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Background
Starting with vCloud usage meter 3.6, there is a hard requirement that the appliance has to send email reports back to VMware. If like me, you run the usage meter in a ringfenced environment, you may consider routing the mail via the internet to Office 365. During my setup process though, I ran into some minor niggles, namely the ‘SMTP Relay Error 550 5.7.60 Client does not have permissions to send as this sender’ issue.
Solution
Let’s assume you have deployed the new vCloud usage meter appliance and logged into the web UI for the first time. The setup wizard will start and you will be greeted with the following message. Note there is no opt-out for sending data to VMware
On the provider tab, you have to enter your details. Fill in the e-mail address as the account you plan to relay through in Office 365. This is important as the vCloud usage meter uses this account as the from address! If it is not set as the email address, the email will fail to authenticate. I was not too fussed about the email account belonging to my organization’s domain so have stuck with a default OnMicrsoft address.
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