XenCenter

Update Notifications

December 17, 2024

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Use XenCenter to enable the automatic and periodic checking of new updates for XenCenter, XenServer, and Citrix Hypervisor.

Enable XenCenter notifications

Prerequisites

Ensure that your XenCenter has internet access and can connect to the required update domains.
If your XenCenter is behind a firewall, allow access to subdomains of updates.ops.xenserver.com. For more information, see Connectivity requirements.

When you launch XenCenter for the first time, you are asked if you want XenCenter to periodically check and prompt you when there’s a new version of the application available for download.

You can also enable XenCenter notifications by following these steps:

In XenCenter, on the Tools menu, select Options. The Options window opens.
Select the XenCenter Updates tab.
Select the Check for new versions of XenCenter check box to allow XenCenter to periodically check and notify you when a new XenCenter version is available.
Click OK to apply your changes and close the Options window.

Enable update notifications for your hosts

XenCenter issues notifications about available updates for your hosts and pools under the Updates tabs in the Notifications view. The Updates tabs are split into XenServer 8 updates and Citrix Hypervisor updates.

Updates tabs XenServer 8

Enable XenServer notifications

The XenServer 8 Updates tab refreshes based on your update configuration:

Updates from the CDN: The tab refreshes according to the synchronization schedule you’ve set (daily or weekly). You can also manually synchronize with the Early Access or Normal update channels to fetch the latest updates.
Offline Updates: The tab refreshes each time you upload an update bundle to the host or pool. You can also manually upload the latest update bundle to your host or pool to fetch the latest updates.

The updates are grouped by host and type of update (security fixes, bug fixes, improvements, new features, preview features, or foundational changes). Use the Configure Server Updates dialog to configure update notifications for your XenServer hosts and pools:

In XenCenter, on the Tools menu, select Configure Updates. Alternatively, go to the Updates section under your pool’s General tab and select Configure Updates or right-click on your pool and select Updates > Configure Updates. The Configure Server Updates window opens.
On the XenServer 8 tab, select the pools or hosts that you want to configure.
Under Update Channel, specify how soon you want to access updates. Your pool or host can be configured to one of the following update channels:
- Early Access
- Normal
- Offline
If you selected Early Access or Normal, select how often you want your XenServer pool to synchronize with the update channel under Synchronization Schedule. This can be daily, or weekly on a certain day of the week.

XenCenter synchronizes your pool with the update repository and downloads any available updates to the pool coordinator. Then, apply the downloaded updates to your pool by using XenCenter.

Note:

After synchronizing, apply the updates to your pool as soon as possible to benefit from the latest updates.
(Optional) If you selected Early Access or Normal, specify a proxy to use when synchronizing with the update channel under Proxy Server. This proxy server is used for communication between the host and the content delivery network (CDN).
Click Apply to apply the configuration changes to your XenServer pool and then repeat the above steps to configure updates for the rest of your XenServer pools.

Enable Citrix Hypervisor notifications

Prerequisites

Ensure that your XenCenter has internet access and can connect to the required update domains.
If your XenCenter is behind a firewall, allow access to subdomains of updates.ops.xenserver.com and citrix.com. For more information, see Connectivity requirements.

The Citrix Hypervisor Updates tab refreshes when XenCenter checks for Citrix Hypervisor updates. Use the Configure Server Updates dialog to configure update notifications for your Citrix Hypervisor hosts and pools:

On the Tools menu, select Configure Updates. The Configure Server Updates dialog box opens.
Select the Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 or earlier tab.
Select Check for Citrix Hypervisor updates to have XenCenter periodically check and notify you when updates for Citrix Hypervisor are available.
Select Check for new versions of Citrix Hypervisor to have XenCenter periodically check and notify you when a new Citrix Hypervisor version is available.
Click OK to apply your changes and close the Configure Server Updates dialog box.

These notifications are displayed in the Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 Updates tab in the Notifications view.

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Update Notifications

December 17, 2024

Contributed by:

X X

December 17, 2024

Contributed by:

X X

Update Notifications

Enable XenCenter notifications

Prerequisites

Enable update notifications for your hosts

Enable XenServer notifications

Enable Citrix Hypervisor notifications

Prerequisites

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