VMware Telco Cloud Automation is integrated with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid. To use the latest version 1.4.2 of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, you must upgrade the Tanzu Kubernetes management and workload clusters.

For information about the Kubernetes upgrade compatibility for the clusters, see Upgrade Kubernetes Version.

Procedure

  1. Upgrade the Tanzu Kubernetes management clusters.
    1. Download the new version of the Kubernetes Cluster template that you use to upgrade the Tanzu Kubernetes cluster. For instructions to download Kubernetes Cluster templates, see the Download Photon BYOI Templates for VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid section in the VMware Telco Cloud Automation 2.0 Release Notes.
    2. Import the Kubernetes Cluster template into vSphere where the Tanzu Kubernetes cluster is located.
    3. Upgrade the Tanzu Kubernetes cluster. For instructions, see Upgrade the Kubernetes Version for a Cluster Instance.
    4. (Optional) If you want to make any Kubernetes Cluster configuration changes, edit the template. For instructions, see Upgrade the Kubernetes version for Cluster Template.
    5. Repeat Steps 1a-1d to upgrade each Tanzu Kubernetes cluster.
  2. Upgrade the Tanzu Kubernetes workload clusters by repeating Steps 1a-1e.

Results

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters are upgraded successfully. All pods in the cluster are up and running.