diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/dellemc_xtremio_iscsi.pp b/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/dellemc_xtremio_iscsi.pp
index e456c190d..7d7c48f7b 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/dellemc_xtremio_iscsi.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/dellemc_xtremio_iscsi.pp
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::dellemc_xtremio_iscsi (
 ) {
   include tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume
 
+
+  warning('The dellemc_xtremio_iscsi class will be removed in V-Release, please use the dellemc_xtremio resource instead.')
+
   if $step >= 4 {
     cinder::backend::dellemc_xtremio_iscsi { $backend_name :
       backend_availability_zone         => hiera('cinder::backend::dellemc_xtremio_iscsi::backend_availability_zone', undef),
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/xtremio_old_driver_deprecation_3368457faab68824.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/xtremio_old_driver_deprecation_3368457faab68824.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e7a478f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/xtremio_old_driver_deprecation_3368457faab68824.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - Resource tripleo::profile::base::cinder::volume::dellemc_xtremio_iscsi
+    will be removed in V-Release.