Before deploying vCloud Usage Meter, you must meet all deployment prerequisites.

Table 1. Routing
From To Description
VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager vCenter infra server VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager need access to the vCenter to deploy the vCloud Usage Meter appliance.
vCloud Usage Meter ums.cloud.vmware.com To complete the registration process and send product consumption data, vCloud Usage Meter must access vCloud Usage Insight on port 443.

A proxy server can be configured to reach vCloud Usage Insight. The proxy server must be accessible.
vCloud Usage Meter NTP vCloud Usage Meter must access the NTP server.
vCloud Usage Meter DNS vCloud Usage Meter must access the DNS server.
vCloud Usage Meter vCenter To enable metering through the vCloud Usage Meter appliance, vCloud Usage Meter must access the management and resource vCenter instances.
vCloud Usage Meter NSX-T To enable metering through the vCloud Usage Meter appliance, vCloud Usage Meter must access all management and reource NSX-T Manager VIPs.
vCloud Usage Meter VMware Cloud Director To enable vCloud Usage Meter for metering of VMware Cloud Director product consumption data, vCloud Usage Meter must access the VMware Cloud Director public endpoint.
vCloud Usage Meter vRealize Operations Manager To enable vCloud Usage Meter for metering of vRealize Operations Manager product consumption data, vCloud Usage Meter must have access the vRealize Operations Manager.
Table 2. Network Ports
Port Protocol Description
53 TCP/ UDP DNS
123 TCP/ UDP NTP
443 TCP For vCloud Usage Meter 4.3, used to access the registered product servers and run API requests for metering.

Used to access vCloud Usage Insight.
7443 TCP Used for accessing PSC server product and running API requests.
8443 TCP vCloud Usage Meter Web interface and API (inbound).
proxy port TCP If a proxy server is configured, it must be accessible.
Note: For more information about vCloud Usage Meter ports, see VMware Ports and Protocols.
Table 3. Service Accounts
System Usage
Management VC Used to deploy vCloud Usage Meter in the management vCenter.
Management and Resource vCenter Used to collect the product consumption data from the registered vCenter Server instances.
Management and Resource NSX-T Manager Used to collect the product consumption data from the registered NSX-T Manager instances.
vRealize Operations Manager Used to collect the product consumption data from the registered vRealize Operations Manager instances.
VMware Cloud Director Used to collect the product consumption data from the registered VMware Cloud Director instances.

Additional Prerequisites

  • To automate the reporting, aggregation, and pre-filling of vCloud Usage Meter product consumption data, after deploying vCloud Usage Meter, you must register the vCloud Usage Meter instance with VMware Cloud Provider Commerce Portal. You cannot configure the vCloud Usage Meter integration with VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager before registering the vCloud Usage Meter instance with VMware Cloud Provider Commerce Portal.
  • DNS – DNS A and PTR records have to exist for the vCloud Usage Meter appliance to enable forward and reverse lookup of IP addresses and hostnames.