diff --git a/api/v1beta1/verticadb_types.go b/api/v1beta1/verticadb_types.go
index 02c8e7ac7..5da2ad5e8 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/verticadb_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/verticadb_types.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ type VerticaDBSpec struct {
 	// of 20 minutes.
 	RestartTimeout int `json:"restartTimeout,omitempty"`
 
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
 	// Contains details about the communal storage.
 	Communal CommunalStorage `json:"communal"`
 
@@ -204,6 +205,12 @@ const (
 	// The database in the communal path will be initialized in the VerticaDB
 	// through a revive_db.  The communal path must have a preexisting database.
 	CommunalInitPolicyRevive = "Revive"
+	// Only schedule pods to run with the vertica container.  The bootstrap of
+	// the database, either create_db or revive_db, is not handled.  Use this
+	// policy when you have a vertica cluster running outside of Kubernetes and
+	// you want to provision new nodes to run inside Kubernetes.  Most of the
+	// automation is disabled when running in this mode.
+	CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly = "ScheduleOnly"
 )
 
 type KSafetyType string
@@ -227,11 +234,12 @@ type SubclusterPodCount struct {
 
 // Holds details about the communal storage
 type CommunalStorage struct {
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:required
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
 	// The path to the communal storage. This must be the s3 bucket. You specify
 	// this using the s3:// bucket notation. For example:
 	// s3://bucket-name/key-name. The bucket must be created prior to creating
-	// the VerticaDB.  This field is required and cannot change after creation.
+	// the VerticaDB.  When initPolicy is Create or Revive, this field is
+	// required and cannot change after creation.
 	Path string `json:"path"`
 
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
@@ -241,16 +249,17 @@ type CommunalStorage struct {
 	// forces each database path to be unique.
 	IncludeUIDInPath bool `json:"includeUIDInPath,omitempty"`
 
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:required
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
 	// The URL to the s3 endpoint. The endpoint must be prefaced with http:// or
-	// https:// to know what protocol to connect with. This field is required
-	// and cannot change after creation.
+	// https:// to know what protocol to connect with. When initPolicy is Create
+	// or Revive, this field is required and cannot change after creation.
 	Endpoint string `json:"endpoint"`
 
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:required
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
 	// The name of a secret that contains the credentials to connect to the
 	// communal S3 endpoint. The secret must have the following keys set:
-	// accessey and secretkey.
+	// accessey and secretkey.  When initPolicy is Create or Revive, this field
+	// is required.
 	CredentialSecret string `json:"credentialSecret"`
 
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/verticadb_webhook.go b/api/v1beta1/verticadb_webhook.go
index 9151b1f8b..e1ec5110a 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/verticadb_webhook.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/verticadb_webhook.go
@@ -221,17 +221,23 @@ func (v *VerticaDB) hasAtLeastOneSC(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
 }
 
 func (v *VerticaDB) hasValidInitPolicy(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
-	// initPolicy should either be Create or Revive.
-	if v.Spec.InitPolicy != CommunalInitPolicyCreate && v.Spec.InitPolicy != CommunalInitPolicyRevive {
+	switch v.Spec.InitPolicy {
+	case CommunalInitPolicyCreate:
+	case CommunalInitPolicyRevive:
+	case CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly:
+	default:
 		err := field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec").Child("initPolicy"),
 			v.Spec.InitPolicy,
-			"initPolicy should either be Create or Revive.")
+			"initPolicy should either be Create, Revive or ScheduleOnly.")
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, err)
 	}
 	return allErrs
 }
 
 func (v *VerticaDB) validateCommunalPath(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
+	if v.Spec.InitPolicy == CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return allErrs
+	}
 	// communal.Path must be an S3 bucket, prefaced with s3://
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(v.Spec.Communal.Path, "s3://") {
 		err := field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec").Child("communal").Child("endpoint"),
@@ -243,6 +249,9 @@ func (v *VerticaDB) validateCommunalPath(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorLis
 }
 
