Version 1.13. This version is no longer supported. For information about how to upgrade to version 1.14, see Upgrading Anthos on bare metal in the 1.14 documentation. For more information about supported and unsupported versions, see the Version history page in the latest documentation.

Upgrade VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud from a Preview version

VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud is released for General Availability (GA) with the release of Google Distributed Cloud version 1.12.0. All earlier releases of VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud are in Preview. You can't upgrade from a Preview version to the GA version without first deleting your VMs and disabling VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud. Once you've upgraded your clusters, then you can enable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud again and recreate your VMs.

To upgrade from a pre-GA version of VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud:

Delete all VMs and their resources from the cluster.

Note: If you have version 1.11 clusters, you can delete VMs and resource and disable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud with a single command. For information on how to use bmctl to disable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud, see Disable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud in the version 1.11 documentation.

For instructions for version 1.10 clusters, see Delete VMs and their resources in the 1.10 documentation. For instructions for 1.11 clusters, see Delete VMs and their resources in the 1.11 documentation.
Disable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud.

For instructions for version 1.10 clusters, see Disable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud in the 1.10 documentation. For instructions for 1.11 clusters, see Disable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud in the 1.11 documentation.
If Multus is installed on your cluster, uninstall it.

Multus is used with the multi-NIC for pods feature.
Upgrade the cluster to version 1.12.0 or higher.

You can't skip minor versions when upgrading your Google Distributed Cloud. For example, if you have a version 1.10 cluster, you must first upgrade to version 1.11 before you can upgrade to version 1.12.0 or higher. For more information, see Upgrade clusters.
Enable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud on your 1.12.0 cluster.

For instructions, see Enable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud.
Recreate your VMs.

Due to changes in the VM schema for the GA release of VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud, you must recreate your VMs. For use with VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud on version 1.12.0 or higher clusters.

What's next

Quickstart: Create a VM in Google Distributed Cloud