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= Volume populators
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Volume Populators enable the automatic pre-loading of data into a volume during dynamic provisioning, instead of provisioning an empty volume.

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== Creating volume populators

To create and use volume populators:

. Create a custom resource definition (CRD) for volume populators.

. Create a prepopulated volume using a volume populator.

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For information about how to prepopulate volumes using a volume populator, see xref:../../storage/container_storage_interface/persistent-storage-csi-vol-populators.adoc#persistent-storage-csi-vol-populator-procedure_persistent-storage-csi-vol-populators[Creating prepoluated volumes with volume populators].

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