diff --git a/internal/csi-addons/rbd/volumegroup.go b/internal/csi-addons/rbd/volumegroup.go
index 261bc67787a7..beda20d5bf19 100644
--- a/internal/csi-addons/rbd/volumegroup.go
+++ b/internal/csi-addons/rbd/volumegroup.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (vs *VolumeGroupServer) CreateVolumeGroup(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	req *volumegroup.CreateVolumeGroupRequest,
 ) (*volumegroup.CreateVolumeGroupResponse, error) {
-	mgr := rbd.NewManager(req.GetParameters(), req.GetSecrets())
+	mgr := rbd.NewManager(vs.csiID, req.GetParameters(), req.GetSecrets())
 	defer mgr.Destroy(ctx)
 
 	// resolve all volumes
@@ -132,8 +132,17 @@ func (vs *VolumeGroupServer) CreateVolumeGroup(
 
 	log.DebugLog(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("all %d Volumes have been added to for VolumeGroup %q", len(volumes), req.GetName()))
 
+	csiVG, err := vg.ToCSI(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(
+			codes.Internal,
+			"failed to convert volume group %q to CSI type: %s",
+			req.GetName(),
+			err.Error())
+	}
+
 	return &volumegroup.CreateVolumeGroupResponse{
-		VolumeGroup: vg.ToCSI(ctx),
+		VolumeGroup: csiVG,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -159,7 +168,7 @@ func (vs *VolumeGroupServer) DeleteVolumeGroup(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	req *volumegroup.DeleteVolumeGroupRequest,
 ) (*volumegroup.DeleteVolumeGroupResponse, error) {
-	mgr := rbd.NewManager(nil, req.GetSecrets())
+	mgr := rbd.NewManager(vs.csiID, nil, req.GetSecrets())
 	defer mgr.Destroy(ctx)
 
 	// resolve the volume group
diff --git a/internal/rbd/manager.go b/internal/rbd/manager.go
index cf63381d1580..b5e8ebbd65d1 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/manager.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/manager.go
@@ -18,25 +18,31 @@ package rbd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 
-	group "github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/rbd_group"
+	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/journal"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/rbd/types"
+	group "github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/rbd_group"
 	"github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/internal/util"
 )
 
 var _ types.Manager = &rbdManager{}
 
 type rbdManager struct {
+	csiID      string
 	parameters map[string]string
 	secrets    map[string]string
 
-	creds *util.Credentials
+	creds     *util.Credentials
+	vgJournal journal.VolumeGroupJournal
 }
 
 // NewManager returns a new manager for handling Volume and Volume Group
 // operations, combining the requests for RBD and the journalling in RADOS.
-func NewManager(parameters, secrets map[string]string) types.Manager {
+func NewManager(csiID string, parameters, secrets map[string]string) types.Manager {
 	return &rbdManager{
+		csiID:      csiID,
 		parameters: parameters,
 		secrets:    secrets,
 	}
@@ -47,41 +53,163 @@ func (mgr *rbdManager) Destroy(ctx context.Context) {
 		mgr.creds.DeleteCredentials()
 		mgr.creds = nil
 	}
+
+	if mgr.vgJournal != nil {
+		mgr.vgJournal.Destroy()
+		mgr.vgJournal = nil
+	}
 }
 
-// connect sets up credentials and connects to the journal.
-func (mgr *rbdManager) connect() error {
-	if mgr.creds == nil {
-		creds, err := util.NewUserCredentials(mgr.secrets)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+// getCredentials sets up credentials and connects to the journal.
+func (mgr *rbdManager) getCredentials() (*util.Credentials, error) {
+	if mgr.creds != nil {
+		return mgr.creds, nil
+	}
 
-		mgr.creds = creds
+	creds, err := util.NewUserCredentials(mgr.secrets)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get credentials: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	mgr.creds = creds
+
+	return creds, nil
 }
 
