Answer: Can a PVC be bound to a specific PV?

There is a way to pre-bind PVs to PVCs today, here is an example showing how:

1. Create a PV object with a ClaimRef field referencing a PVC that you will subsequently create

    $ kubectl create -f pv.yaml
    persistentvolume "pv0003" created
   

   where pv.yaml contains

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: PersistentVolume
    metadata
      name: pv0003

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