Virtual Machine History report on 3.5
What is the Bnd column, in this report? Everything is pretty explanatory, however the new documentation is lacking on the column definitions with this new update.
View ArticleProblem - Error in registering service in café host
Hello guys! How are you? I am trying to put a vRA server in Usage Meter 3.5 and during the process I am receiving the follow message: Error in registering service in café host <vRA Appliance...
View ArticleNew Documentation about Usage Meter 3.5
Hello members of the Usage Meter community, The purpose of this post it to announce new Usage Meter 3.5 documentation resources. The documentation has been updated, extended, and re-written, to align...
View ArticleUsage Meter 3.5 - Could not obtain vCenter certificate
Hi, I am not able to register my vCenter Server in UM. I always get this error: "There was a problem checking the certificate for <hostname>:443. Could not obtain certificate ".Does anybody know...
View ArticleUsage meter 3.5 with SRM 6.1.1
I am running usage meter 3.5 and SRM 6.1.1 can some let me know what are the ports need to for communication between SRM server and usage meter server. At the movement I can't see any reports reference...
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vCloud Usage Meter 3.5 wrong time in hourly report
Hello Colleagues. I found one strange error: Installed vCloud Usage Meter 3.5, VCSA 6.5 + 6.5 ESXi hosts. In hourly reports sent to my email is the wrong time. In Meter, VCSA, HOSTs, configured the...
View ArticlevCAM / vCUM usage monitoring bug
Hi, I have noticed something in the usage meter (3.5) that appears to be a bug. It doesn't appear to register and VMs that are in nested vApps, Comparing VM counts in vcenter against the usage meter,...
View ArticlevUM3.5 and bad NSX Manager credentials (RO account)
Hi all! We've just started testing metering our bundle with NSX Enterprise. And seems to me that nsx manager acccount need more than ReadOnly privilleges (as stated in user guide and vmware pub doc)....
View ArticleWhy does the VUM 3.6 need to log in to vCenter as Administrator?
Hi, I'm having trouble understanding why would VUM need an Administrator access to vcenter to READ usage data from it. Until v3.5 we used dedicated login "vum@vsphere.local" that has read-only access...
View ArticleVrealize and Vcloud and Horizon
hi I have question what is different between Vrealize and Vcloud and Horizon products
View ArticleUM API call on v3.3.3 but missing on v3.5 / v3.6
on v3.3.3 have below report api call Operation GET /api/reports <report><link method="get" rel="Customer Summary Report"href="/api/reports/3" /></report> have any new api call for...
View ArticleWhen will vROPs 6.6 be supported
Hi In our environment we need to upgrade our 6.4 vROPs to 6.6 for security requirements. Looking at the support matrix for 3.6 this is not supported. Can you please confirm when it will be supported?...
View ArticleReserved RAM vs actual used RAM
Having a brain freeze day. If I have no reservations set, and 5 VM's with 20GB RAM allocated each, I understand the 'minimum' points will be based on 5 x 10GB (50%). What if these VM's are all...
View ArticleVMware Usage meter 3.6 NSX error
Hello,I've upgraded the usage meter to 3.6. After the upgrade I'm trying to add the NSX manager but I receive the following error.vCenter server is referenced by another NSX server I've checked on the...
View ArticlevCloud Usage Meter cannot discover vRealize Operations Manager 6.6
Today i found out the hard way that apparently since vROPS 6.6 it is NOT possible to view vROPS health bars in the 6.5U1 web client. (I recently upgraded from windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.5U1 appliance)...
View ArticleLog Insight Reporting in Usage Meter
Hi there, I'd like to know when I can report Log Insight usage within Usage Meter? regards, Ronny
View ArticleUsage meter SRM collection permissions
Hi, I have 2 vCenters in my platform that are using Site Recovery Manager between them to replicate data (VCS1 --> VCS2).VCenter usage collection fine, but site recovery manger is not getting info...
View ArticleStopped VM RAM and snapshot VM with RAM
Hello, i would like to know how RAMs of stopped VM and snapshots are calculated by VUM ? Thanks Gwenael.
View ArticleVmware Usage meter
Hi All, I need to get license report for my VCenter using Vmware usage meter. Please note I am using this tool only for 1 VCenter please help. Also currently i am using free license for 60 days will...
View ArticleNeed report that shows VM, allocated storage, allocated RAM, CPU, creation...
I am working with a customer that bills their clients based on basic characteristics of the VM - CPUs, allocated RAM, allocated storage, time powered on, creation date, deletion date, etc. Is it...
View Articlethis error is displayed in the browser because your application is running in...
Hi. After installing the Usage Meter I get the error message (see attachment). Where can I set the system property run.mode=production? Thanks, best regards
View ArticleVcenter and Operations manager VM Reports are off -- Causing Concern for...
I have a customer running the latest release of operations manager and the latest release of Usage Meter. In the past the Vcenter VM report and the Operations Manager Report numbers matched. Since the...
View ArticleHow do you replace the certificate in Usage Meter?
The customer want to replace the self signed certificate in the usage meter appliance with one of their own. Whats the process to do that?
View ArticleUnable to select VSAN licenses in licenses/Billing catégories or...
Hi, I'd like to filter VSAN licenses as we already can do it for VSPHERE licences in Billing categories and Licenses set tab. The main reason is to exclude some of my clusters which are licensed with...