-func (mgr *rbdManager) GetVolumeByID(ctx context.Context, id string) (types.Volume, error) {
-	if err := mgr.connect(); err != nil {
+func (mgr *rbdManager) getVolumeGroupJournal(clusterID string) (journal.VolumeGroupJournal, error) {
+	if mgr.vgJournal != nil {
+		return mgr.vgJournal, nil
+	}
+
+	creds, err := mgr.getCredentials()
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	volume, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, id, mgr.creds, mgr.secrets)
+	monitors, err := util.Mons(util.CsiConfigFile, clusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find MONs for cluster %q: %w", clusterID, err)
+	}
+
+	ns, err := util.GetRadosNamespace(util.CsiConfigFile, clusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find the RADOS namespace for cluster %q: %w", clusterID, err)
+	}
+
+	vgJournalConfig := journal.NewCSIVolumeGroupJournalWithNamespace(mgr.csiID, ns)
+
+	vgJournal, err := vgJournalConfig.Connect(monitors, ns, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to journal: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	mgr.vgJournal = vgJournal
+
+	return vgJournal, nil
+}
+
+func (mgr *rbdManager) GetVolumeByID(ctx context.Context, id string) (types.Volume, error) {
+	creds, err := mgr.getCredentials()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	volume, err := GenVolFromVolID(ctx, id, creds, mgr.secrets)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get volume from id %q: %w", id, err)
+	}
+
 	return volume, nil
 }
 
 func (mgr *rbdManager) GetVolumeGroupByID(ctx context.Context, id string) (types.VolumeGroup, error) {
-	return group.GetVolumeGroup(ctx, id, mgr.secrets)
+	vi := &util.CSIIdentifier{}
+	if err := vi.DecomposeCSIID(id); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse volume group id %q: %w", id, err)
+	}
+
+	vgJournal, err := mgr.getVolumeGroupJournal(vi.ClusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	creds, err := mgr.getCredentials()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	vg, err := group.GetVolumeGroup(ctx, id, vgJournal, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get volume group with id %q: %w", id, err)
+	}
+
+	return vg, nil
 }
 
 func (mgr *rbdManager) CreateVolumeGroup(ctx context.Context, name string) (types.VolumeGroup, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+	creds, err := mgr.getCredentials()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	clusterID, err := util.GetClusterID(mgr.parameters)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster-id: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	vgJournal, err := mgr.getVolumeGroupJournal(clusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// pool is a required parameter
+	pool, ok := mgr.parameters["pool"]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("required 'pool' parameter missing in volume attributes")
+	}
+
+	// journalPool is an optional parameter, use pool if it is not set
+	journalPool, ok := mgr.parameters["journalPool"]
+	if !ok {
+		journalPool = pool
+	}
+
+	// volumeNamePrefix is an optional parameter, can be an empty string
+	prefix := mgr.parameters["volumeNamePrefix"]
+
+	uuid, vgName, err := vgJournal.ReserveName(ctx, journalPool, name, prefix)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to reserve volume group for name %q: %w", name, err)
+	}
+
+	monitors, err := util.Mons(util.CsiConfigFile, clusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find MONs for cluster %q: %w", clusterID, err)
+	}
+
+	_ /*journalPoolID*/, poolID, err := util.GetPoolIDs(ctx, monitors, journalPool, pool, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to generate a unique CSI volume group id for %q: %w", vgName, err)
+	}
+
+	csiID, err := util.GenerateVolID(ctx, monitors, creds, poolID, pool, clusterID, uuid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to generate a unique CSI volume group id for %q: %w", vgName, err)
+	}
+
+	vg, err := group.GetVolumeGroup(ctx, csiID, vgJournal, creds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get volume group %q at cluster %q: %w", name, clusterID, err)
+	}
+
+	err = vg.Create(ctx, vgName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create volume group %q: %w", name, err)
+	}
+
+	// TODO: create the volume group in the journal
+
+	return vg, nil
 }
 
 func (mgr *rbdManager) DeleteVolumeGroup(ctx context.Context, vg types.VolumeGroup) error {