Administering VMs with the XenCenter
Having successfully installed both the Citrix server and the XenCenter client, we started our nice, shiny GUI frontend, told it about our XenServer, and logged in. The login process is straightforward and immediately drops you into a comprehensive two-panel interface, as shown in Figure 11-1.
The left panel displays hosts, both physical and virtual, in a tree view. On the right side, we can interact with the selected VM or change its parameters via the tabs at the top. Most tasks are broken out into a wizard-based interface.
These tasks are based on a concept of lifecycle management; you can create VMs, edit them, and destroy them, all by clicking through a series of dialog boxes. The user interface aims to make ...
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