# Snapshot with SAN storage

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/snapshot-with-san-storage/12409>\
**Category:** Operations\
**Created:** [September 10, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/snapshot-with-san-storage/12409 "2024-09-10T08:17:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DeadByN0thing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DeadByN0thing](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/DeadByN0thing)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/snapshot-with-san-storage/12409/1 "2024-09-10T08:17:38Z")

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Hi,  
I have a customer with FC SAN storage and they do snapshots on the VMs running on this storage. They want to use OpenNebula but according to the docs this is not a capability of the storage mode with OpenNeubla.  
Is there any solution to this or any changes planned for the future?

Best regards,  
Omer

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**Author:** ![jorel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/jorel/32/6552_2.png) [@jorel](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/jorel)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/snapshot-with-san-storage/12409/2 "2024-09-10T17:56:20Z")

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Yes, with SAN datastore snapshots are not supported,

[https://docs.opennebula.io/6.8/open\_cluster\_deployment/storage\_setup/overview.html#system-datastores](https://docs.opennebula.io/6.8/open_cluster_deployment/storage_setup/overview.html#system-datastores)

At the moment there is no plan improving this.

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**Author:** ![DeadByN0thing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DeadByN0thing](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/DeadByN0thing)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/snapshot-with-san-storage/12409/3 "2024-09-11T07:36:56Z")

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Thank you for your reply.  
Is there any workarounds to still have this feature?

Best regards,  
Omer