Use the following procedures to apply credentials at the VM-level. Credentials are used to perform application-aware backups of Windows VMs, which is the recommended approach for VMs hosting Microsoft Exchange and SQL simple recovery model applications. For centralized credential procedures, see About credential management.
Note: Application-aware backups cannot be used to protect VMware templates or VMs on non-Windows operating systems.
• To view credentials assigned to VMs
• To create a new credential for a VM
• To apply an existing credential to a VM
• To view or modify a VM credential