 func (v *VerticaDB) validateS3Bucket(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
+	if v.Spec.InitPolicy == CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return allErrs
+	}
 	// communal.Path must be an S3 bucket, prefaced with s3://
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(v.Spec.Communal.Path, "s3://") {
 		err := field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec").Child("communal").Child("endpoint"),
@@ -254,6 +263,9 @@ func (v *VerticaDB) validateS3Bucket(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
 }
 
 func (v *VerticaDB) validateEndpoint(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
+	if v.Spec.InitPolicy == CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return allErrs
+	}
 	// communal.endpoint must be prefaced with http:// or https:// to know what protocol to connect with.
 	if !(strings.HasPrefix(v.Spec.Communal.Endpoint, "http://") ||
 		strings.HasPrefix(v.Spec.Communal.Endpoint, "https://")) {
@@ -266,6 +278,9 @@ func (v *VerticaDB) validateEndpoint(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
 }
 
 func (v *VerticaDB) credentialSecretExists(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
+	if v.Spec.InitPolicy == CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return allErrs
+	}
 	// communal.credentialSecret must exist
 	if v.Spec.Communal.CredentialSecret == "" {
 		err := field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec").Child("communal").Child("credentialSecret"),
@@ -311,6 +326,9 @@ func (v *VerticaDB) hasPrimarySubcluster(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorLis
 }
 
 func (v *VerticaDB) validateKsafety(allErrs field.ErrorList) field.ErrorList {
+	if v.Spec.InitPolicy == CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return allErrs
+	}
 	sizeSum := v.getClusterSize()
 	switch v.Spec.KSafety {
 	case KSafety0:
diff --git a/changes/unreleased/Added-20210920-171923.yaml b/changes/unreleased/Added-20210920-171923.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..994b33318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/unreleased/Added-20210920-171923.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+kind: Added
+body: New initPolicy called ScheduleOnly.  The bootstrap of the database, either
+  create_db or revive_db, is not handled.  Use this policy when you have a vertica
+  cluster running outside of Kubernetes and you want to provision new nodes to run
+  inside Kubernetes.  Most of the automation is disabled when running in this mode.
diff --git a/kuttl-test.yaml b/kuttl-test.yaml
index 328b11adc..90509503c 100644
--- a/kuttl-test.yaml
+++ b/kuttl-test.yaml
@@ -35,19 +35,6 @@ commands:
   - command: kubectl delete pod vertica-k8s-image-pull
     namespaced: true
 
-  # We do a pre-pull of the vertica-k8s image version latest and 10.1.1-0
-  # that we will use for the test upgrade-vertica.
-  - command: bash -c "sed 's+kustomize-vertica-image+vertica/vertica-k8s:11.0.0-0-minimal+g' tests/manifests/image-pull/base/vertica-k8s-image-pull.yaml | kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f - "
-  - command: kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready pod --timeout=10m vertica-k8s-image-pull
-    namespaced: true
-  - command: kubectl delete pod vertica-k8s-image-pull
-    namespaced: true
-  - command: bash -c "sed 's+kustomize-vertica-image+vertica/vertica-k8s:latest+g' tests/manifests/image-pull/base/vertica-k8s-image-pull.yaml | kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f - "
-  - command: kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready pod --timeout=10m vertica-k8s-image-pull
-    namespaced: true
-  - command: kubectl delete pod vertica-k8s-image-pull
-    namespaced: true
-
   # We use stern to collect the pod output of any test that creates a pod with
   # the 'stern=include' label.  By default, the output of this is stored in a
   # file in int-tests-output/
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/dbaddnode_reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/dbaddnode_reconcile.go
index 1e2be6e10..f91ae166a 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/dbaddnode_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/dbaddnode_reconcile.go
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func MakeDBAddNodeReconciler(vdbrecon *VerticaDBReconciler, log logr.Logger,
 
