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Citrix Hypervisor Document History

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Date Change Description
21 Feb 2024 Restructured the XenServer Conversion Manager documentation We restructured the XenServer Conversion Manager documentation and added a What’s new page so you can keep up-to-date with the latest features and changes.
23 Oct 2023 New article We added a new article to explain how hardware drivers are provided for use with Citrix Hypervisor: hardware drivers
04 Oct 2023 Support for an increased number of paths to a LUN Citrix Hypervisor now supports up to 16 paths to a LUN when using multipathing. The previous supported limit was 8.
25 Sep 2023 New guest OS support With the latest hotfixes applied, Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Rocky Linux 9, CentOS Stream 9, and Debian Bookworm 12. These guest operating systems require the latest Citrix VM Tools for Linux. For more information, see Guest operating system support
23 Feb 2023 New release of Workload Balancing Workload Balancing virtual appliance 8.3.0 released. For more information, see Workload Balancing 8.3.0 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2. This version of the Workload Balancing virtual appliance contains updates to the database migration script. Release Notes
22 Feb 2023 Added support for Sapphire Rapids processors Support for Intel® Xeon® 84xx/64xx/54xx/44xx/34xx (Sapphire Rapids). For more information, see the Hardware Compatibility List.
19 Dec 2022 Added support for Zen4/Genoa processors Support for AMD EPYC™ 9xx4 (Zen4/Genoa). For more information, see the Hardware Compatibility List.
07 Dec 2022 Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud preview now closed The Citrix Hypervisor 8 Cloud Release Public Preview has now ended. Thank you for your participation. The feedback received has been of great value.
28 Feb 2022 Improved jumbo frames support Jumbo frames are now supported for traffic on VM networks. For more information, see Jumbo frames.
25 Jan 2022 Updates to Windows VM support Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 is now supported with Windows 10 21H2 and support for Windows Server 2012 R2 has been restored. Guest operating system support
13 Dec 2021 New release Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 released. Release Notes
30 Sep 2021 New release of Workload Balancing Workload Balancing virtual appliance 8.2.2 released. For more information, see Workload Balancing 8.2.2 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2. This version of the Workload Balancing virtual appliance contains updates to the database migration script. Release Notes
21 Sep 2021 Rocky Linux support added With Hotfix XS82E033, Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 now supports VMs with the Rocky Linux. For more information, see Hotfix XS82E033 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2
10 May 2021 Container support removed Support for the Container Management Supplemental Pack has been withdrawn.
26 Mar 2021 Gooroom 2 support added With Hotfix XS82E021, Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 now supports VMs with the Gooroom 2 OS. For more information, see Hotfix XS82E021 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2
15 Sep 2020 New release of Workload Balancing Workload Balancing virtual appliance 8.2.1 released. For more information, see Workload Balancing 8.2.1 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2. This version of the Workload Balancing virtual appliance contains updates to the database migration script. Release Notes
15 Sep 2020 New release of XenCenter XenCenter 8.2.1 released. For more information, see XenCenter 8.2.1 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2
25 Jun 2020 New release Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 released. Release Notes
09 Apr 2020 Note added about AD domain controllers A new note advises that you can enable LDAP channel binding and LDAP signing in your AD domain controllers. Manage users
10 Mar 2020 New XenCenter release A new version of XenCenter (8.1.2) is available from the downloads site.
25 Feb 2020 Remove incorrect information about Linux VMs Remove information that only applied to PV Linux VMs. Improvements to the Linux VM installation procedure. Linux VMs
11 Feb 2020 Add Management Agent version information for updates file The file type of the updates file used by the Management Agent is different depending on which version of the Management Agent your Windows VM runs. Windows VMs
11 Feb 2020 Add a note about removing NICs When you remove a physical NIC, run the pif-forget command to ensure that the associated PIF is removed. Manage networking
08 Jan 2020 Additional Known Issue An extra known issue is added about a potential issue when updating from Citrix Hypervisor 8.0 to 8.1. Known Issues
07 Jan 2020 New XenCenter release A new version of XenCenter (8.1.1) is available from the downloads site.
17 Dec 2019 New release Citrix Hypervisor 8.1 released.
18 Jul 2019 Update file name extension for Management Agent automatic update The file used by the Management Agent automatic update feature has changed from a TSV file to a JSON file. Windows VMs
06 Jun 2019 Update Conversion Manager installation instructions XenServer Conversion Manager (formerly Citrix Hypervisor Conversion Manager) installer is now provided as a MSI file. XenServer Conversion Manager
15 May 2019 Add RPU instructions for vGPU-enabled VMs You can use RPU with pools that host vGPU-enabled VMs by taking some extra steps before and during the upgrade. Rolling pool upgrades
25 Apr 2019 New release Citrix Hypervisor 8.0 released.
Citrix Hypervisor Document History

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