Is now possible, but you have to do some work up-front.
Previously you would have to have a workstation, standalone server or a separate non-clustered SQL Instance on a clustered SQL Server in order to mount the FlexClone and conduct the automated DBCCCHECKDB and verify the backup.
What you can now do is to specify the path to where the verification is to take place and if that path is a folder (which becomes a mount point) on a clustered LUN you're all good to go. You can use the same process for FlexClone restores and (LUN) copy restores. That last part is for where you have a bunch of LUNs in a single FlexVol and only want to do a restore of the database(s) in one of the LUNs.
What some customers also used to do was to manually "connect" to the snapshot, creating it as a shared LUN then do the verification process manually. That required quite a lot more thought than simply using a non-clustered box.
As always you are best off having SMSQL5.1 and SDW6.3 - Both have recent P releases so check with communities.netapp.com for the current release.
Many thanks to colleague Alan Parker for drawing our attention to that gem.
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