The VM import controller docs make mention of this gotcha, however I can’t seem to find the documentation on how to actually accomplish this. How does one designate a PVC to be used instead of the ephemeral storage? By default, vm-import-controller leverages ephemeral storage, which is mounted from /var/lib/kubelet. During the migration, a large VM’s node could run out of space on this mount, resulting in subsequent scheduling failures. To avoid this, users are advised to enable PVC-backed storage and customize the amount of storage needed. According to the best practice, the PVC size should be twice the size of the largest VM being migrated. This is essential as the PVC is used as scratch space to download the VM, and convert the disks into raw image files. EDIT: Never mind, I found it, I didn’t realize it was under the add-on page where you go to enable it (it was already enabled for me)