Merge pull request #32824 from divyenpatel/dev-1.24

deprecate vsphere volume and update migration support detail

content/en/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md

@@ -969,66 +969,15 @@ spec:
 For more information about StorageOS, dynamic provisioning, and PersistentVolumeClaims, see the
 [StorageOS examples](https://github.com/kubernetes/examples/blob/master/volumes/storageos).
 
-### vsphereVolume {#vspherevolume}
+### vsphereVolume (deprecated) {#vspherevolume}
 
 {{< note >}}
-You must configure the Kubernetes vSphere Cloud Provider. For cloudprovider
+We recommend to use vSphere CSI out-of-tree driver instead.
-configuration, refer to the [vSphere Getting Started guide](https://vmware.github.io/vsphere-storage-for-kubernetes/documentation/).
 {{< /note >}}
 
 A `vsphereVolume` is used to mount a vSphere VMDK volume into your Pod.  The contents
 of a volume are preserved when it is unmounted. It supports both VMFS and VSAN datastore.
 
-{{< note >}}
-You must create vSphere VMDK volume using one of the following methods before using with a Pod.
-{{< /note >}}
-
-#### Creating a VMDK volume {#creating-vmdk-volume}
-
-Choose one of the following methods to create a VMDK.
-
-{{< tabs name="tabs_volumes" >}}
-{{% tab name="Create using vmkfstools" %}}
-First ssh into ESX, then use the following command to create a VMDK:
-
-```shell
-vmkfstools -c 2G /vmfs/volumes/DatastoreName/volumes/myDisk.vmdk
-```
-
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{% tab name="Create using vmware-vdiskmanager" %}}
-Use the following command to create a VMDK:
-
-```shell
-vmware-vdiskmanager -c -t 0 -s 40GB -a lsilogic myDisk.vmdk
-```
-
-{{% /tab %}}
-
-{{< /tabs >}}
-
-#### vSphere VMDK configuration example {#vsphere-vmdk-configuration}
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: test-vmdk
-spec:
-  containers:
-  - image: k8s.gcr.io/test-webserver
-    name: test-container
-    volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /test-vmdk
-      name: test-volume
-  volumes:
-  - name: test-volume
-    # This VMDK volume must already exist.
-    vsphereVolume:
-      volumePath: "[DatastoreName] volumes/myDisk"
-      fsType: ext4
-```
-
 For more information, see the [vSphere volume](https://github.com/kubernetes/examples/tree/master/staging/volumes/vsphere) examples.
 
 #### vSphere CSI migration {#vsphere-csi-migration}
@@ -1040,8 +989,15 @@ from the existing in-tree plugin to the `csi.vsphere.vmware.com` {{< glossary_to
 [vSphere CSI driver](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/vsphere-csi-driver)
 must be installed on the cluster and the `CSIMigration` and `CSIMigrationvSphere`
 [feature gates](/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/) must be enabled.
+You can find additional advice on how to migrate in VMware's
+documentation page [Migrating In-Tree vSphere Volumes to vSphere Container Storage Plug-in](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere-Container-Storage-Plug-in/2.0/vmware-vsphere-csp-getting-started/GUID-968D421F-D464-4E22-8127-6CB9FF54423F.html).
 
-This also requires minimum vSphere vCenter/ESXi Version to be 7.0u1 and minimum HW Version to be VM version 15.
+Kubernetes v{{< skew currentVersion >}} requires that you are using vSphere 7.0u2 or later
+in order to migrate to the out-of-tree CSI driver.
+If you are running a version of Kubernetes other than v{{< skew currentVersion >}}, consult
+the documentation for that version of Kubernetes.
+If you are running Kubernetes v{{< skew currentVersion >}} and an older version of vSphere,
+consider upgrading to at least vSphere 7.0u2.
 
 {{< note >}}
 The following StorageClass parameters from the built-in `vsphereVolume` plugin are not supported by the vSphere CSI driver: