You can view the lifecycle status of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters in the vSphere inventory and using kubectl.

Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Status in vSphere

The table lists and describes the Tanzu Kubernetes cluster status information that appears in the vSphere inventory. To view this information, see Monitor Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster Status Using the vSphere Client.

Table 1. Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster Status in the vSphere Inventory
Field Description Example
Name The user-defined name of the cluster. tkg-cluster-01
Creation Time The date and time of cluster creation. Mar 17, 2020, 11:42:46 PM
Phase The lifecycle status of the cluster. See Cluster Lifecycle Phase Status. creating
Worker Count The number of worker nodes in the cluster. 1 or 2 or 5
Distribution Version The version of Kubernetes software that the cluster is running. v1.16.6+vmware.1-tkg.1.7144628
Control Plane Address The IP address of the cluster control plane load balancer. 192.168.123.2

Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Status in kubectl

The table lists and describes the Tanzu Kubernetes cluster status information that appears in kubectl. To view this information, see Monitor Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster Status Using kubectl.

Table 2. Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster Status in kubectl
Field Description Example
NAME Name of the cluster. tkg-cluster-01
CONTROL PLANE Number of control plane nodes in the cluster. 3
WORKER Number of worker nodes in the cluster. 5
DISTRIBUTION Kubernetes version that the cluster is running. v1.16.6+vmware.1-tkg.1.5b5608b
AGE Number of days the cluster has been running. 13d
PHASE The lifecycle status of the cluster. See Cluster Lifecycle Phase Status. running

Cluster Lifecycle Phase Status

The table lists and describes the status for each phase of a cluster lifecycle. See Cluster Lifecycle Phase Status

Table 3. Cluster Lifecycle Phase Status
Phase Description
creating Cluster provisioning can start, the control plane is being created, or the control plane is created but not initialized.
deleting The cluster is being deleted.
failed The creation of the cluster control plane failed and user intervention is likely required.
running The infrastructure is created and configured, and the control plane is fully initialized.
updating The cluster is being updated.