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title: "VAST CSI Driver 2.5.0 Release Notes"
slug: "vast-csi-driver-250-release-notes-2-5"
updated: 2026-11-06T00:21:52Z
published: 2026-11-06T00:21:52Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/vast-csi-driver-250-release-notes-2-5"
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# VAST CSI Driver 2.5.0 Release Notes

VAST CSI Driver 2.5.0 is released to General Availability as of October 2024.

To upgrade to VAST CSI Driver 2.5.0, follow the [upgrade](/develop/docs/upgrading-vast-csi-driver-2-5) procedure in the *VAST CSI Driver 2.5 Administrator's Guide*.

**Note**: This driver version is not compatible with VAST Cluster 5.5.0 or later.

## New Features and Capabilities

### VAST CSI Operator for OpenShift

[VAST CSI Operator](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/container-stacks/detail/5f74e44ee13f2c4bdca41b30) is an [OpenShift operator](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/what-are-openshift-operators) that helps deploy, configure and upgrade VAST CSI Driver in Red Hat OpenShift environments. It provides a user-friendly way to supply all parameters necessary to provision storage on a VAST cluster. Follow [these guidelines](/develop/docs/deploying-vast-csi-driver-on-openshift-with-vast-csi-operator-2-5) to deploy VAST CSI Driver using VAST CSI Operator.Deploying VAST CSI Driver on OpenShift with VAST CSI Operator

### Provisioning Static Volumes with VAST CSI Driver

In addition to dynamically creating VAST views for each PVC, VAST CSI Driver can expose existing data as statically provisioned persistent volumes.

You can control whether VAST CSI Driver automatically creates a view and/or a quota for static volumes by leveraging the `static_pv_create_views` and `static_pv_create_quotas` options that can be set for an individual PV. For more information, see [Provisioning Static Volumes](/develop/docs/provisioning-static-volumes-2-5).Provisioning Static Volumes