One of the most common questions that pops up as part of planning a migration from VMware vSphere to XenServer is if the VMs should be migrated or rebuilt on the new platform . For the cases where the answer is migration, there is a free tool available as part of the XenServer offering. Conversion Manager is an appliance based tool that can do batch migration of multiple … [Read more...] about Power Up Your VMware to XenServer Migration with Conversion Manager 8.5.0
Product Updates
XenServer 8 is really XenServer 8.4
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
It’s 2025 – time to refresh your hypervisor!
With 2024 in the rearview mirror and 2025 lying in front of us like an empty sheet waiting for us to fill it with projects and events, there is an important date ahead: the End Of Life of Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 (June 25th 2025). But this is not an ending - this is your opportunity to get your hypervisor onto a fresh release that is easier to keep up to date than any other … [Read more...] about It’s 2025 – time to refresh your hypervisor!
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