This section provides information on the compatibility of pre-upgrade and post-upgrade management/workload clusters after VMware Telco Cloud Automation when upgraded to VMware Telco Cloud Automation 3.0.

Management Clusters Compatibility

For management clusters, the following table lists the cluster compatibility.

Attention:

The VMware Telco Cloud Automation Manager and VMware Telco Cloud Automation Control Plane are mandatorily upgraded from 2.2.x to 2.3.

Cluster Operations in UI

TCA 2.2.x Management cluster (v1.24.10) [Before upgrade] 

TCA 2.3.0 Management  Cluster (v1.24.10)

Comments

Create New Management Cluster

No

Yes

Edit Cluster Configuration

No

Yes

Edit Control Plane Node Configuration

No

Yes

Edit Worker Node Configuration

No

Yes

Upgrade Add-ons

No

Yes

Change Password

No

Yes

Copy Spec and Deploy New

No

Yes

Delete Management Cluster

Yes

Yes

Run Diagnostics

Yes

Yes

Collect Log Support Bundle

Yes

Yes

Upgrade Management Cluster Yes (v1.24.10) NA

Workload Cluster Compatibility

The following table lists the cluster compatibility for workload clusters

Attention:

The Management cluster is mandatorily upgraded from 1.23.10 to 1.24.10. The following table lists the workload cluster compatibility after management cluster upgrade to v1.24.10.

Cluster Operations

TCA 2.3.0 Management Cluster (v1.24.10)

Comments

TCA 2.2.x Workload  Cluster (TKG 1.6.1) [Before upgrade]

TCA 2.3.0 Workload  Cluster (TKG 2.1.1)

v1.21.14

v1.22.13

v1.23.10

v1.22.17

v1.23.16

v1.24.10

Create New Workload Cluster

No

Yes (calico)

No (antrea)

Yes (calico)

No (antrea)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit Workload Cluster Configuration

Edit Control Plane Node

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upgrade Workload Cluster

Yes (v1.22.17)

Yes (v1.22.17,v1.23.16)

Yes (v1.23.16,v1.24.10)

Yes (v1.23.16)

Yes (v1.24.10)

NA

Node Pools

Add New NodePool

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit nodePool

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete nodePool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Deploy Similar Node Pool

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run Diagnosis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add-Ons

Deploy Add-Ons:

  • CNI:  antrea/calico, multus

  • CSI: vspgere-csi, nfs-client 

  • Monitoring: prometheus, fluent-bit

  • Networking: ako

  • System: Harbor, Systemsettings

  • TCA-Core-Addon: nodeconfig-opeartor

  • Tool:  helm

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workload cluster Add-ons will upgrade automatically when the workload cluster consumes a new TBR.

Edit Add-Ons

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete Add-Ons

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Copy Spec and Deploy New Cluster

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete Current Workload Cluster

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run Diagnosis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Collect Log Bundle

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes