HP Exam HPE7-J02 Topic 1 Question 3 Discussion

Actual exam question for HP's HPE7-J02 exam

Question #: 3
Topic #: 1

Your customer wants to use their HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 array to store persistent data for Kubernetes-based applications. After deploying the CSI driver using Helm and creating the secret with the command kubectl create -f hpe-backed.yaml, what is the next required step to enable the containerized applications to consume persistent volumes on the Alletra MP array?

AUpdate the Helm repository by using helm repo update to recognize the CSI driver

BCreate a PersistentVolumeClaim by using kubectl create -f my-pvc.yaml

CCreate a PersistentVolume by using kubectl create -f pv.yaml

DDefine a StorageClass by running kubectl create -f storageclass.yaml

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Suggested Answer: D

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Rationale for Correct Answe r:

After installing the HPE CSI driver and creating backend secrets, the next critical step is to define a StorageClass that references the backend driver and parameters. Without the StorageClass, Kubernetes cannot dynamically provision PersistentVolumes (PVs). Once the StorageClass is created, workloads can request storage using PersistentVolumeClaims (PVCs).

Distractors:

A: Helm repo update only refreshes Helm charts; it does not enable CSI provisioning.

B: A PVC requires a StorageClass to bind dynamically --- it cannot be created successfully beforehand.

C: Manually creating PVs is possible, but not the HPE best practice with CSI, which relies on StorageClass for dynamic provisioning.

Key Concept: Kubernetes CSI workflow: Secret StorageClass PVC Pod.

by Jenelle at Oct 05, 2025, 09:20 AM

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I think the next step is to create a PersistentVolumeClaim using the my-pvc.yaml file. That seems like the logical next step after deploying the CSI driver.

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