FC SAN cluster in proxmox

The official docs:
It is possible to use LVM on top of an iSCSI or FC-based storage. That way you get a shared LVM storage
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage
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And the specific documentation for LVM: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage:_LVM

Please note LVM, NOT Lvm/thin, they are not the same. LVM/thin doesn't work with shared storage like a FC san, LVM works.


Following writeups by storage vendor blockbridges @bbgeek17 is a little bit more detailed:
https://kb.blockbridge.com/technote/proxmox-lvm-shared-storage/

Following piece covers the new (still technology preview) support for snapshots and the caveats envolved:
https://kb.blockbridge.com/technote/proxmox-qcow-snapshots-on-lvm/index.html
 
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Hi @nbani,
@floh8 is correct. You can present the FC storage to all nodes in the cluster, configure the Multipath, and then layer the LVM that PVE can operate on as Storage Pool.

The reason the FC is not called out in those documents, is because the PVE can create storage pools for the other, listed, storage types to assist the connectivity. For FC you must do the prep work directly in Linux, and only the LVM layer is managed by PVE.
Cheers.

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In addition to the answers to your specific question, seeing you joined a while back but did not post a lot here: for many "is ... supported" questions, it is good to realize that Proxmox runs on top of Debian. Even if Proxmox does not provide a direct interface, if it is supported on Debian, it's available to Proxmox.
 
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