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How to Upgrade a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster from 1.0 to 1.1

1 Comment / TKG, Upgrade, vSphere / By Chris Little

Much of this is based off of the instructions noted at Upgrading Tanzu Kubernetes Grid. TKG 1.1 provides the first opportunity to perform an upgrade of the product. The following are my notes from performing a TKG upgrade. The first step will be to download the components needed to install TKG 1.1 from https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=TKG-110&productId=988&rPId=46507. This will …

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How to Use Linked Clones in Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Leave a Comment / Install, TKG, vSphere / By Chris Little

The two vSphere plans that come with TKG, dev and prod, will create kubernetes nodes (and the load balancer VM) by performing a full clone of the templates that were created. This will result in a each VM being completely independent, likely having better storage performance (arguable) but taking a while to deploy as the …

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Installing TKG 1.1 on vSphere, Step-By-Step

Leave a Comment / Install, TKG, vSphere / By Chris Little

Much of this is based off of the instructions noted at Installing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid. We’ll need to start off with an environment where vSphere 6.7 or 7.0 (not technically supported but works with TKG) is already deployed. I’m using a vApp in vCD as it’s quick and easy to get up and running and costs …

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