To meter the product consumption data of VMware Cloud Foundation in vCloud Usage Meter, you must add the vCenter Server instance associated with the VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

Prerequisites

Verify that the certificate of the vCenter Server instance associated with the VMware Cloud Foundation instance that you add for metering is FIPS compliant.

Procedure

  1. In the main menu bar of the vCloud Usage Meter Web interface, click Products.
  2. In the left pane, select Cloud > vCenter / Cloud Foundation.
  3. On the vCenter / Cloud Foundation page, click Add.
  4. In the Endpoint text box, enter the host name or IP address of the vCenter Server instance.
    The default port number is 443.
  5. In the Username and Password text boxes, enter the credentials of a vCenter Single Sign-On user, such as [email protected].
  6. (Optional) If you use an external Platform Services Controller, select the Use External Platform Services Controller (PSC) check box.
    1. In the PSC Endpoint text box, enter the IP address or host name of the external Platform Services Controller.
    2. Enter the port number for the external Platform Services Controller.
      The default port number is 7444.
  7. From the Managed by VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Edition drop-down menu, select the VMware Cloud Foundation edition.
    • Not managed by VCF
    • SDDC Manager (vRAM)
    • Standard (core)
    • Advanced (core)
    • Enterprise(core)
    • Standard w/o vSAN (core)
    • Advanced w/o vSAN (core)
    • Enterprise w/o vSAN (core)
  8. Click Add.