Upgrade sequence for post VMware Telco Cloud Automation upgrade.
VMware Telco Cloud Automation is integrated with the VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG). New version of TKG requires you to upgrade the magement cluster. After upgrading the VMware Telco Cloud Automation version, perform the following in the sequence provided.
- Upgrade the management cluster. For details, see Upgrade Kubernetes Version. For implications of not upgrading the management cluster, see Implications of Not Upgrading Management Cluster.
- Upgrade the Workload cluster node pools. For details, see Upgrading the Node Pool. For implications of not upgrading the nodepool, see Implications of Not Upgrading Node Pool.
Note: It is mandatory to upgade the nodepool deployed in VMware Telco Cloud Automation 1.7 and not upgraded in VMware Telco Cloud Automation 1.8. If you have upgraded the nodepools in VMware Telco Cloud Automation 1.8, you can skip this step.
- Upgrade the workload cluster. For details, see Upgrade Kubernetes Version. For implications of not upgrading the workload cluster, see Implications of Not Upgrading Workload Cluster.
Note:
- Upgrade is mandatory for 1.17.3 and 1.18.2 workload clusters.
- The workload clusters running on 1.17.3 and 1.18.2, you may need to modify the Photon repo. For details, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/82322?lang=en_US.