 // Reconcile will ensure a DB exists and create one if it doesn't
 func (d *DBAddNodeReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// no-op for ScheduleOnly init policy
+	if d.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	if err := d.PFacts.Collect(ctx, d.Vdb); err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/dbaddsubcluster_reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/dbaddsubcluster_reconcile.go
index daf25903a..a1b276f79 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/dbaddsubcluster_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/dbaddsubcluster_reconcile.go
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ func MakeDBAddSubclusterReconciler(vdbrecon *VerticaDBReconciler, log logr.Logge
 
 // Reconcile will ensure a subcluster exists for each one defined in the vdb.
 func (d *DBAddSubclusterReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// no-op for ScheduleOnly init policy
+	if d.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	// We need to collect pod facts, to find a pod to run AT and vsql commands from.
 	if err := d.PFacts.Collect(ctx, d.Vdb); err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/dbremovenode_reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/dbremovenode_reconcile.go
index c5021fc89..f05ad03bb 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/dbremovenode_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/dbremovenode_reconcile.go
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ func (d *DBRemoveNodeReconciler) CollectPFacts(ctx context.Context) error {
 // everything in Vdb. We will know if we are scaling down by comparing the
 // expected subcluster size with the current.
 func (d *DBRemoveNodeReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// no-op for ScheduleOnly init policy
+	if d.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	// Use the finder so that we check only the subclusters that are in the vdb.
 	// Any nodes that are in subclusters that we are removing are handled by the
 	// DBRemoveSubcusterReconciler.
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/dbremovesubcluster_reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/dbremovesubcluster_reconcile.go
index f2545edac..20b9fe9b4 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/dbremovesubcluster_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/dbremovesubcluster_reconcile.go
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ func MakeDBRemoveSubclusterReconciler(vdbrecon *VerticaDBReconciler, log logr.Lo
 
 // Reconcile will remove any subcluster that no longer exists in the vdb.
 func (d *DBRemoveSubclusterReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// no-op for ScheduleOnly init policy
+	if d.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	// We need to collect pod facts, to find a pod to run AT and vsql commands from.
 	if err := d.PFacts.Collect(ctx, d.Vdb); err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/imagechange_reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/imagechange_reconcile.go
index b0fb31d18..19cc5a0b4 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/imagechange_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/imagechange_reconcile.go
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ func MakeImageChangeReconciler(vdbrecon *VerticaDBReconciler, log logr.Logger,
 // Reconcile will handle the process of the vertica image changing.  For
 // example, this can automate the process for an upgrade.
 func (u *ImageChangeReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// no-op for ScheduleOnly init policy
+	if u.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	if err := u.PFacts.Collect(ctx, u.Vdb); err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/install_reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/install_reconcile.go
index afe0ab366..7536ae243 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/install_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/install_reconcile.go
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func MakeInstallReconciler(vdbrecon *VerticaDBReconciler, log logr.Logger,
 
 // Reconcile will ensure Vertica is installed and running in the pods.
 func (d *InstallReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// no-op for ScheduleOnly init policy
+	if d.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	// The reconcile loop works by collecting all of the facts about the running
 	// pods. We then analyze those facts to determine a course of action to take.
 	if err := d.PFacts.Collect(ctx, d.Vdb); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/podfacts.go b/pkg/controllers/podfacts.go
index 650a09e57..3bf23056f 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/podfacts.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/podfacts.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ type PodFact struct {
 	vnodeName string
 
 	// The compat21 node name that Vertica assignes to the pod. This is only set
-	// if installation has occurred.
+	// if installation has occurred and the initPolicy is not ScheduleOnly.
 	compat21NodeName string
 
 	// True if the end user license agreement has been accepted
@@ -205,30 +205,48 @@ func (p *PodFacts) collectPodByStsIndex(ctx context.Context, vdb *vapi.VerticaDB
 
