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The Navigation Pane

July 24, 2024
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The XenCenter Navigation pane provides various options to view and access managed resources. The following navigation buttons provide a quick way to view and manage your resources:

  • Infrastructure
  • Objects
  • Organizations Views
  • Saved Searches
  • Notifications

The following sections provide an overview of the buttons in the Navigation pane:

Infrastructure

A section of the Infrastructure view in the Navigation pane. It is a tree structure with XenCenter as the top node and each pool or server as a node beneath that one.

This view is the default view. The Infrastructure view displays a tree view of the resources by their physical location. It provides a list of servers, VMs, templates, and storage resources by the pool or the server to which they belong.

Objects

A tree structure with Objects By Type at the top and expandable nodes beneath it with the following labels: Pools, Servers, Disconnected servers, VMs, Custom Templates, XenServer Templates, Remote Storage Repositories, Local Storage Repositories, Virtual Disks, Networks.

Select Objects to see a list of the resources by categories such as pools, servers, VMs. Expand the nodes to view items in each category.

Organization views

XenCenter allows you to group resources for ease of management. By default, XenCenter provides the following types of Organization Views:

  • Objects by Folder
  • Objects by Tag
  • Objects by Custom Field
  • vApps
  • VM groups (XenServer 8 and later)

Objects by folder

A tree structure with Folders at the top of it. The subnodes are folders with user-defined names.

Select this option to view your resources by folders. You can create folders to group your resources by location, function, resource type, and so on

Note:

Organizing resources into a folder is conceptual, and not physical. The resources are note physically moved to a folder if you choose to group them by Folders.

For detailed information about creating and managing folders to organize your resources, see Using Folders.

Objects by Tag

A tree view with Tags as the top node. The expandable subnodes are user-defined tags.

Select this option to view your resources by the tags that you have previously defined. Tags are labels that you specify to view resources based on the criteria that you define. A single resource can contain multiple tags. For example, a server with the tag ‘Production’ can also be tagged as ‘R&D’.

For detailed information about creating and managing tags in XenCenter, see Using Tags.

Objects by Custom Field

A tree with the top node Custom Fields. The expandable subnodes are user-defined fields.

Select this option to view your resources by the customized fields you have previously defined. XenCenter enables you to add custom fields to your resources and provide a value to effectively manage your resources. You simply add a custom field to a server, VM, or any other resource in the pool, then give it a value. You can then use custom field values when building search queries.

For information on creating and using custom fields, see Using Custom Fields.

vApps

Select this option to view your VMs by the vApps they belong to. A vApp is a group of one or more VMs which can be managed as a single entity. For detailed information about vApps, see Managing vApps.

VM groups

Select this option to view your VMs by the VM group they belong to. A VM group is a set of one or more VMs whose placement behavior is defined by the rules of the group. For more information, see Manage VM groups.

Saved searches

A list of the saved searches. Including both default and user-defined searches.

Click this button and select an option from the list to view resources that match the search criteria. By default, XenCenter includes a few saved searches that allow you to search your resources. You can create and add your own query to this list at any time.

For detailed information about the Search functionality in XenCenter, see Searching Resources.

Notifications

The Notifications button in the lower left pane. The number 20 in a red circle indicates the number of unread notifications.

Click this button for the Notifications view. The Notifications view enables users to see all notifications in a centralized location and perform specific actions to address them. It contains Alerts, Updates, and the Events view.

The categories of notification that are listed in the upper left pane. The categories are: Alerts, Updates, Events. Each category has a number in parentheses next to it to indicate how many of that type of notification exist.

Alerts

The Alerts view displays a list of system alerts generated by XenCenter. You can filter the alerts by various options and take specific actions to address the alerts. For detailed information, see XenCenter Alerts.

Updates

XenCenter issues notifications about available updates for your hosts and pools under the Updates tabs. The Updates tabs are split into XenServer 8 updates and Citrix Hypervisor updates. For more information, see Update your XenServer hosts or Update your Citrix Hypervisor hosts.

Events

Select this option to see a summary of all events in your current XenCenter session. For detailed information, see XenCenter Event Log.

The Navigation Pane
July 24, 2024
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July 24, 2024
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