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Updates and Upgrades

August 22, 2019

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XenCenter issues notifications about available Citrix Hypervisor and XenCenter updates and upgrades on the Updates tab in the Notifications view.

XenCenter is configured by default to automatically check for new Citrix Hypervisor and XenCenter updates and upgrades at regular intervals. You are notified when a new update or product version is available. It is recommended you install all published updates. You can check for available updates manually at any time:

Select Notifications > Updates
Select Refresh.

Follow this process to verify you are running the latest version of both Citrix Hypervisor and XenCenter.

Applying updates to Citrix Hypervisor hosts

Updates to a version of Citrix Hypervisor can be delivered as a Hotfix or a Cumulative Update. Hotfixes generally supply bug fixes to one or more specific issues. Cumulative Updates contain accumulated bug fixes, and occasionally, feature improvements and enhancements. Updates can be quickly applied to your managed servers. For more information, see Updating managed servers.

New Current Releases of Citrix Hypervisor are also delivered as updates. You can apply a Current Release as an update to some previous Current Releases of Citrix Hypervisor. This update moves you to a newer version of Citrix Hypervisor. For more information about the supported update paths for Current Releases, see Install.

Updating your version of XenCenter

The most up-to-date version of XenCenter is supplied on the Citrix Hypervisor product downloads page. Use this file to update your XenCenter installation. For more information, see Updating XenCenter.

Upgrading Citrix Hypervisor hosts

To upgrade Citrix Hypervisor hosts, use the Rolling Pool Upgrade wizard. You can use this wizard to upgrade multiple servers in a pool with minimal service interruption for running VMs. VMs are automatically migrated onto other available servers as the upgrade is applied to each server in turn. The wizard can also be used to upgrade standalone servers. See Upgrading managed servers.

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Updates and Upgrades

August 22, 2019

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Updates and Upgrades

Applying updates to Citrix Hypervisor hosts

Updating your version of XenCenter

Upgrading Citrix Hypervisor hosts

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