Persistent Volume Expansion Failure

Expansion of a Persistent Volume (PV) failed due to improper storage class settings.

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What Happened

The request to expand a persistent volume failed because the storage class was not configured to support volume expansion.

Diagnosis Steps

1Verified the PV and PVC configurations.
2Checked the storage class settings and identified that volume expansion was not enabled.

Root Cause

The storage class did not have the allowVolumeExpansion flag set to true.

Fix/Workaround

• Updated the storage class to allow volume expansion.
• Expanded the persistent volume and verified the PVC reflected the changes.

Lessons Learned

Ensure that storage classes are configured to allow volume expansion when using dynamic provisioning.

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