How do I add VMware Cloud Director for metering

To meter the product consumption data of vCloud Director 9.5 or a later version, you must add the product instance to vCloud Usage Meter.

vCloud Usage Meter supports metering of vCloud Director 9.5.x, vCloud Director 9.7.x, vCloud Director 10.0.x, and VMware Cloud Director 10.1.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have system administrator privileges.
• You must register the vCenter Server associated with the vCloud Director instance.

Procedure

1. In the main menu bar of the vCloud Usage Meter Web interface, click Products.
2. In the left navigation pane, click VMware Cloud Director.
3. On the VMware Cloud Director page, click Add.
4. In the Endpoint text box, enter the host name or IP address of the vCloud Director or VMware Cloud Director instance that you want do add.
5. In the Username and Password text boxes, enter the credentials of a VMware Cloud Director user.
6. Click Add.

Results

You successfully added the product to the list of instances. If an error occurs, a message appears in the Status column in the Cloud Director list of instances.