# Adding an additional PVC without resetting the entire cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\ **Tags:** slm-snapshot-lifecycle-management\ **Created:** [March 21, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-an-additional-pvc-without-resetting-the-entire-cluster/355900 "2024-03-21T12:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PustyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@PustyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PustyB)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-an-additional-pvc-without-resetting-the-entire-cluster/355900/1 "2024-03-21T12:57:33Z")
Hi. I have Elastic Stack on self-hosted kubernetes. It is managed by the Elastic operator. I have 3 replicas. I would like to add an additional `VolumeClaimTemplate` to them, which will be responsible for holding snapshots, done with sln (snapshot lifecycle management). I know how to add this to make it work, however, it requires completely removing Kind: Elasticsearch and deploy it on the cluster again. Is there any way to **not remove** the entire cluster and the continuity of elastic is preserved? I tried in such a way that: 1. i delete kind: elasticsearch, keeping all the stuff created by it `kubectl delete elasticsearch test-stack --cascade=orphan` 2. then I delete statefulset, which is what Elasticsearch creates, keeping the pods running `kubectl delete sts test-stack--cascade=orphan` 3 I upload a new version of Elasticsearch `kubectl apply -f new-elastic.yaml` 4 I reset the pods ( and at this point I have a problem, because when I reset one pod the other 2 automatically shut down as well, causing a downtime in elstic's operation for a few-something minutes). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-an-additional-pvc-without-resetting-the-entire-cluster/355900/2 "2024-04-18T12:57:43Z")
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