CSM Driver deployment with PowerScale Observability stays in a failed state even when the deployment succeeds.

Summary: In Container Storage Modules (CSM) Operator v1.4.1, the CSM object associated with a driver deployment stays in a failed state even when the deployment succeeds. This occurs with PowerScale Observability. ...

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Symptoms

The system is unable to correctly display the status of the driver deployment when pods are successful.
[root@master-1-Zaglt7mQUY8Wg csm-operator]# kubectl get pods -n isilon
NAME                                       READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
cert-manager-784cdfbc8c-bdgh6              1/1     Running   0          18s
cert-manager-cainjector-7b85c5dbdf-bzxll   1/1     Running   0          18s
cert-manager-webhook-5f85c69d5c-fkn84      1/1     Running   0          18s
isilon-controller-6648cf5f98-92jsr         6/6     Running   0          19s
isilon-controller-6648cf5f98-xxtdz         6/6     Running   0          20s
isilon-node-lfnc9                          2/2     Running   0          20s
isilon-node-sll4v                          2/2     Running   0          19s
[root@master-1-Zaglt7mQUY8Wg csm-operator]# kubectl get csm -n isilon
NAME     CREATIONTIME   CSIDRIVERTYPE   CONFIGVERSION   STATE
isilon   25s            isilon          v2.9.1          Failed

Cause

An issue in the status check code for observability caused one of the pods not to be found in the code. The PowerScale deployment was referred to by its legacy name Isilon in some places.

Resolution

Resolution:
Engineering has resolved this issue in Operator patch 1.4.2 by updating the name that is checked in the status check to the current name.

Products

Container Storage Modules Family, Container Storage Modules
Article Properties
Article Number: 000222165
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 03 Sept 2025
Version:  3
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