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Profile

This section covers the Metering Manager Profile information and editable parameters.

Note

Any profile editing actions are available only when the Metering Manager application instance is shutdown. You can edit these parameters when the instance is running or it is paused.

General​

This section covers the basic parameters for the application instance. These include:

  • Description — the description of the Metering Manager instance

  • Virtual Datacenter — the assigned VDC

  • Instance Mode — the application instance mode: Enhanced or Compatibility

    For more details about instance modes, see Understand instance modes.

  • ThinkAgile CP Guest Agent — the currently installed guest agent tools

    For more details about guest agents, see Install guest agent tools.

    Note

    This option is available only when Enhanced Instance Mode is configured.

Figure 1. Metering Manager Instance Profile — General parameters

Compute​

This section covers the compute parameters for the Metering Manager instance. These include:

  • Migration Zone — the migration zone assigned to the instance

  • Node — specific compute nodes assigned to the instance

  • Compute Constraints — any configured compute constraints applied to the instance

  • Provisioning — the number of CPU cores and memory allocated to the instance

Figure 2. Metering Manager Instance Profile — Compute parameters

Storage​

This section covers the storage parameters for the Metering Manager instance. These include:

  • Storage Pool — the storage pool assigned to the instance

  • Virtual Disks (vDisks) — the virtual storage disks assigned to the instance

Figure 3. Metering Manager Instance Profile — Storage parameters

Networking​

This section covers the virtual Network Interface Controllers (vNICs) assigned to the Metering Manager instance.

Figure 4. Metering Manager Instance Profile — Networking parameters

Settings​

This section covers various settings for the Metering Manager instance. These include:

  • Boot Order — the boot sequence for the application

  • Timezone Configuration — the configured timezone

    Note

    By default, this setting is set to the timezone of the compute node on which the instance is started.

  • Automatic Recovery — the current state of automatic recovery

  • VT-x flag — the current state of the VT-x flag

    Note

    If enabled, this settings enables nested virtualization of KVM hypervisors in your ThinkAgile CP environment.

Figure 5. Metering Manager Instance Profile — Settings