SANsymphony Storage Plugin for Proxmox

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Overview

The SANsymphony Custom Storage Plugin enables Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) to use shared iSCSI storage managed by DataCore SANsymphony .

With this plugin, storage can be provisioned and managed directly through:

  • The Proxmox VE web interface (UI)
  • The Proxmox VE command-line interface (CLI)
  • The interactive ssy-plugin wrapper tool

For additional background and advanced storage configuration, refer to the official DataCore SANsymphony Help documentation.

What This Plugin Offers

  • Management of multiple iSCSI sessions with multipath support.
  • Seamless provisioning of shared virtual disks.
  • Logical Volume Manager (LVM) support on top of SANsymphony virtual disks.
  • Compatibility with both the Proxmox UI and CLI.
  • An interactive wrapper CLI tool (ssy-plugin) for simplified management.
  • Automation of PVE iSCSI configuration, iSCSI settings, SCSI disk timeouts, and multipath setup.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions to help you install, configure, and use the SANsymphony Storage plugin in Proxmox VE.

The SANsymphony Custom Storage Plugin 1.0.1 has been validated and tested with Proxmox VE versions 8 and 9.0.3. If you upgrade or install Proxmox VE to a version higher than 9.0.3, you may see the following warning message: "PVE::Storage::Custom::SANsymphonyPlugin is implementing an older storage API; an upgrade is recommended". This warning is informational and does not typically impact the functionality of the plugin.

Prerequisites

Before using the plugin, ensure the following:

  • Ensure that a virtual disk template is available or create one for use with the plugin.
  • If installing the plugin via the .deb package, you must install the below packages.
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apt update
apt install jq 
apt install multipath-tools

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