https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.9/html/replacing_devices/dynamically_provisioned_openshift_data_foundation_deployed_on_red_hat_virtualization : Create a new Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) on a new volume, and remove the old object storage device (OSD) when one or more virtual machine disks (VMDK) needs to be replaced in OpenShift Data Foundation which is deployed dynamically on VMware infrastructure. - VMDK is a VMware term. - Why are we mentioning VMware here?