About Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1
Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 is End of Life. Upgrade to XenServer 8.4 now to ensure a smooth transition and continued support. For more information, see Upgrade.
If you are using your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops license files to license your Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 hosts, these license files are not compatible with XenServer 8.4. Before upgrading you must acquire XenServer Premium Edition socket license files to use with XenServer 8.4. These socket license files are available as an entitlement of the Citrix for Private Cloud, Citrix Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud, Citrix Universal MSP, and Citrix Platform License subscriptions for running your Citrix workloads. Citrix customers who have not yet transitioned to these new subscriptions can request to participate in a no-cost promotion for 10,000 XenServer Premium Edition socket licenses. For more information, see XenServer.
If you do not get a compatible license for XenServer 8.4 before upgrading, when you upgrade your hosts they revert to the 90-day Trial Edition. Trial Edition provides the same features as Premium Edition with some limitations. For more information, see XenServer 8.4 Licensing Overview.
XenServer 8.4
The latest version of Citrix Hypervisor is XenServer 8.4. If you want to use our latest release and try out the new features, give XenServer 8.4 a try. You can use all of its features in a reduced size pool with Trial Edition.
XenServer 8.4 receives frequent updates that deliver new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Upgrade to XenServer 8.4 now.
About Citrix Hypervisor
Citrix Hypervisor is the complete server virtualization platform from Citrix. The Citrix Hypervisor package contains all you need to create and manage a deployment of virtual x86 computers running on Xen. Citrix Hypervisor is optimized for both Windows and Linux virtual servers.
Citrix Hypervisor runs directly on server hardware without requiring an underlying operating system, which results in an efficient and scalable system. Citrix Hypervisor works by abstracting elements from the physical machine (such as hard drives, resources, and ports) and allocating them to the virtual machines running on it.
A virtual machine (VM) is a computer composed entirely of software that can run its own operating system and applications as if it were a physical computer. A VM behaves exactly like a physical computer and contains its own virtual (software-based) CPU, RAM, hard disk, and NIC.
Citrix Hypervisor lets you create VMs, take VM disk snapshots, and manage VM workloads. For a comprehensive list of major Citrix Hypervisor features, visit https://www.citrix.com/products/citrix-hypervisor.
XenCenter
XenCenter is a Windows GUI client that provides a rich user experience when managing multiple Citrix Hypervisor servers and resource pools, and the virtual infrastructure associated with them. For more information, see the XenCenter documentation.