Understanding the New Certification Category on the XenServer HCL If you are evaluating a deployment of XenServer but only to find your hardware isn't on the official Hardware Compatibility List (hcl.xenserver.com), that means your hardware vendor has not validated their kit for use with XenServer. That means the vendor has not certified the hardware with XenServer. Usually, … [Read more...] about “Supported by Citrix”: A Faster Pathway to Hardware Verification with XenServer
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Gain Deeper Performance Insights with “CPU Runnable” Metrics
Summary One of the most common yet tricky performance issues to diagnose in virtualization environments is CPU contention—a condition where a VM’s virtual CPUs (vCPUs) are ready to execute tasks but must wait for access to physical CPU resources. We’re excited to announce that XenServer is introducing new CPU runnable metrics, giving you unprecedented visibility into CPU … [Read more...] about Gain Deeper Performance Insights with “CPU Runnable” Metrics
Power Up Your VMware to XenServer Migration with Conversion Manager 8.5.0
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
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!