PathIsDevice(pathname string) (bool, error)
	// GetDeviceNameFromMount finds the device name by checking the mount path
	// to get the global mount path within its plugin directory.
	// TODO: Remove this method once the rbd and vsphere plugins are removed from in-tree.
	GetDeviceNameFromMount(mounter mount.Interface, mountPath, pluginMountDir string) (string, error)
	// MakeRShared checks that given path is on a mount with 'rshared' mount

* vSphere cloud provider: Remove the dependency of login information on worker nodes for vsphere cloud provider. ([#43545](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43545), [@luomiao](https://github.com/luomiao))

### Add MinIO as an object store for Veeam

Follow the steps from the Veeam documentation for adding MinIO as an object store - <https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/adding_s3c_object_storage.html?ver=100>

For Veeam Backup with Immutability, choose the amount of days you want to make backups immutable for

		}
		// In Kubernetes environment, try to fetch the Operator, VSPHERE plugin version
		opVersion := env.Get("MINIO_OPERATOR_VERSION", "")
		if opVersion != "" {
			uaAppend(" operator-", opVersion)
		}
		vsphereVersion := env.Get("MINIO_VSPHERE_PLUGIN_VERSION", "")
		if vsphereVersion != "" {
			uaAppend(" vsphere-plugin-", vsphereVersion)
		}
	}

	if IsPCFTile() {

* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Fix panic in vSphere cloud provider ([#38423](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38423), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Fix issue when attempting to unmount a wrong vSphere volume ([#37413](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37413), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

    * ...
    * I0109 11:17:59.430113       1 vsphere.go:1334] The canonical volume path for the newly created vSphere volume is "[vsanDatastore] 98db185c-6683-d8c7-bc55-0200435ec5da/kubernetes-dynamic-pvc-34650c12-1400-11e9-aef4-005056804cc9.vmdk"
    * Ran regression tests (no zone) and they passed.

* Reduced excessive logging from fluentd-gcp-scaler. ([#68837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68837), [@x13n](https://github.com/x13n))
* locking fix in vSphere cleanup function ([#68388](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68388), [@wgliang](https://github.com/wgliang))
    * The vSphere cloud provider has a cleanup function with a loop,
    * inside of which a write lock was intended to prevent races against

## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

- Added support for vSphere in-tree volumes migration to vSphere CSI driver. The in-tree vSphere Volume plugin will be deprecated and removed in a future release.
  

### Other notable changes

* AWS: Add ap-south-1 to list of known AWS regions ([#28428](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28428), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))
* Back porting critical vSphere bug fixes to release 1.3 ([#31993](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/31993), [@dagnello](https://github.com/dagnello))