Can a PVC be bound to a specific PV?

Question

This was discussed by k8s maintainers in https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/7438#issuecomment-97148195:

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Answer 1

It can be done using the keyword volumeName:

for example

apiVersion: "v1"
kind: "PersistentVolumeClaim"
metadata:
  name: "claimapp80"
spec:
  accessModes:
    - "ReadWriteOnce"
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: "10Gi"
  volumeName: "app080"

will claim specific PV app080