Steps to unpause TKG POD

Products

• VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Management

Issue/Introduction

1. Pods get into a recreation loop after the TKG app is paused. 

2. App is in cancelled or paused state. 

Example

tanzu-addons-manager            Canceled/paused   state

Environment

TKGM 2.x

Resolution

1. Unpause tanzu-addons-manager app:

kubectl patch app tanzu-addons-manager -n tkg-system -p '{"spec":{"paused":false}}' --type=merge

2. Verify all addon secrets exist in the appropriate namespaces (tkg-system and default), Recreate if missing.

3. Restart controller pods to if needed.