A XenServer can be managed with the xe Commandline Interface (CLI). Which can be run locally at the command prompt of the XenServer Console within XenCenter.
The ex.exe is also part of the XenCenter installation and allows and administrator to remotely manage a XenServer from the command prompt of the Windows desktop. With the CLI you can easily script some of the common tasks to perform on a XenServer.
Each xe.exe command starts with the connection settings for the XenServer (Pool Master), followed by the specific command(s) to be performed.
C:\Program Files\Citrix\XenCenter>xe.exe -s [xenserver] -u [user] -pw [password] [xe-commands]
Which uses the following syntax:
- xenserver: ip-address or name of the XenServer (or Pool Master).
- user: name of account used to connect to the XenServer.
- password: password of the used account.
- xe-commands: the commands to be performed after the connection to the XenServer (Pool Master) is made.
The rest of this post contains some examples of the different xe-commands that can be used.
