Namespace missing Machines stuck in deleting state

Products

• VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Management

Issue/Introduction

There are machines in a deleting state. vSphere machines are not available and they are not in the vCenter inventory. NS is not available.

Environment

2.5.4

Cause

Namespace is missing

Resolution

1. Create a missing namespace.
   kubectl create ns NameSpace
   
   
2. Edit the machine resource.
   kubectl edit machine -n <namespace> <machine name>
   
   
3. Delete these two lines 
  finalizers:
  - machine.cluster.x-k8s.io
   
   
4. Delete namespace
   kubectl delete ns <namespace>