Re: [Xen-users] Need A 30,000 Foot View Of XCP

["Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd say, as others have advised, to start with XenCenter.  Yes, it is free, and 
you can connect to XCP with it.

I use OpenXenManager sometimes, as well, but it is incomplete, and, 
unfortunately, development on it has ceased, so I'm forced back to XenCenter 
much of the time.  A shame - I have a hard time understanding why both VMware 
and Citrix force you to use Windows-based management tools.  Oh well.

Openstack might be good down the road, but if you're not familiar with XCP, 
then I wouldn't start there.  Openstack is very complex to set up, with lots of 
manual steps to get it running.  I've worked with Xen, XenServer, and XCP in 
various forms for 4-5 years, now, and I still haven't managed to get Openstack 
up and running (part of that is time constraint).  So, start with XenCenter, 
once you're comfortable with XCP + XenCenter, you can move on to Openstack.

-Nick

>>> On 2013/01/06 at 10:16, Jim Hall <hallcarrjames@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

> My Boss wants to use XCP as we are a startup and trying to save money.  I am 
> not sure he fully understands how XCP works.  I am familiar with VmWare but 
> not this.  I went to the xen.org site and downloaded XCP Cloud  (he wants 
> cloud).  I successfully installed this on a server.  I used the entire 
> disk(not sure if that is correct).  My next issue is how do I connect.  I 
> thought I was supposed to use Xencenter but that may not be free..  My boss 
> told me to use Openstack and OpenManager.  I believe Openmanager is the way 
> to connect to the server but works on Linux(which we do not have...Yet)  I 
> see you can make it work on windows but probably not a good idea.   Then the 
> Openstack I am just sort of lost.   Can someone give me a overview of what I 
> need to do.  Our goal it to have a couple of VM's running windows server and 
> Microsoft Lync Server.  
> Guys I have been doing IT stuff for a long time but this is new to me any 
> guidance I would be grateful for.                                       




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