Install VMware Cloud Director Data Collector
If you want to integrate a vCenter Chargeback instance with a VMware Cloud Director instance, you must
have a VMware Cloud Director Data Collector instance installed and running.
You can install a VMware Cloud Director Data Collector instance along with vCenter Chargeback or separately
by using the VMware Cloud Director Data Collector installer. Although you can install more than one VMware
Cloud Director Data Collector instance, only one instance will be interacting with the VMware Cloud Director
database at any given point of time. Another data collector instance will be used only in the case of a failover.
Prerequisites
Before you start the installation, ensure that the system time of the machine on which the data collector is being
installed is the same as that on the VMware Cloud Director database, vCenter Chargeback, and vCenter
Chargeback database. That is, the system time of all these machines are in sync.
Procedure
1
Run the
vCenter-VCLOUD-DC.exe
file.
2
Click Next on the Introduction screen.
3
Accept the end-user license agreement, and click Next.
4
Provide the path for the installation directory, and click Next.
If the specified installation directory exists, ensure that it is empty. If the specified installation directory
does not exist, the installer creates the directory. The install path must contain at least one folder. You
cannot provide only the drive name.
5
Provide the details of the vCenter Chargeback database that the data collector must synchronize with the
VMware Cloud Director database, and click Next.
Option
Description
Database Type
The type of database used to create the vCenter Chargeback database. This
can be either SQL SERVER or ORACLE.
Database URL
The IP address or host name of the system on which the vCenter Chargeback
database is installed. For an SQL Server database, you can also provide the
vCenter Chargeback database instance name.
For Oracle Database, the database URL can be in any of the following formats:
IP Address
Host Name
For SQL Server, the database URL can be in any of the following formats:
IP Address
Host Name
IP Address\Database Instance Name
Host Name\Database Instance Name
Database Port
(Optional) The port on which the database service is listening for requests.
If the port number is not specified, the installer uses the default port. For an
Oracle database, you must specify the TNS listener port if you are not using
the default port 1521. For an SQL Server database, specify the database
instance port if you are using a static port.
Database Name
Name of the database in which vCenter Chargeback stores the application-
specific data. For Oracle Database, ensure that you provide the service name
and not the SID.
SQL Authentication Mode
This option is applicable only for SQL Server databases. For an SQL Server
database, the authentication type can be either SQL Server Authentication
or Windows Authentication.
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