Unable to create StorageSystem after installing ODF operator

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (RHODF)
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Issue

  • While creating StorageSystem, dashboard console is not showing options to choose Backing Storage,Storageclass and storage node etc. It shows below page:

    ODF Dashboard

Resolution

  • Make sure that odf-operator console plugin was Enabled during ODF operator installation.

Console Plugin

  • If Console Plugin was not enabled during operator installation, Enable it manually.
$ oc patch console.operator cluster -n openshift-storage --type json -p '[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/plugins", "value": ["odf-console"]}]'
  • Confirm the console plugin got enabled successfully.
# oc get console.operator cluster -n openshift-storage -o custom-columns=NAME:metadata.name,KIND:kind,PLUGIN:spec.plugins
NAME      KIND      PLUGIN
cluster   Console   [odf-console]
  • Refresh the dashboard page.

warning

backing_store

Root Cause

  • odf-operator console plugin was not enabled.
  • Dashboard Console was not refreshed after ODF operator was installed.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Check if odf-operator Console Plugin was enabled during ODF operator installation.
# oc get console.operator cluster -n openshift-storage -o custom-columns=NAME:metadata.name,KIND:kind,PLUGIN:spec.plugins
NAME      KIND      PLUGIN
cluster   Console   []
  • Make sure that console page was refreshed after ODF operator installation completed.

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