VMware Tanzu
Whether Tanzu uses a non-standard Kubelet state directory depends on the variant.
BOSH-deployed clusters (Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition, formerly PKS) place it under /var/vcap, so the secret-operator and listener-operator require special handling there.
Standard clusters (Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and vSphere with Tanzu) use the default /var/lib/kubelet and need no override.
Please refer to the secret-operator installation guide and the listener-operator installation guide for details.