STO-002.md

STO-002 PV Released, needs cleanup

Summary

A PV in Released phase has been unbound from its PVC but not yet reclaimed. With Retain policy, manual cleanup or rebind is needed; with Delete, the provisioner may not have finished deletion.

Severity

Warning

Example

N/A

Symptoms

• Report shows: Persistent Volume <name> is Released but not reclaimed
• PV status.phase is Released

Resolution

1. After confirming no PVC needs the PV, handle according to reclaimPolicy
2. Retain: back up data, delete the PV object, then clean up backing storage as appropriate
3. Delete: check provisioner logs; if needed delete the backing volume then the PV
4. To reuse, clear PV claimRef so a new PVC can bind (only in supported scenarios)

References

• Reclaiming
• PV lifecycle