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 2.3.x to 3.0.0. The management cluster just support V1 version.

Cluster Operations in UI

TCA 2.3.x Management cluster (v1.24.17)(TKG 2.1.1)

TCA 3.0.0 Management Cluster (v1.25.7)(TKG 2.2.0)

TCA 3.0.0 Management Cluster (v1.26.8)(TKG 2.3.1)

Comments

Management Cluster

Deploy Cluster

  • Deploy New Cluster

  • Copy Spec and Deploy New Cluster

No

No

Yes

Upgrade Cluster

Yes (v1.25.7)

Yes (v1.26.8)

NA

Edit Cluster

  • Config Add-Ons

No

No

Yes

Upgrade Add-ons

No

No

Yes

Change Password

No

No

Yes

Delete Management Cluster

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run Diagnostics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Share

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change Ownership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Control Plane Nodes

Edit ControlPlane

  • Config Replicas

No

No

Yes

IP Pool

Add IP Pools

No

No

Yes

Edit IP Pools

No

No

Yes

Delete IP Pools

No

No

Yes

Worker Nodes

Edit NodePool

  • Config Replicas

No

No

Yes

Collect Log Support Bundle

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workload Cluster Compatibility

The following table lists the cluster compatibility for workload clusters

Attention:

Management cluster is mandatory to upgrade from v1.24.17 to v1.25.7, final upgrade to v1.26.8. All workload clusters are V2 workload cluster, V1 workload cluster has been deprecated in TCA 3.0.0. This tables show the workload cluster compatibility after management cluster upgrade to v1.26.8.

Cluster Operations

TCA 3.0.0 Management Cluster (v1.26.8)

Comments

TCA 2.3.x Workload Cluster (TKG 2.1.1)

TCA 3.0.0 Workload Cluster (TKG 2.3.1)

v1.22.17

v1.23.16

v1.24.10

v1.24.17

v1.25.13

v1.26.8

Workload Cluster

Deploy Cluster

  • Deploy New Cluster

  • Copy Spec and Deploy New Cluster

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upgrade Cluster

No

No

Yes (v1.24.17,v1.25.13)

Yes (v1.25.13)

Yes (v1.26.8)

NA

Edit Cluster Config Audit Config POD Security

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete Cluster

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run Diagnosis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Share

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change Ownership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Control Plane

  • Edit Control Plane

  • Config Replicas

  • Config Labels

  • Config Machine Health Check

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Node Pools

  • Deploy NodePool

  • Add New NodePool

  • Deploy Similar Node Pool

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upgrade NodePool

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit Node Pool

  • Change Template

  • Config Replicas

  • Add Network Device

  • Config Labels

  • Config Maintenance Mode

  • Config Machine Health Check

  • Config Upgrade strategy

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete nodePool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run Diagnosis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add-Ons

Deploy Add-Ons

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit Add-Ons

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete Add-Ons

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upgrate Add-Ons

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Collect Log Bundle

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

New Workload Cluster

Cluster Operations

TCA 3.0.0 Management Cluster (v1.26.8)

Comments

Standard Workload Cluster (TKG 2.3.1)

Classy Standard Workload Cluster(TKG 2.3.1)

Classy Single Node Workload Cluster (TKG 2.3.1)

v1.24.17

v1.25.13

v1.26.8

v1.24.17

v1.25.13

v1.26.8

v1.24.17

v1.25.13

v1.26.8

Workload Cluster

Deploy Cluster

  • Deploy New Cluster

  • Copy Spec and Deploy New Cluster

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Deploy Cluster

  • Deploy Stretch Cluster (multi-Vsphere)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Upgrade Cluster

Yes (v1.25.13)

Yes (v1.26.8)

NA

Yes (v1.25.13)

Yes (v1.26.8)

NA

Yes (v1.25.13)

Yes (v1.26.8)

NA

Edit Cluster

  • Config Audit

  • Config POD Security

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit Cluster Topology Variable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete Cluster

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run Diagnosis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Share

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change Ownership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Control Plane

Edit Control Plane

  • Config Replicas

  • Config Labels

  • Config Machine Health Check

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit Control Plane

  • Config CPU

  • Config Memory

  • Config Disk

  • Change IP Pool

No No No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Node Pools

Deploy NodePool

Add New NodePool

Deploy Similar Node Pool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upgrade Node Pool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit NodePool

  • Change Template

  • Config Replicas

  • Add Network Device

  • Config Labels

  • Config Maintenance Mode

  • Config Machine Health Check

  • Config Upgrade Strategy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit Node Pool

  • Config CPU

  • Config Memory

  • Config Disk Variables

  • Change IP Pool

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Deploy Similar Node Pool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run Diagnosis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add-Ons

Deploy Add-Ons

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upgrade Add-Ons

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit Add-Ons

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete Add-Ons

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Collect Log Bundle

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes