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Updated 2020-08-04: Based on issues which could occur during some very rare and specific situations the 5.20.1 was removed from the Nutanix portal and replaced with the AOS 5.20.1.1. This is what you should used
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Today, 2021-07-21, a maintenance release to the latest long term support (LTS) version of AOS, 5.20, was released meaning the latest LTS release is now 5.20.1. As with 5.20 the 5.20.1 release includes the features included in AOS STS (Short Term Support) 5.19, 5.19.1 and 5.19.2 plus additional improvements.
Read more about difference between LTS & STS here. AOS 5.20.1 comes with AHV version 7.2.2 build 20201105.2096 and can be managed with any of the following Prism Central versions:
- pc.2021.5.0.1
- pc.2021.5
- pc.2021.3.0.2
- pc.2021.3.0.1
- pc.2021.3
AOS 5.20.1 includes features, fixes and updates in the following areas:
- AHV-Management
- AHV-Upgrade
- Data Protection
- Flow
- Infrastructure / Services
- Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT)
- Pulse / Insights
- Security-AHV
- Security-AOS
- Stargate
- Zookeeper
As usual check Nutanix Software End Of Life document on a regular basis to keep you up to date.
Useful links
- Acropolis Upgrade Guide
- Acropolis 5.20 Family Release Notes
- Firewall Requirements 5.20
- AOS 5.20.1 Download
- AOS 5.20.1 Release Notes
- AHV 20201105.2096 Download
- AHV 20201105.2096 Release Notes
- Upgrade Path
- Hypervisor json files
- Nutanix Compatibility Matrix
- Software Product Interoperability
Enjoy the new version and its capabilities..
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