Exporting and Importing a List of Managed Servers

Last published : Oct 01, 2026
You can export your list of managed servers from XenCenter® to a configuration file. You can import this configuration file into a XenCenter session on another computer. This feature can be useful, for example, to copy your list of managed servers from your desktop computer to a laptop. You can avoid having to manually adding a long list of servers on the new machine.
XenCenter saves the IP address or DNS name, port, and display name of each managed VM in XML format in a file with a .config file name extension. Your login credentials are not stored.
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To export your list of managed servers

  1. On the File menu, select Export Server List.
  2. Specify the name and location of the export file and then click Save.

To import a list of servers

  1. On the File menu, select Import Server List.
  2. Locate the XenCenter configuration file and then click Open.
    The servers appear in the XenCenter Resources pane with a disconnected status Disconnected Server icon - the Server icon with a red dot on top..
  3. Double-click on each imported server in the Resources pane to connect to it.