OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 includes a built-in version of the vSphere Container Storage Interface (CSI) Operator Driver that is supported by Red Hat. If you have installed a vSphere CSI driver provided by the community or another vendor, upgrades will be prevented in a future release of OpenShift Container Platform.
If you remove the third-party vSphere CSI driver, you do not need to delete associated persistent volume (PV) objects, and no data loss should occur.
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These instructions may not be complete, so consult the vendor or community provider uninstall guide to ensure removal of the driver and components.
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To uninstall the third-party vSphere CSI Driver:
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Delete the third-party vSphere CSI Driver (VMware vSphere Container Storage Plugin) Deployment and Daemonset objects.
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Delete the configmap and secret objects that were installed previously with the third-party vSphere CSI Driver.
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Delete the third-party vSphere CSI driver CSIDriver
object:
~ $ oc delete CSIDriver csi.vsphere.vmware.com
csidriver.storage.k8s.io "csi.vsphere.vmware.com" deleted
After you have removed the third-party vSphere CSI Driver from the OpenShift Container Platform cluster, installation of Red Hat’s vSphere CSI Operator Driver automatically resumes, and any conditions that could block upgrades to OpenShift Container Platform 4.11, or later, are automatically removed. If you had existing vSphere CSI PV objects, their lifecycle is now managed by Red Hat’s vSphere CSI Operator Driver.