XenServer/Beta

XenServer 6.5
Now available for download - http://xenserver.org/open-source-virtualization-download.html

"XenServer 6.5 was released in January of 2015. It was available in pre-release form under the project name of Creedence.  All new XenServer installations should be made using XenServer 6.5."

Includes:
 * XenServer Creedence Alpha 4
 * XenServer Tech Preview 6.4.93
 * XenServer Creedence Alpha 3
 * XenServer Creedence Alpha 2
 * XenServer Creedence Alpha 1

XenServer Creedence Alpha 4
XenServer 6.5 - XenServer 6.4.93-86858c

XenServer Creedence Alpha 4 has been posted: http://xenserver.org/open-source-virtualization-download/11-product/142-download-pre-release.html
 * corresponds to the 2014-07-02 nightly build from the Creedence source branch

Version: 6.5.93 #86858c

XenServer: /etc/redhat-release: XenServer release 6.4.93-86858c (xenenterprise)

uname: Linux xenserver-techpreview 3.10.0+1 #1 SMP Mon Jun 30 06:56:24 EDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

XenCenter: XenCenter version 6.5 (build 6.4.93.1571) 32-bit

DDK: /etc/redhat-release XenServer DDK release 6.4.93-86858c (xenenterprise)

uname: Linux citrix-ddk 3.10.0+1 #1 SMP Mon Jun 30 06:56:24 EDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

XenServer Tech Preview 6.4.93
Public Tech Preview

Citrix XenServer Tech Preview 6.4.93 - https://www.citrix.com/downloads/xenserver/product-software/xenserver-tech-preview
 * Release Date: Jul 8, 2014

Appears to be nearly identical to the Alpha 4 release.

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From: xs-devel-request@lists.xenserver.org [mailto:xs-devel-request@lists.xenserver.org] On Behalf Of Tim Mackey Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 12:44 PM To: xs-devel@lists.xenserver.org Subject: [xs-devel] tech preview vs alpha

Everyone,

I just posted a blog on what the distinction is between the Citrix Tech Preview and the alphas. It’s entirely possible you’ll have more questions than I’ve answered, but I’ll do my best. Here’s the link: http://xenserver.org/blog/entry/xenserver-creedence-tech-preview-and-creedence-alpha.html

-tim

The easy answer is that the Citrix Tech Preview of XenServer Creedence is binary compatible with the alpha.4 pre-release binary you can get from xenserver.org. From the perspective of the core platform (i.e. XenServer virtualization bits), the only difference is in the EULA.

While the XenServer platform components are binary compatible, Citrix customers have expectations for features which couldn't be made open source, or implementations directly supporting Citrix commercial products. Perfect examples of these features and implementations can be seen on the Tech Preview download page, such as Microsoft System Center Integration, expanded vGPU support for XenDesktop, and the return of both the DVSC and WLB.

XenServer Creedence Alpha 3
XenServer Creedence Alpha 3: http://xenserver.org/open-source-virtualization-download/11-product/142-download-pre-release.html
 * corresponds to the 2014-06-19 nightly build from the Creedence source branch

XenServer Creedence Alpha 2
XenServer Creedence Alpha 2: http://xenserver.org/open-source-virtualization-download/11-product/142-download-pre-release.html
 * corresponds to the 2014-06-05 nightly build from the Creedence source branch

XenServer Creedence Alpha 1
XenServer Creedence Alpha 1 (#85811)

XenServer Creedence Alpha 1: http://xenserver.org/open-source-virtualization-download/11-product/142-download-pre-release.html
 * corresponds to the 2014-05-15 nightly build from the Creedence source branch

This build delivers a number of improvements/new features:
 * Xen 4.4
 * 64bit Dom0
 * Dom0 userspace updated to Centos 5.10
 * 3.10 Dom0 Kernel
 * Updated device drivers.
 * Updated dm-multipath
 * Improved storage performance (blktap 3)
 * Support for new guests: SLES 11 SP3, RHEL 6.5, RHEL 5.10 (Ubuntnu 14.04 on the way)
 * NFS ReadCache performance improvement for gold images.

Please note that future builds will be delivering:
 * 64bit vGPU support.
 * TRIM/unmap support.
 * Network performance improvements.
 * Support for growing LUNs online.
 * Full support for the latest CPUs.

XenServer: Linux xenserver-6.5 3.10.0+0 #1 SMP Thu May 22 12:31:54 EDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

XenCenter: XenCenter version 6.5

DDK: /etc/redhat-release XenServer DDK release 6.4.91-85811c (xenenterprise)

uname: Linux citrix-ddk 3.10.0+0 #1 SMP Thu May 22 12:31:54 EDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

XenServer Creedence Development Snapshots
XenServer Creedence Development Snapshots - http://xenserver.org/open-source-virtualization-download/24-product/creedence/143-xs-2014-development-snapshots.html