be found at Administration > Control Panel > Audit > Chargeback Migration Audit. For more details, see Chargeback Migration Audit.