To create a new credential for a VM

1        Select the ESX server in the Navigation pane and click Backup.

2        On the 1-Time Backup or Schedule Backup tab, VMs display in the Select Items list. To refresh the list, click the Reload icon in the bottom right.

3        Click the Credential icon to the right of the desired VM.

4        In the Set Credentials for the listed Items window, click New Credential and enter the following:

     Credential Name – Name associated with the credential. This is optional.

     Administrative Username – User must have local system administrator privileges or domain administrator privileges.

     Password – Password associated with the username you supplied.

     Confirm Password – Enter the password again to confirm.

     Domain – Name of the Windows domain associated with this credential. This is optional.

     Set as Default – Check this box to set the credential as default for the system. This is optional.

     Application-aware VM image processing – Check this box to enable application-aware backups. Recommended for VMs hosting Exchange and SQL simple recovery model applications.

5        Click Create and Set Credential.

The credential is created and applied to the selected VM.

     If you checked Application-aware VM image processing, a yellow light bulb displays and the credential will be used for backups and restores.

     If you did not check Application-aware VM image processing, a dark gray light bulb displays, indicating the credential has not been enabled for backups and restores.