You can add a customer rule in vCloud Usage Meter by linking a customer label to specific objects in your vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Director inventory. When you construct a customer rule, the object type varies, depending on the product.
Object Type Definitions
Object types aid you in metering and reporting specific customer activity.
| Object Type in Inventory | Definition |
|---|---|
| vCenter Server | A vCenter Server is identified by a unique ID, holds all object types. |
| vCenter Server Cluster | Server group in the virtual environment. |
| Data center | A required structure in vCenter Server under which hosts and their associated virtual machines are added. |
| Host | Physical computer on which virtualization or other software is installed. |
| Resource Pool | Divisions of computing resources used to manage allocations between virtual machines in your inventory. |
| Folder | Grouped objects of the same type. For example, you can apply a common set of permissions to the folder and these permissions apply to all objects grouped in the folder. |
| VMware Cloud Director | A VMware Cloud Director is identified by a unique ID, holds all object types. |
| VMware Cloud Director Organization | A unit of administration for a collection of users, groups, and computing resources. |
Products and bundles that vCloud Usage Meter reports with customer rules
vCloud Usage Meter reports the following products and bundles:
- VMware Cloud Foundation
- VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
- VMware vSAN Enterprise
- VMware vSphere Enterprise
- VMware vCenter Server Standard
- VMware Aria Operations for Networks
- VMware Aria Suite Enterprise
- VMware Data Services Manager
- VMware HCX Advanced
- VMware HSC Enterprise
- NSXNetworking
- VMware SDDC Manager