View ArticleUM - Update process
Hi, Surely there must be a better update process than to deploy new appliances for every new release of Usage Meter?It's getting tiresome to have many number of instances running, plus all the extra...
View Articlecreate rules based on vSphere tags?
Hi there, I'd like to create mapping rules to customers based on vSphere tags. I couldn't find vSphere tags as an object type in the rule creator. Is there a way to use vSphere tags to map VMs to...
View ArticlevCloud Usage Meter Upgrade from 3.0.0 to 3.2/3.3 import error.
Hello, During the import command i get the following error (same with both 3.2 and 3.3): # /opt/vmware/cloudusagemetering/scripts/migrate/importum existingserver 300 pg_dump: server version: 9.2.2;...
View ArticleSupport for vCloud Director 9.1
Any time frame when the update for Usage meter to support vCloud Director 9.1 will be released? Also I would suggest to add vCloud Director and Usage Meter to the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix...
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Problems adding vrealize operations manager
Hi everyone, I'm struggling trying to add the vrops to usage meter. As you can see in the image below as suggested by the message, I just need to click the edit button in order to type...
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Usage Meter per vDC
Hello, I believe we have tried all the possible options but we are not able to breakdown the usage meter per vDC. It seems really silly as we would like to bill customers as per their usage and ensure...
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Sending logs to syslog server and snmp
Hi all We recently have put in over a dozen vCloud Usage Meters (UM) globally to monitor our license usage and compliance. As part of this day and age, there naturally is more focus on security so we...
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vCloud Usage Meter 3.6.x issue with configuring ldap connection
Having issue with configuring ldap connection ex. username :- testdomain :- child.forest.comAD group :- servicegroup hostname :- domain nameport :- 389username DN :-...
View Articlehow to add ESXi in usage meter 3.6.1.0
is there any possibility to just get ESXi deployed and add the same to usagemeter for reporting or having VC is mandatory.?
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How to configure SYSLOG for VMware vCloud Usage Meter 3.6.1
Kindly let me know how to configure the SYSLOG settings for VMware vCloud Usage Meter 3.6.1.Yusuf85
View ArticleAutomatic report troubleshooting in 3.6.1
Usage meter sends reports based on the day of the month. I am having issues getting the reports to send automatically. Troubleshooting is tough because when i make a change i need to increment the day...
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Error on vRA endpoint under Usage meter
Hi,I have been working on vCloud Usage Meter and have added my vCenter, NSX Manager, vROps and vRA to it. I am facing issues with my vRA endpoint. The product was added successfully but throws up the...
View ArticleUsage Meter - Automatic Reports - Ignoring reports filter
Good afternoon. We have a few usage meters setup and operational, however for all instances (version 3.6.1) under automatic reporting, when setting this up you can select the reports to include in the...
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java.net.SocketException: Connection reset -- Make sure you select a port...
I'm having an issue configuring Usage Meter 3.6.1 to a vCenter server. Port TCP 443 is open from UM to the vCenter server and the vCenter server certificate is valid and the hostname I am using in...
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No vCenter Server with IP found for NSX Manager within the vmeter 3.6.1
Although the vcenter is registered with nsx and working fine, but vmeter complains that "No vCenter Server with IP found for NSX Manager within the vmeter 3.6."
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Create Rule with valueType "Substring" via API
Hi everyone I'm trying to create a Rule via the API. According to the documentation, the body needs to be provided as follows: <rule...
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Questions about UM 3.6.1 API Token.
Q1. What is the difference between admin and user among API Token types? https://code.vmware.com/apis/204/vcloud-usage-meter On page 26, "Provide API Access" specifies that Token's type...
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Has anyone tried upgrading the VM version Compatibility?
Has anyone tried upgrading the VM version Compatibility on the vCloud Usage Meter 3.6?
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Requirements for installing usage meter for a customer that has perpetual...
Hello I need a documentation on all the requirements i need to install usage meter for a customer who no longer wants to use perpetual license.
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Usage Meter Monthly Usage report missing vRAM and state connection refused to...
Usage Meter Monthly Usage report missing vRAM and state connection refused to vCenter. However I can see its been successful.There are a few failures in the monitor which relate to vCenter being...
View ArticlevCloud Usage Meter Hourly Collection, Errors Detected
Hi All, We are getting the following message every 3 hours.We logged a case with VMware and still investigation is going on... Product: vCenter Server, Hostname: 0.0.0.0, Message: Collection didn't...
View Articleusage meter 4.1 port requirement for firewall config
Author : Rositsa RuzhevaURL : http:////docs.vmware.com/en/vCloud-Usage-Meter/4.1/Getting-Started-vCloud-Usage-Meter/GUID-8B1E68B2-4D03-4A98-A1FB-457E99C4074F.htmlTopic Name : Before you begin with...
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adding vcloud director
Hi I'm a service provider and I'm setting up vCloud Usage Meter 3.6.I've correctly added my vCenter Server and I can strat metering.The question is: have I to add my vCloud director too? If yes why?...
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VMware vCloud SP Standard Bundle EOL
How do I get my usage meters to start reporting VMware vCloud SP Advanced Bundle instead of VMware vCloud SP Standard Bundle.I guess I need to change Bundle ID but I can now find any info on this...
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vCloud usage meter GUI error
Hi team, When I try to login via GUI,it is triggering.Please advise how to fix ths issue?Exception occured while processing /Message: java.lang.RuntimeException: No session is bound to current thread,...
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