Unable to attach vSphere volumes in OpenShift

Issue

• There are many pods in Pending waiting on volume attachment while using vSphere.
• Not able to create or attach new volumes to pods.
• There are error messages in the platform logs like:

2022-11-03T06:30:05.619986229Z E1103 06:30:05.619926       1 connection.go:198] Failed to create new client. err: Post "https://<vSphere>:443/sdk": EOF
2022-11-03T06:30:05.619986229Z E1103 06:30:05.619961       1 connection.go:66] Failed to create govmomi client. err: Post "https://<vSphere>:443/sdk": EOF
2022-11-03T06:30:05.619986229Z E1103 06:30:05.619979       1 nodemanager.go:450] Cannot connect to vCenter with err: Post "https://<vSphere>:443/sdk": EOF
2022-11-03T06:30:05.620034405Z I1103 06:30:05.619992       1 nodemanager.go:140] Discovering node error vc:Post "https://<vSphere>:443/sdk": EOF