The VMware vSphere Kubernetes releases (VKr) Lifecycle and how to review the End of Service status of Kubernetes Releases

Products

• Tanzu Kubernetes Runtime
• VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service

Issue/Introduction

This article provides the following details:

• VKr (TKGs) – Managing End of Service of Kubernetes versions
  • Outlines the The vSphere Kubernetes Support Lifecycle of vSphere Kubernetes releases (VKr) (formerly known as Tanzu Kubernetes releases or TKr) 

• Accessing Broadcom Product Lifecycle page
  
  
• How to view the vSphere Kubernetes Releases and their End of Service status
  
  

NOTES:

• • VKr EOL/EOS dates do not apply to VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGm) clusters and their TKr (Tanzu Kubernetes release) versions.   For VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid environments, Broadcom will be supporting ALL TKr's that are supported for the specific version of VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid.
  • If you would like to explore Services assistance with your upgrade or the availability of Extended Support please reach out to your Tanzu Account/Sales contact.
  • Broadcom End-of-Service and End-of-Life Policy

Environment

The VMware vSphere Kubernetes releases (VKr)

Resolution

VKr (TKGs) – Managing End of Service of Kubernetes versions

Outlines the The vSphere Kubernetes Support Lifecycle of vSphere Kubernetes releases (VKr) (formerly known as Tanzu Kubernetes releases or TKr) 

Refer to VKr (TKGs) – Managing End of Service of Kubernetes versions.  This outlines the vSphere Kubernetes Support Lifecycle.

Accessing Broadcom Product Lifecycle page

1. Login to the Broadcom Support portal
2. In the upper right menu, click the division drop-down.
3. Select the division for your hardware or software.
   
   
   
   
4. Navigate to the Broadcom Product Lifecycle page
   
   

How to view the vSphere Kubernetes Releases and their End of Service status

NOTE: Some account views may not be able to view the product vSphere Kubernetes Releases by default.  Follow these steps.

While viewing the Product Lifecycle page:

• • Make sure you have selected the VMware Cloud Foundation in the Select Division dropdown.

Example: You should show the following selected

• • Then type vSphere Kubernetes Releases in the Search Product Name box
    
    
  • Then select the vSphere Kubernetes Releases from the menu
    
    

Example:  You should show the following:

• • Then click the Show Results box

Example:

 

 

 

Additional Information

Use the following commands to confirm your clusters current version:

• While connected from the Supervisor cluster context:
  
  # kubectl get tkc,cluster -n <workload-cluster-namespace>
  # kubectl get machines -n <workload-cluster-namespace>
  
  
• While connected from the workload cluster's context:
  
  # kubectl get nodes