Unable to mount PV after Storage vMotion in OpenShift on VMware vSphere

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • After storage migration, PV's are inaccessible in OpenShift because all PV's source datastore are immutable and contain the old datastore name.
  • Below error reported in oc describe pv <pv_name> command output:

    Message:         Invalid datastore path '[VXR_DC1-PoolA_01]'
    kubevols/kubernetes-dynamic-pvc-xyz-abcd-12345.vmdk'.   
    

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 3.11
    • 4
  • VMware vSphere
  • Storage vMotion

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