Support for Kubernetes volume clones

The CSI volume plugin now supports the use of Kubernetes volume clones (provisioned by block volume clones in the Block Volume service) to provision new persistent volumes.

A Kubernetes clone is an exact duplicate of an existing persistent volume on a storage system. You can clone an existing persistent volume to provision a new persistent volume claim. The new persistent volume contains a copy of the data from the source persistent volume, but is independent of the source persistent volume. Volume clones can be used to rapidly test configuration changes without impacting the production environment.

For more information, see Creating a PVC by Cloning an Existing Block Volume Using the CSI Volume Plugin.