This should be fixed once https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102999 PR becomes available in OCP.
Verified pass on 4.7.0-0.nightly-2021-08-16-204701 1. Setting default-datastore = "qe/datastore3" in cm/cloud-provider-config, pv provisioning successfully and pod is running. $ govc ls /Datacenter/datastore/qe /Datacenter/datastore/qe/datastore3 $ oc get pv pvc-4a4ad666-82d4-4626-b2d1-b14101e9495d -ojson | jq .spec.vsphereVolume.volumePath "[qe/datastore3] kubevols/reliability01-jhzhd-dynamic-pvc-4a4ad666-82d4-4626-b2d1-b14101e9495d.vmdk" 1. Setting default-datastore = "/Datacenter/datastore/qe/datastore3" in cm/cloud-provider-config, pv provisioning successfully and pod is running. $ oc get pv pvc-c68d9017-0ea2-4889-aaf9-fd2eda265d62 -ojson | jq .spec.vsphereVolume.volumePath "[/Datacenter/datastore/qe/datastore3] kubevols/reliability01-jhzhd-dynamic-pvc-c68d9017-0ea2-4889-aaf9-fd2eda265d62.vmdk"
OpenShift engineering has decided to NOT ship 4.8.6 on 8/23 due to the following issue. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995785 All the fixes part will be now included in 4.8.7 on 8/30.
OpenShift engineering has decided to NOT ship 4.7.25 on 8/24 due to the following issue. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995785 All the fixes part will be now included in 4.7.26 on 8/31.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory (Important: OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.28 security update), and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3262