vSphere CSI driver failing to provision volumes using 'thin-csi' StorageClass

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • PVC with accessMode ReadWriteMany (RWX) provisioned with thin-csi storageclass is stuck in Pending state.
  • There are errors like the following ones in the vmware-vsphere-csi-driver-controller pod:

    'ProvisioningFailed' failed to provision volume with StorageClass "thin-csi"
    
    FailedPrecondition desc = fileshare volume creation is not supported on vSAN 67u3 release
    
    no datastores found to create file volume, vsan file service may be disabled
    

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • VMware vSphere
  • VMware vSphere CSI Driver

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