Here’s something you might not know, XenServer 8 is actually version XenServer 8.4 under the hood, which has been the case ever since its release last year. We recognise that labelling the release as XenServer 8 may have led to a degree of confusion, with some customers even under the impression that our prior Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 release was in some way newer than … [Read more...] about XenServer 8 is really XenServer 8.4
Product Features
Enhance XenServer management with Citrix workload awareness
Do you ever worry about impacting your Citrix users when undertaking operations on your hypervisor? Perhaps you are concerned about shutting down a VM or host that has important user sessions running? Having to jump between multiple consoles to be sure you are doing the right thing can be time consuming and error prone reducing your confidence that you are safe to do what … [Read more...] about Enhance XenServer management with Citrix workload awareness
Simplifying PVS Migration from VMware to XenServer
We continue to hear from many customers that they are interested in moving their Citrix workloads to XenServer from VMware due to recent price increases. XenServer 8 now makes it even easier for you to migrate your Citrix workloads from VMware to XenServer, with the new PVS teleportation capabilities. This simplifies migrating your PVS master images to XenServer, … [Read more...] about Simplifying PVS Migration from VMware to XenServer
Expanding XenServer Automation capabilities with Terraform support
We are excited to announce that we now have a supported Terraform provider for XenServer. The Terraform provider for XenServer is available here: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/xenserver/xenserver/latest Here is the link for the GitHub repository: https://github.com/xenserver/terraform-provider-xenserver The XenServer Management API (XAPI) - interface for … [Read more...] about Expanding XenServer Automation capabilities with Terraform support
Taking the stress out of updates with XenServer 8
Updating XenServer has always been easy compared to updating other hypervisors – which can be a stressful and anxiety inducing process - because of the extra layer of management of other hypervisors, that doesn’t exist with XenServer. In the past with XenServer, you would choose between a list of hotfixes in XenCenter or search around for them on our website. You could pick … [Read more...] about Taking the stress out of updates with XenServer 8