Archived/XCP Roadmap
XCP Release Timeline
For previous releases see: XCP_Release_History
Here is a rough guide to future releases.
XCP 1.5
Status: Permanent Beta 
Last updated: 14th February 2012 
Next status update due: Unknown
XCP 1.5 is version-compatible with XenServer 6.0. It's the first XCP release to be based on Xen 4.1. We have some internal work to do both on our build system and xapi before we can release XCP 1.5, but after we complete this work it will be much easier for us to release stable versions of XCP along with XenServer stable releases. This means that after these changes, there won't be any more long delays between XCP stable releases and XenServer releases.
Features that will likely make it into XCP 1.5:
- Xen hypervisor 4.1
 - vSwitch is the default networking stack
 - Ubuntu guest support
 - Debian Squeeze guest support (32b/64bit)
 - Updated RHEL 6.0 support
 - Experimental SLES 10 SP4 support
 - Experimental Solaris guest support
 - Active-Passive NIC Bonding Support for vSwitch
 - Rolling Pool Upgrade improvements
 
XCP 1.6
Current status
- Status: Beta 2 released 
 - Last updated: 8 Oct 2012 
 - Next status update due: End of October 
 
Current known issues with Beta 2:
- Boot from CD splash screen shows "Citrix XenServer" (minor, in progress)
 - Rolling pool upgrade from 1.5 doesn't allow VM migration from 1.5 host to 1.6 host (blocker, in progress)
 - Performance issue with XenCenter connected (blocker, code complete)
 
Timeline for release
- Beta 1: 1 Oct 
 - Beta 2: 8 Oct (fixed upgrade functionality) 
 - Test day: 9 Oct 
 - Beta 3: TBA
 - Final release: 
24 OctTBA 
See this e-mail thread for more info on the beta 3 and final release date.
Feature summary
XCP 1.6 is version-compatible with XenServer 6.1
Features include:
- Storage XenMotion (cross pool live migration and live VDI migration)
 - Enhanced guest support: Ubuntu 12.04, CentOS/REL 6.2, Windows 8
 - Updates: Xen 4.1.2, 2.6.32.43, CentOS 5.7
 - Open vSwitch 1.4.2
 - LACP bonding
 - Performance and scalability improvements
- Ability to pin Dom0 vCPU
 - Up to 4 VM starts can now be concurrent
 
 - IPv6 support (experimental)
 
XCP 2.0
Status: Planning/Design 
Last updated: 2nd August 2012 
Next status update due: End of September
Features likely to be included:
- Xen 4.2, Linux 3.x, CentOS 6.x
 - First steps towards Dom0 disaggregation
 
Possible features for future XCP releases
Cloud
Cross-pool VM.migrate / VM.copycoming in 1.6IPV6 supportcoming in 1.6- "Shard" the pool metadata db
 - ceph and libvirt: see the Ceph and libvirt technology preview
 
Appliances
- v4v for non-IP inter-domain comms
 - Detect pending updates for appliances
 
Performance and Scalability
- Expose NUMA topology via XenAPI
 - Stubdoms for intensive ops (eg VM export)
 - XCP storage driver domains
 
Robustness
- Enable Xen Security Modules
 - Pvgrub (or pygrub in helper domain)
 
