To begin metering with vCloud Usage Meter, you must add at least one vCenter Server instance. You must assign additional profile-driven storage privileges to your read-only vCenter Server user beforehand.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that the vSphere administrator is not assigned with conflicting vCenter Server roles.
  • Assign vCenter Server permissions at either a Global level or to an object in the object hierarchy.

To ensure the successful billing, you must assign a permission for viewing and managing product license keys. For full information and best practices about authorization in vSphere Web Client, see vSphere Permissions and User Management Tasks in the vSphere Security guide.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client with your administrator credentials.
  2. Navigate to Menu > Administration.
    The screenshot shows the how to navigate to Administration in vSphere Web client.
    The Roles page opens.
  3. (Optional) From the Administration left pane, select Roles.
  4. Click the Create role () action button.
    This screenshots shows how to create a role and assign permissions.
  5. Assign the following permissions.
    1. Set the storage privileges.
      • For vCenter Server versions 8.x, select VM storage policies > View VM storage policies
      • For vCenter Server versions 7.x, select Profile-driven storage > Profile-driven storage view. >
    2. To allow managing and viewing license keys, select Global > Licences.
    3. If the vCenter Server instance has vSAN enabled, select Cns > Searchable.
    4. Click Next.
  6. Enter a name and a description for the new role and click Finish.
  7. Assign the new role to the user which you use for vCloud Usage Meter collection.

Results

The server adds the selected permissions to the vCenter Server user.