vCloud Usage Meter Archives -

In my last Post I covered the manual steps of vCloud Usage Meter deployment & configuration. In this post, I will show how we can leverage Usage Meter APIs to perform end-to-end configuration.

Usage Meter Deployment: There is no API for UM deployment, and we have to stick to the ovftool method for this step.

ovftool --name=Usage-Meter --X:injectOvfEnv --X:logFile=ovftool.log --allowExtraConfig --datastore=vsanDatastore --network=VM_MGMT --acceptAllEulas --noSSLVerify --diskMode=thin --powerOn --prop:varoot-password=VMware123! --prop:vausagemeter-password=VMware123! --prop:vami.gateway.vCloud_Usage_Meter=x.x.x.x --prop:vami.domain.vCloud_Usage_Meter=mgmt.vmw --prop:vami.searchpath.vCloud_Usage_Meter=mgmt.vmw --prop:vami.DNS.vCloud_Usage_Meter=x.x.x.x --prop:vami.ip0.vCloud_Usage_Meter=x.x.x.x --prop:vami.netmask0.vCloud_Usage_Meter=x.x.x.x C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Usage_Meter_Agent-4.1.0.1-15426816_OVF10.ova vi://root@esxmb1.mgmt.vmw/

ovftool --name=Usage-Meter --X:injectOvfEnv --X:logFile=ovftool.log --allowExtraConfig --datastore=vsanDatastore --network=VM_MGMT --acceptAllEulas --noSSLVerify --diskMode=thin --powerOn --prop:varoot-password=VMware123! --prop:vausagemeter-password=VMware123! --prop:vami.gateway.vCloud_Usage_Meter=x.x.x.x --prop:vami.

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What is vCloud Usage Meter?

vCloud Usage Meter is an on-premises virtual appliance used to collect and generate reports for Cloud Provider Partners (VCPP) to send back to VMware for monthly billing of usage.

Usage Meter collects usage of the VMware products that are installed in the cloud provider’s datacenter. The current version of Usage Meter (4.1) supports usage collection from the following endpoints:

How Usage Meter collects and reports monthly product consumption data is explained Here

vCloud Usage Insight

vCloud Usage Insight is a VMware cloud service that aggregates and automates monthly and end-user reporting from on-premise vCloud Usage Meter instances to the VMware Cloud Provider Commerce Portal. With vCloud Usage Insight, you retain full control over the usage report data in the Commerce Portal before submission.

To learn more about vCloud Usage Meter & Usage Insight, check VMware’s official Documentation

Usage Meter Installation Requirements

I am not going to cover the nitty-gritty of installation prerequisites, as everything is well documented Here

vCloud Usage Meter is distributed as a virtual appliance (ova) and can be downloaded from Here

vCloud UM deployment is pretty straightforward, like any other OVA deployment.… Read the rest

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Automating vCloud Usage Meter Deployment & Configuration via API

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