What is Xen Orchestra?
Xen Orchestra is an open-source, web-based management tool for XenServer and XCP-ng built on JavaScript. It provides administrators a modern and intuitive web-based UI to manage their virtualized infrastructure.
With Xen Orchestra, you can easily:
- Manage XenServer pools, hosts, VMs, storage repositories, networks, PVs, SRs, and more
- Perform VM operations - start, stop, migrate, convert, clone, snapshot, etc.
- Allocate/edit VM vCPUs, memory, boot parameters, tags, etc.
- Create, delete, and edit VMs and templates
- Manage storage including ISO images, templates, disks, and snapshots
- Monitor resource utilization, network traffic, VM performance, pool master status, tasks, events, logs, and more
- Backup and restore VMs with built-in backup scheduler and retention policies
- Perform disaster recovery with 1-click site failover
- Supports high availability with active/passive site redundancy
- Granular access control and role-based permission management
Some key benefits of Xen Orchestra include easy deployment, no need for dedicated storage, multi-host management from a central UI, automation capabilities, and more. With an intuitive interface and extensive feature set, Xen Orchestra simplifies XenServer management.
virt-manager, Virtualizor, Archipel, SolusVM, VirtEngine, VMmanager, Fleio, Virtkick, Cloudmatic, Feathur, HyperVM are some alternatives to Xen Orchestra.