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Get default StorageClass name

oc get sc -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.annotations.storageclass\.kubernetes\.io/is-default-class=="true")].metadata.name}'

Unbound an existing pvc from one pod to be used by another pod and retaining data

  1. Scale pods to 0

    oc scale --replicas=0 deployment/victoria
    
  2. Edit deployment and delete volumes that make a reference to pvc

    oc edit deployment/victoria
    
    apiVersion: apps/v1
    kind: Deployment
    metadata:
    annotations:
    deployment.kubernetes.io/revision: "7"
    kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: |
    ...
    spec:
      containers:
      - args:
        - -selfScrapeInterval=10s
        - -dedup.minScrapeInterval=60s
        image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        name: victoria
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8428
          protocol: TCP
        resources: {}
        terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log
        terminationMessagePolicy: File
        volumeMounts:
        - mountPath: /victoria-metrics-data
          name: victoria-data
      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
      restartPolicy: Always
      schedulerName: default-scheduler
      securityContext: {}
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
      volumes:
      - name: victoria-data
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          claimName: pvc-victoria-data2
    
  3. Remove claimRef to pvc on pv and make sure persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain

    oc edit pv/pv-victoria-data
    
    apiVersion: v1
    kind: PersistentVolume
    metadata:
    annotations:
    kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: |
    ...
    spec:
    accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
    capacity:
    storage: 10Gi
    claimRef:
    apiVersion: v1
    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
    name: pvc-victoria-data2
    namespace: victoria
    resourceVersion: "33452972"
    uid: 9d4fb2ac-b09d-4110-b337-1d93a34279f7
    nfs:
    path: /export/data
    server: helper.ocp4.info.net
    persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
    volumeMode: Filesystem
    status:
    phase: Bound
    
  4. Make sure PV is available

    oc get pv
    
    NAME               CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   RECLAIM POLICY   STATUS      CLAIM   STORAGECLASS   REASON   AGE
    pv-victoria-data   10Gi       RWX            Retain           Available
    

At this point PV is ready to be used by another pod

Last updated on 21 Aug 2023
Published on 18 Jun 2019
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