If you associate a vRealize Operations (rebranded to Aria Operations) server with a vCenter Server instance that you added for metering, vCloud Usage Meter detects the vRealize Operations and displays the servers in the vCloud Usage Meter Web interface.

vCloud Usage Meter also detects all vCenter Server servers that a vRealize Operations instance monitors. To avoid configuration issues, configure the metered vCenter Server instances, the associated vRealize Operations instances, and vCloud Usage Meter to use the same time zone.

Reporting of managed and unmanaged vCenter Server line items

If the added vRealize Operations monitors a vCenter Server instance, which is added for metering, vCloud Usage Meter reports the product consumption for this vCenter Server instance as Managed vCenter line items.

If the added vRealize Operations monitors a vCenter Server instance, which is not added for metering, vCloud Usage Meter reports the product consumption for this vCenter Server as Unmanaged vCenter Servers line items.

If vRealize Operations monitors a virtual machine that runs on Unmanaged vCenter Servers, vCloud Usage Meterreports the virtual machine as standalone.

vRealize Operations license groups

For vRealize Operations 8.6 and later, vCloud Usage Meter supports license-based metering on a virtual machine level by using the vRealize Operations license groups.

To ensure accurate metering and reporting of vRealize Operations, review the following considerations.
  • Every license must be a member of only one license group. If you add a license to two or more license groups, vCloud Usage Meter considers it as a member of the first license group returned by vRealize Operations API.
  • When configuring the vRealize Operations license groups, do not include in the same group licenses with different license editions. If you configure a license group that includes licenses with different license editions, the highest license is applied to all license group objects.