Storage Plug-in for Containers Installation and User Guide

Version: 3.18.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-92ADPTR142-31
Published: 2026-07-31

Overview: Hitachi Vantara CSI
About Hitachi Storage Plug-in for Containers
Prerequisites
Supported container orchestrators
Server requirements
Storage requirements
Network requirements
Pre-installation tasks
Setting up the environment
Server pre-installation
Device Mapper Multipath settings
Enabling Device Mapper Multipath in OpenShift
Native NVMe Multipath settings
Multipath configuration using a DaemonSet
Storage pre-installation requirements VSP family and VSP One Block
Host group and iSCSI target naming rules
Storage pre-installation for VSP One SDS Block
Multitenancy functionality settings
Installation
Installation on OpenShift
Installation on Kubernetes
Configuration of Storage Plug-in for Containers instance
Environment variables
Usage
Secret settings
StorageClass settings
VolumeSnapshotClass settings
PersistentVolumeClaim settings
Pod settings
Command examples
Raw block volume
ReadWriteMany
ReadOnlyMany
Resource groups
Static provisioning
Requirements for using static provisioning
Creating Secret and StorageClass
Creating a PV
Creating a PVC
Cloning a PVC
Creating a snapshot for a PVC
Expanding storage volume for a PVC
Deleting resources created by Storage Plug-in for Containers
Troubleshooting when using static provisioning
Stretched PVC
Requirements for using Stretched PVC
Creating a Stretched PVC
Checking information on Stretched PVCs
Creating a Stretched PVC with Adaptive Data Reduction (ADR)
Expanding storage volumes for a Stretched PVC
Creating snapshots for a Stretched PVC
Creating a clone from a Stretched PVC
Managing Stretched PVC pair operations using custom resource
Monitoring Stretched PVC usage in pods
Deleting a Stretched PVC
Forcibly deleting a Stretched PVC
Failover
Troubleshooting
Hitachi Vantara CSI console plug-in for OpenShift (Tech Preview)
Installing the CSI console
Using filters to view volume details
Creating a Static PV using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Creating a VolumeSnapshotClass using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Cloning a StorageClass using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Expanding a PVC using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Creating a snapshot using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Cloning a PVC using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Deleting a PVC using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Splitting a GAD pair using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Resynchronizing a GAD pair using the HitachiCSI dashboard
Generating a support bundle
Upgrading Hitachi Vantara CSI/HSPC component
Uninstalling the CSI console
Upgrading Storage Plug-in for Containers
Upgrading Storage Plug-in for Containers on OpenShift
Upgrading Storage Plug-in for Containers on Kubernetes
Telemetry
Client‑Side requirements for Telemetry access to AWS
Disabling Telemetry using the ConfigMap
Re-creation
Deleting Storage Plug-in for Containers
Re-creating Storage Plug-in for Containers
Uninstalling Storage Plug-in for Containers
Uninstalling Storage Plug-in for Containers on OpenShift
Uninstalling Storage Plug-in for Containers on Kubernetes
Troubleshooting
Collecting information for troubleshooting
Information needed when contacting support
Collecting logs for Storage Plug-in for Containers
Collecting storage system information for VSP family and VSP One Block
Collecting storage system information for VSP One SDS Block
Viewing the volume properties of PersistentVolume
Notes on forcibly deleting a Pod
Creating and deleting PersistentVolumeClaim simultaneously
Host group settings
Timeout errors when creating or deleting Pods
Unable to schedule or create a Kubernetes pod
Troubleshooting virtual LDEV ID error
Advanced configuration
Editing the existing LUN configuration
Migrating existing ports of a StorageClass
Modifying the bulk mapping mode
Modifying CPU and memory resources for the CSI Controller deployment
Installing the CSI log collection tool
Creating VM templates with StorageClass clone
Installing Hitachi Storage Plug-in for Containers in an air-gapped environment
Configuring ClusterImagePolicy for signature verification

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