vSAN Skyline health reports showing high number of PVC objects which were deleted

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSAN
• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Issue/Introduction

Cloud Native Storage / pvc volumes on vSAN.

After removing Kubernetes or other product requiring Cloud Native Storage pvc volumes from use the volumes do not get removed and are visible in the vSAN virtual objects view.

Environment

ESXi (All versions)
Cloud Native Storage
vSAN (All versions)

Cause

Failure to remove the pvc's before disabling and removing the application using the volumes leaves them orphaned in the datastore.

Resolution

Open a case with Broadcom vSAN support for assistance removing.

Additional Information

For similar issues see:
Container Volumes Displayed as Inaccessible Virtual Objects in vSAN Cluster.