 // checkIsInstalled will check a single pod to see if the installation has happened.
 func (p *PodFacts) checkIsInstalled(ctx context.Context, vdb *vapi.VerticaDB, pf *PodFact) error {
-	if pf.isPodRunning {
-		fn := paths.GenInstallerIndicatorFileName(vdb)
-		if stdout, stderr, err := p.PRunner.ExecInPod(ctx, pf.name, names.ServerContainer, "cat", fn); err != nil {
-			if !strings.Contains(stderr, "cat: "+fn+": No such file or directory") {
-				return err
-			}
+	if !pf.isPodRunning {
+		pf.isInstalled = tristate.None
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// If initPolicy is ScheduleOnly, there is no install indicator since the
+	// operator didn't initiate it.  We are going to do based on the existence
+	// of admintools.conf.
+	if vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		if _, _, err := p.PRunner.ExecInPod(ctx, pf.name, names.ServerContainer, "test", "-f", paths.AdminToolsConf); err != nil {
 			pf.isInstalled = tristate.False
+		} else {
+			pf.isInstalled = tristate.True
+		}
 
-			// Check if there is a stale admintools.conf
-			cmd := []string{"ls", paths.AdminToolsConf}
-			if _, stderr, err := p.PRunner.ExecInPod(ctx, pf.name, names.ServerContainer, cmd...); err != nil {
-				if !strings.Contains(stderr, "No such file or directory") {
-					return err
-				}
-				pf.hasStaleAdmintoolsConf = false
-			} else {
-				pf.hasStaleAdmintoolsConf = true
+		// We can't reliably set compat21NodeName because the operator didn't
+		// originate the install.  We will intentionally leave that blank.
+		pf.compat21NodeName = ""
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	fn := paths.GenInstallerIndicatorFileName(vdb)
+	if stdout, stderr, err := p.PRunner.ExecInPod(ctx, pf.name, names.ServerContainer, "cat", fn); err != nil {
+		if !strings.Contains(stderr, "cat: "+fn+": No such file or directory") {
+			return err
+		}
+		pf.isInstalled = tristate.False
+
+		// Check if there is a stale admintools.conf
+		cmd := []string{"ls", paths.AdminToolsConf}
+		if _, stderr, err := p.PRunner.ExecInPod(ctx, pf.name, names.ServerContainer, cmd...); err != nil {
+			if !strings.Contains(stderr, "No such file or directory") {
+				return err
 			}
+			pf.hasStaleAdmintoolsConf = false
 		} else {
-			pf.isInstalled = tristate.True
-			pf.compat21NodeName = strings.TrimSuffix(stdout, "\n")
+			pf.hasStaleAdmintoolsConf = true
 		}
 	} else {
-		pf.isInstalled = tristate.None
+		pf.isInstalled = tristate.True
+		pf.compat21NodeName = strings.TrimSuffix(stdout, "\n")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/restart_reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/restart_reconcile.go
index e7f2620c0..a9d512a1d 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/restart_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/restart_reconcile.go
@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ func (r *RestartReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *ctrl.Request) (c
 	}
 
 	// We have two paths.  If the entire cluster is down we have separate
-	// admintools commands to run.
-
-	if r.PFacts.getUpNodeCount() == 0 {
+	// admintools commands to run.  Cluster operations only apply if the entire
+	// vertica cluster is managed by k8s.  We skip that if initPolicy is
+	// ScheduleOnly.
+	if r.PFacts.getUpNodeCount() == 0 && r.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy != vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
 		return r.reconcileCluster(ctx)
 	}
 	return r.reconcileNodes(ctx)
@@ -165,6 +166,14 @@ func (r *RestartReconciler) reconcileNodes(ctx context.Context) (ctrl.Result, er
 		}
 	}
 
