diff --git a/pkg/common-env.go b/pkg/common-env.go
index d8f42c8..90c6651 100644
--- a/pkg/common-env.go
+++ b/pkg/common-env.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package pkg
 import (
 	goctx "context"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ type InitParams struct {
 	networkInfo *networkInfo
 	podName     string
 	namespace   string
-	rackID      string
 	nodeID      string
 	workDir     string
 	tlsName     string
@@ -108,7 +106,6 @@ func PopulateInitParams(ctx goctx.Context) (*InitParams, error) {
 		k8sClient:   k8sClient,
 		podName:     podName,
 		namespace:   namespace,
-		rackID:      strconv.Itoa(rack.ID),
 		nodeID:      nodeID,
 		workDir:     workDir,
 		logger:      logger,
diff --git a/pkg/update_pod_status_util.go b/pkg/update_pod_status_util.go
index 85512ea..38d1021 100644
--- a/pkg/update_pod_status_util.go
+++ b/pkg/update_pod_status_util.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
 	asdbv1 "github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator/api/v1"
@@ -597,6 +598,32 @@ func (initp *InitParams) manageVolumesAndUpdateStatus(ctx context.Context, resta
 	metadata.InitializedVolumes = initializedVolumes
 	metadata.DirtyVolumes = dirtyVolumes
 
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(aerospikeConf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if pod.Annotations == nil {
+		pod.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+
+	pod.Annotations["aerospikeConf"] = string(data)
+
+	if err := retry.OnError(retry.DefaultBackoff, func(err error) bool {
+		// Customize the error check for retrying, return true to retry, false to stop retrying
+		return true
+	}, func() error {
+		// Patch the resource
+		if err := initp.k8sClient.Update(ctx, pod); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		initp.logger.Info("Pod status patched successfully", "podname", initp.podName)
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	initp.logger.Info("Updating pod status", "podname", initp.podName)
 
 	return initp.updateStatus(ctx, metadata)