This is a clone of issue OCPBUGS-46089. The following is the description of the original issue:
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ISSUE:
The cluster storage operator is in a degraded state because it is unable to find the UUID for the Windows node.

DESCRIPTIONS:
The customer has one Windows node in the OCP environment, the OCP environment is installed on vSphere. Storage CO is in a degraded state with the following error:
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'VSphereCSIDriverOperatorCRDegraded: VMwareVSphereOperatorCheckDegraded:
unable to find VM win-xx-xx by UUID
vSphere CSI driver operator is trying to search UUID of that windows machine which should not be intended.
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2024-09-27T15:44:27.836266729Z E0927 15:44:27.836234 1 check_error.go:147] vsphere driver install failed with unable to find VM win-ooiv8vljg7 by UUID , found existing driver
2024-09-27T15:44:27.860300261Z W0927 15:44:27.836249 1 vspherecontroller.go:499] Marking cluster as degraded: vcenter_api_error unable to find VM win--xx-xx by UUID
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So, the operator pod should exclude the Windows node and should not go in a 'Degraded' state.