Description of problem:

A Customer upgraded their OCP cluster to v4.17.37, then they noticed a few inconsistencies in operator namespaces across clusters:

Local Storage Operator (LSO)

• In the production cluster, the LSO is still running in the local-storage namespace.
• CSV details confirm it’s active and managing existing LocalVolume CRs (local-block), along with diskmaker-manager DaemonSets in the same namespace.
• The openshift-local-storage namespace exists but has no operator deployment or subscriptions.
• In contrast, other clusters on the same version (4.17.37) show the LSO operating under openshift-local-storage.

This indicates that during multi-hop upgrades (4.15 → 4.16 → 4.17), the legacy namespace and operator were retained instead of being migrated. The system is healthy, but this results in an inconsistent configuration across clusters.