Dennis,

I needed a way to transfer data between separate clusters as well -the same use case as you described.

Instead of trying to create another PVC and get k8s/digitalocean link the existing target volume to it, I had the k8s pod refer to it via the ‘hostpath’ construct. ( https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#hostpath )

Steps:

• Detach the volume from the droplet.
• Attach it to the target droplet . This is the droplet ( node) that you will want to 'select’ in your k8s pod or deployment script.

Login to your droplet and mount it ( https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/volumes/how-to/mount/)

I assume you’ve mounted it under /mnt . ( will be referenced next)

• Use the followin stanza in your k8s ( here it is a pod ) script:

  volumeMounts:

  • mountPath: /mnt name: restore-pv volumes:
  • name: restore-pv hostPath: path: /mnt

• Finally, apply your script.

I hope that helps.