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.
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.
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.
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.
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