+	// The rest of the steps depend on knowing the compat21 node name for the
+	// pod.  If ScheduleOnly, we cannot reliable know that since the operator
+	// didn't originate the install.  So we will skip the rest if running in
+	// that mode.
+	if r.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	// Find any pods that need to have their IP updated.  These are nodes that
 	// have been installed but not yet added to a database.
 	reIPPods := r.PFacts.findReIPPods(true)
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/uninstall_reconcile.go b/pkg/controllers/uninstall_reconcile.go
index 6c4b545b7..726643791 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/uninstall_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/uninstall_reconcile.go
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ func (s *UninstallReconciler) CollectPFacts(ctx context.Context) error {
 // everything in Vdb. We will know if we are scaling down by comparing the
 // expected subcluster size with the current.
 func (s *UninstallReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req *ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// no-op for ScheduleOnly init policy
+	if s.Vdb.Spec.InitPolicy == vapi.CommunalInitPolicyScheduleOnly {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	if err := s.PFacts.Collect(ctx, s.Vdb); err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/00-create-communal-creds.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/00-create-communal-creds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..428b8a116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/00-create-communal-creds.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: kustomize build ../../manifests/s3-creds/base | kubectl apply -f - --namespace $NAMESPACE
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/05-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/05-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f63940cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/05-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: create-s3-bucket
+status:
+  containerStatuses:
+    - name: aws
+      state:
+        terminated:
+          exitCode: 0
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/05-create-bucket.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/05-create-bucket.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6853aea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/05-create-bucket.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - command: bash -c "kustomize build create-s3-bucket/overlay | kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f - "
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/06-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/06-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b6c05e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/06-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    control-plane: controller-manager
+status:
+  replicas: 1
+  readyReplicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/06-deploy-operator.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/06-deploy-operator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63b972a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/06-deploy-operator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - command: sh -c "cd ../../.. && make deploy-operator NAMESPACE=$NAMESPACE"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/10-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/10-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fa88aa80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/10-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+kind: VerticaDB
+metadata:
+  name: v-managed
+status:
+  subclusters:
+    - installCount: 1
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/10-setup-managed-vdb.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/10-setup-managed-vdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac710f04e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/10-setup-managed-vdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - command: bash -c "kustomize build setup-managed-vdb/overlay | kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f - "
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/11-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/11-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30c054d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/11-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+kind: VerticaDB
+metadata:
+  name: v-managed
+status:
+  subclusters:
+    - addedToDBCount: 1
+      upNodeCount: 1
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/11-wait-for-createdb.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/11-wait-for-createdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf3726035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/11-wait-for-createdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Intentionally empty to give this step a name in kuttl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/15-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/15-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d1b998c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/15-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: v-schedule-only-k8s-0
+status:
+  phase: Running
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/15-setup-schedule-only-vdb.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/15-setup-schedule-only-vdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..003484f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/15-setup-schedule-only-vdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - command: bash -c "kustomize build setup-schedule-only-vdb/overlay | kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f - "
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/30-rbac.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/30-rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3267a29b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/30-rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: integration-test-role
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - services
+      - pods
+      - pods/exec
+      - pods/log
+      - configmaps
+      - secrets
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - create
+      - delete
