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= Control Plane Only updates

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You can use a Control Plane Only update to move between Extended Update Support (EUS) versions of {product-title}. This prevents virtual machine workloads from updating during the intermediate upgrade.

Every even-numbered minor version of {product-title} is an Extended Update Support (EUS) version. Kubernetes requires minor version updates to occur in sequence. You cannot update directly from one EUS version to the next.

To move between EUS versions, first update {VirtProductName} to the latest z-stream release of the next odd-numbered minor version. Then update the cluster to the target EUS version of {product-title}. After the cluster update, update {VirtProductName} to the target EUS version.

[NOTE]
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You can update {VirtProductName} directly to the latest z-stream release of your current minor version without applying each intermediate z-stream update.
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For more information about EUS versions, see the "{product-title} Life Cycle Policy".
