Citrix's Xen GUI: XenCenter

We are, of course, fond of following advice.

Citrix's system, like the open source version of Xen, uses a client/server architecture to control the virtual machines. Unlike the open source version, they include a graphical Xen console that can automate many of the boring details of running Xen.[67]

In fact, the package includes both a GUI and a command-line utility. As of version 5, the GUI is a Windows application called XenCenter, and the command-line tool is called xe. They offer roughly the same functionality, but the XenCenter GUI has more features, and xe supports certain more arcane operations. Citrix suggests using xe for scripted (or otherwise automated) operation and the XenCenter for interactive administration. ...

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