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: integration-test-rb
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: integration-test-role
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: default
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/35-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/35-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc23b25b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/35-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: test-install-pod
+status:
+  containerStatuses:
+    - name: test
+      state:
+        terminated:
+          exitCode: 0
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/35-install-pod.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/35-install-pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be17f8ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/35-install-pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: script-install-pod
+data:
+  entrypoint.sh: |-
+    #!/bin/bash
+    set -o errexit
+    set -o xtrace
+
+    SOURCE_POD=v-managed-sc1-0
+    TARGET_POD_IP=$(kubectl get pods v-schedule-only-k8s-0 --no-headers -o custom-columns=":status.podIP")
+    
+    kubectl exec $SOURCE_POD -i -- sudo /opt/vertica/sbin/update_vertica \
+      --accept-eula \
+      --failure-threshold NONE \
+      --dba-user-password-disabled \
+      --no-system-configuration \
+      --no-package-checks \
+      --point-to-point \
+      --data-dir /data \
+      --add-hosts $TARGET_POD_IP
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: test-install-pod
+  labels:
+    stern: include
+spec:
+  restartPolicy: Never
+  containers:
+    - name: test
+      image: bitnami/kubectl:1.20.4
+      command: ["/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: entrypoint-volume
+          mountPath: /bin/entrypoint.sh
+          readOnly: true
+          subPath: entrypoint.sh
+  volumes:
+    - name: entrypoint-volume
+      configMap:
+        defaultMode: 0777
+        name: script-install-pod
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/40-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/40-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3949e311d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/40-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: test-db-add-node
+status:
+  containerStatuses:
+    - name: test
+      state:
+        terminated:
+          exitCode: 0
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/40-db-add-node.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/40-db-add-node.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0d0037ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/40-db-add-node.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: script-db-add-node
+data:
+  entrypoint.sh: |-
+    #!/bin/bash
+    set -o errexit
+    set -o xtrace
+
+    SOURCE_POD=v-managed-sc1-0
+    TARGET_POD_IP=$(kubectl get pods v-schedule-only-k8s-0 --no-headers -o custom-columns=":status.podIP")
+    
+    kubectl exec $SOURCE_POD -i -- /opt/vertica/bin/admintools \
+      -t db_add_node \
+      --hosts $TARGET_POD_IP \
+      --database vertdb \
+      --noprompt
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: test-db-add-node
+  labels:
+    stern: include
+spec:
+  restartPolicy: Never
+  containers:
+    - name: test
+      image: bitnami/kubectl:1.20.4
+      command: ["/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: entrypoint-volume
+          mountPath: /bin/entrypoint.sh
+          readOnly: true
+          subPath: entrypoint.sh
+  volumes:
+    - name: entrypoint-volume
+      configMap:
+        defaultMode: 0777
+        name: script-db-add-node
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/45-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/45-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed9da8ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/45-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+kind: VerticaDB
+metadata:
+  name: v-managed
+status:
+  subclusters:
+    - addedToDBCount: 1
+      upNodeCount: 1
+    - addedToDBCount: 1
+      upNodeCount: 1
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/45-scale-out-managed.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/45-scale-out-managed.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..180f08ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/45-scale-out-managed.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+kind: VerticaDB
+metadata:
+  name: v-managed
+spec:
+  subclusters:
+    - name: sc1
+      size: 1
+    - name: sc2
+      size: 1
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/50-change-ksafety-to-1.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/50-change-ksafety-to-1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d87ed94c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/50-change-ksafety-to-1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  # We need to change ksafety to 1 so that we can test restart of a single node.
+  - command: kubectl exec --namespace $NAMESPACE v-schedule-only-k8s-0 -- vsql -c "select mark_design_ksafe(1); select rebalance_shards()"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/55-kill-schedule-only-pod.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/55-kill-schedule-only-pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be1727f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/55-kill-schedule-only-pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - command: kubectl delete pod v-schedule-only-k8s-0
+    namespaced: true
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/60-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/60-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..772a83450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/60-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+kind: VerticaDB
+metadata:
+  name: v-managed
+status:
+  subclusters:
+    - installCount: 1
+      addedToDBCount: 1
+      upNodeCount: 1
+    - installCount: 1
+      addedToDBCount: 1
+      upNodeCount: 1
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: v-schedule-only-k8s
+status:
+  replicas: 1
+  readyReplicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/60-wait-for-restart.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/60-wait-for-restart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bcd1e149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/60-wait-for-restart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Intentionally empty to give this step a name in kuttl
