Virtual machine storage migration plan is stuck in pending status with ConflictingPVCMappings error
Issue
Storage migrations for any Virtual Machine within a specific namespace remain stuck in a Pending status. The MigMigration resource reports a ConflictingPVCMappings critical condition with PvNameConflict :
# oc get migmigration migmigration-nw6t -n openshift-migration -o yaml |yq '.status'
conditions:
- category: Critical
lastTransitionTime: "2025-12-16T18:00:08Z"
message: Source PVCs [] are mapped to destination PVCs which result in conflicts. Please ensure that each source PVC is mapped to a distinct destination PVC in the Migration Plan.
reason: PvNameConflict
status: "True"
type: ConflictingPVCMappings
Environment
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
- 4.19
- 4.20
- OpenShift Virtualization.
- 4.19
- 4.20
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