1. Switch to your management cluster kubeconfig context.
2. Pause ako-operator package reconcile:
kubectl patch pkgi ako-operator -n tkg-system --type "json" -p '[{"op":"replace","path":"/spec/paused","value":true}]'
3. Set ako-operator deployment AVI controller version environment variable, take AVI controller 21.1.3 as an example:
kubectl set env deployment/ako-operator-controller-manager avi_controller_version="21.1.3" -n tkg-system-networking
4. Restart AKO Operator pod:
kubectl delete pod ako-operator-controller-manager-<random-hash-string> -n tkg-system-networking