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, select a credential from the drop-down list.
5 Check the Application-aware VM image processing box to use this credential for backup and restore operations.
6 Click Set Credential.
The credential is 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.