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/95-errors.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/95-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42a9b703c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/95-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    control-plane: controller-manager
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/95-uninstall-operator.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/95-uninstall-operator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc013f88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/95-uninstall-operator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - command: sh -c "cd ../../.. && make undeploy-operator NAMESPACE=$NAMESPACE"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/99-delete-crd.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/99-delete-crd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40404d9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/99-delete-crd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+delete:
+  - apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+    kind: VerticaDB
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+commands:
+  - command: bash -c "kustomize build clean-s3-bucket/overlay | kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f - "
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/99-errors.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/99-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bde08d119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/99-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+---
+apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+kind: VerticaDB
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/README.txt b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9140a6859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This will test out 'initPolicy: ScheduleOnly'.  It will create a 1-node fully
+managed cluster, then create another cluster with ScheduleOnly.  The tests will
+manually added the second cluster to the first one, then try out a few restart
+scenarios.
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-managed-vdb/base/kustomization.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-managed-vdb/base/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20223b497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-managed-vdb/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+bases:
+  - ../../../../kustomize-base
+
+resources:
+  - setup-vdb.yaml
+
+replacements:
+  - source:
+      kind: ConfigMap
+      name: e2e
+      fieldPath: data.endpoint
+    targets:
+      - select:
+          kind: VerticaDB
+        fieldPaths:
+          - spec.communal.endpoint
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-managed-vdb/base/setup-vdb.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-managed-vdb/base/setup-vdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f685805c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-managed-vdb/base/setup-vdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+kind: VerticaDB
+metadata:
+  name: v-managed
+spec:
+  image: kustomize-vertica-image
+  sidecars:
+    - name: vlogger
+      image: kustomize-vlogger-image
+  communal:
+    path: "s3://schedule-only"
+    endpoint: kustomize-s3-endpoint
+    credentialSecret:  minio-creds-secret
+    caFile: /certs/communal-ep-cert/ca.crt
+    includeUIDInPath: true
+  local:
+    requestSize: 100Mi
+  dbName: vertdb
+  kSafety: "0"
+  subclusters:
+    - name: sc1
+      size: 1
+  certSecrets:
+    - name: communal-ep-cert
+  requeueTime: 4
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-schedule-only-vdb/base/kustomization.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-schedule-only-vdb/base/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20223b497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-schedule-only-vdb/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+bases:
+  - ../../../../kustomize-base
+
+resources:
+  - setup-vdb.yaml
+
+replacements:
+  - source:
+      kind: ConfigMap
+      name: e2e
+      fieldPath: data.endpoint
+    targets:
+      - select:
+          kind: VerticaDB
+        fieldPaths:
+          - spec.communal.endpoint
diff --git a/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-schedule-only-vdb/base/setup-vdb.yaml b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-schedule-only-vdb/base/setup-vdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31231f772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/schedule-only/setup-schedule-only-vdb/base/setup-vdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: vertica.com/v1beta1
+kind: VerticaDB
+metadata:
+  name: v-schedule-only
+spec:
+  initPolicy: ScheduleOnly
+  image: kustomize-vertica-image
+  local:
+    requestSize: 100Mi
+  subclusters:
+    - name: k8s
+      size: 1
+  certSecrets:
+    - name: communal-ep-cert
+  requeueTime: 4
diff --git a/tests/e2e/upgrade-vertica/08-pull-images.yaml b/tests/e2e/upgrade-vertica/08-pull-images.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f799a7fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/upgrade-vertica/08-pull-images.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# (c) Copyright [2021] Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - command: bash -c "sed 's+kustomize-vertica-image+vertica/vertica-k8s:11.0.0-0-minimal+g' ../../manifests/image-pull/base/vertica-k8s-image-pull.yaml | kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f - "
+  - command: kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready pod --timeout=10m vertica-k8s-image-pull
+    namespaced: true
+  - command: kubectl delete pod vertica-k8s-image-pull
+    namespaced: true
+  - command: bash -c "sed 's+kustomize-vertica-image+vertica/vertica-k8s:latest+g' ../../manifests/image-pull/base/vertica-k8s-image-pull.yaml | kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f - "
+  - command: kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready pod --timeout=10m vertica-k8s-image-pull
+    namespaced: true
+  - command: kubectl delete pod vertica-k8s-image-pull
+    namespaced: true