Doc fixed https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.9/html-single/replacing_devices/index#replacing-operational-or-failed-storage-devices-on-vmware-infrastructure_rhodf https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.9/html-single/replacing_nodes/index#replacing-an-operational-aws-node-upi_rhodf Remove the old OSD from the cluster. $ oc process -n openshift-storage ocs-osd-removal \ -p FAILED_OSD_IDS=<failed_osd_id> FORCE_OSD_REMOVAL=false | oc create -n openshift-storage -f - <failed_osd_id> Is the integer in the pod name immediately after the rook-ceph-osd prefix. You can add comma separated OSD IDs in the command to remove more than one OSD, for example, FAILED_OSD_IDS=0,1,2.