Excluding VMs from Backup

VMs are automatically excluded from backup with Agentless VMware Backup in the following cases:

• VMs are members of a cluster.

• VMs are running a virtual hardware release earlier than 7. These early versions do not support Change Block Tracking.

• If you install Catalgogic DPX in a VM for application aware protection, you can set the Agentless VMware Backup to skip that VM. See Backing Up VMware VMs.

• VMs with all VMDKs in an unsupported format such as physical compatibility VMDKs and independent disks. If the VM also has supported disks, they are backed up, and the unsupported disks are excluded. The VM is completely excluded from backup only if all the disks are unsupported.

Excluded VMs can be backed up with Block backup if Catalogic DPX is installed on the VM.

When VMs and VMDKs are excluded from the backup, the reported backup job status depends on the backup job option Report Job Failed if VM Is Skipped.