Application-consistent backup requirements

Beginning in version 8.82, the VRA can perform application-consistent backups of Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint and Active Directory on Windows VMs in vSphere environments, VMware Tools version 11 or later must be installed on the VMs.

As part of an application-consistent backup, the VRA can truncate SQL Server, Exchange and SharePoint transaction logs on VMs on ESXi 8.0, 7.0, 6.7 and 6.5 hosts.

Application-consistent backups are supported on VMs with hardware version 8 or later.

Note: Application-consistent backups are not supported on Linux VMs.