XenCenter

About XenCenter

XenCenter provides a rich user experience to manage multiple XenServer hosts, resource pools, and the entire virtual infrastructure associated with them.

With XenCenter, you can manage your XenServer environment and deploy, manage, and monitor virtual machines from your Windows desktop machine.

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This article assumes you’ve already installed XenServer on your server hardware.

Getting started

Let’s get started with the XenCenter management console:

  1. You can install XenCenter on most Windows systems, as long as your system has .NET 4.8 or later installed. For more information, see System requirements.

  2. To install XenCenter, run the installer file you downloaded from our website. The installer guides you through the installation process. For more information, see Install XenCenter.

  3. Now that you have XenCenter installed on your Windows system, take a moment to get familiar with the layout of the UI and its capabilities. For more information, see Exploring the XenCenter workspace.

  4. Connect XenCenter to your XenServer hosts and start to manage them. For more information, see Add New Server.

  5. Create XenServer storage repositories (SR) and attach them to your hosts with the New SR wizard. SRs provide storage that can be shared between managed servers. For more information, see Add New Storage.

  6. Group managed servers together into a resource pool with shared storage using the New Pool dialog. For more information, see Create a New Pool.

  7. Create VMs in your pools with the New VM wizard. For more information, see Create a New VM.

About XenCenter