if err != nil {
				return err
			}

			cfgMap, err := mc.getConfigMap(c, cfgMapName)
			if err != nil {
				// Remote clusters typically don't have mesh config, allow it to skip
				if c.IsRemote() && kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
					scopes.Framework.Infof("skipped %s meshconfig patch, as it is a remote", c.Name())
					return nil
				}
				return err
			}

	// from fi.Metadata when the object was tiered. So, tiered objects
	// would return true for InlineData() in these versions even though the
	// object isn't inlined in xl.meta
	return ok && !fi.IsRemote()
}

// SetInlineData marks object (version) as inline.
func (fi *FileInfo) SetInlineData() {
	if fi.Metadata == nil {
		fi.Metadata = make(map[string]string, 1)
	}

			}

			if !meta.Deleted && meta.Size != 0 {
				fmt.Fprintf(h, "%v+%v", meta.Erasure.DataBlocks, meta.Erasure.ParityBlocks)
				fmt.Fprintf(h, "%v", meta.Erasure.Distribution)
			}

			if meta.IsRemote() {
				// ILM transition fields
				fmt.Fprint(h, meta.TransitionStatus)
				fmt.Fprint(h, meta.TransitionTier)
				fmt.Fprint(h, meta.TransitionedObjName)
				fmt.Fprint(h, meta.TransitionVersionID)
			}

			versionsSorter(fivs.Versions).reverse()

			var rebalanced, expired int
			for _, version := range fivs.Versions {
				// Skip transitioned objects for now. TBD
				if version.IsRemote() {
					continue
				}

				// Apply lifecycle rules on the objects that are expired.
				if filterLifecycle(bucket, version.Name, version) {
					expired++
					continue
				}

		var nsLabels map[string]string
		if i.env.IsMultiNetwork() {
			nsLabels = map[string]string{label.TopologyNetwork.Name: c.NetworkName()}
		}
		var nsAnnotations map[string]string
		if c.IsRemote() {
			nsAnnotations = map[string]string{
				annotation.TopologyControlPlaneClusters.Name: c.Config().Name(),
				// ^^^ Use config cluster name because external control plane uses config cluster as its cluster ID
			}

					continue
				}

				var failure, ignore bool
				// gr.Close() is ensured by decommissionObject().
				for try := 0; try < 3; try++ {
					if version.IsRemote() {
						if err := z.DecomTieredObject(ctx, bi.Name, version.Name, version, ObjectOptions{
							VersionID:   versionID,
							MTime:       version.ModTime,
							UserDefined: version.Metadata,

	if klog.V(logLevel).Enabled() {
		var epInfo string
		for _, v := range eps {
			epInfo = epInfo + fmt.Sprintf("\n  %s={Ready:%v,Serving:%v,Terminating:%v,IsRemote:%v}", v.String(), v.IsReady(), v.IsServing(), v.IsTerminating(), !v.IsLocal())
		}
		klog.V(logLevel).InfoS(logMsg, "svcPortName", svcPortName, "endpoints", epInfo)
	}
}

				ObjInfo: objInfo,
			}, err
		}

		// Zero byte objects don't even need to further initialize pipes etc.
		return NewGetObjectReaderFromReader(bytes.NewReader(nil), objInfo, opts)
	}

	if objInfo.IsRemote() {
		gr, err := getTransitionedObjectReader(ctx, bucket, object, rs, h, objInfo, opts)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		unlockOnDefer = false
		return gr.WithCleanupFuncs(nsUnlocker), nil
	}

	dstFilePath := pathutil.Join(dstVolumeDir, pathJoin(dstPath, xlStorageFormatFile))

	var srcDataPath string
	var dstDataPath string
	var dataDir string
	if !fi.IsRemote() {
		dataDir = retainSlash(fi.DataDir)
	}
	if dataDir != "" {
		srcDataPath = retainSlash(pathJoin(srcVolumeDir, srcPath, dataDir))
		// make sure to always use path.Join here, do not use pathJoin as