diff --git a/internal/cephfs/store/volumegroup.go b/internal/cephfs/store/volumegroup.go
index ea1c66e4d755..35b3b06dd685 100644
--- a/internal/cephfs/store/volumegroup.go
+++ b/internal/cephfs/store/volumegroup.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func ReserveVolumeGroup(
 	defer j.Destroy()
 
 	groupUUID, vgsi.FsVolumeGroupSnapshotName, err = j.ReserveName(
-		ctx, volOptions.MetadataPool, volOptions.RequestName, volOptions.NamePrefix)
+		ctx, volOptions.MetadataPool, volOptions.RequestName, volOptions.ReservedID, volOptions.NamePrefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/journal/volumegroupjournal.go b/internal/journal/volumegroupjournal.go
index 8f81c0b4b071..e594b6d9cedb 100644
--- a/internal/journal/volumegroupjournal.go
+++ b/internal/journal/volumegroupjournal.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type VolumeGroupJournal interface {
 		ctx context.Context,
 		journalPool,
 		reqName,
+		groupUUID,
 		namePrefix string) (string, string, error)
 	// AddVolumesMapping adds a volumeMap map which contains volumeID's and its
 	// corresponding values mapping which need to be added to the UUID
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ held, to prevent parallel operations from modifying the state of the omaps for t
 Input arguments:
   - journalPool: Pool where the CSI journal is stored
   - reqName: Name of the volumeGroupSnapshot request received
+  - groupUUID: UUID need to be reserved instead of auto-generating one (this is useful for mirroring and metro-DR)
   - namePrefix: Prefix to use when generating the volumeGroupName name (suffix is an auto-generated UUID)
 
 Return values:
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ Return values:
   - error: non-nil in case of any errors
 */
 func (vgjc *volumeGroupJournalConnection) ReserveName(ctx context.Context,
-	journalPool, reqName, namePrefix string,
+	journalPool, reqName, groupUUID, namePrefix string,
 ) (string, string, error) {
 	cj := vgjc.config
 
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ func (vgjc *volumeGroupJournalConnection) ReserveName(ctx context.Context,
 		journalPool,
 		cj.namespace,
 		cj.cephUUIDDirectoryPrefix,
-		"")
+		groupUUID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rbd/manager.go b/internal/rbd/manager.go
index 42d4b4268acf..f4aaf2673718 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/manager.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/manager.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (mgr *rbdManager) CreateVolumeGroup(ctx context.Context, name string) (type
 		log.DebugLog(ctx, "the journal does not contain a reservation for a volume group with name %q yet", name)
 
 		var vgName string
-		uuid, vgName, err = vgJournal.ReserveName(ctx, journalPool, name, prefix)
+		uuid, vgName, err = vgJournal.ReserveName(ctx, journalPool, name, vgData.GroupUUID, prefix)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to reserve volume group for name %q: %w", name, err)
 		}