4.11.2. Prerequisites

An OpenShift Container Platform cluster installed on a VMware vSphere version that meets the requirements for the components that you use. See Installing a cluster on vSphere for information about vSphere version support.

You can use either of the following procedures to dynamically provision these volumes using the default storage class.

OpenShift Container Platform installs a default storage class, named thin, that uses the thin disk format for provisioning volumes.

Prerequisites

Storage must exist in the underlying infrastructure before it can be mounted as a volume in OpenShift Container Platform.

Procedure

In the OpenShift Container Platform console, click Storage Persistent Volume Claims.
In the persistent volume claims overview, click Create Persistent Volume Claim.
Define the required options on the resulting page.
1. Select the thin storage class.
2. Enter a unique name for the storage claim.
3. Select the access mode to determine the read and write access for the created storage claim.
4. Define the size of the storage claim.
Click Create to create the persistent volume claim and generate a persistent volume.