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VMware Backup Job - Application aware

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Hi team,
I have a vmware backup job with storage snapshots enabled.

The job has around 100 vms managed with tags, and customer wants to enable the "application-aware" for 2 vms (are AD Domain Controllers).

Is valid the following config?
- Disable Application-Aware Processing for "vm tags" (here are included the 2 vms AD Domain Controllers).
- Add the 2 vms AD Domain Controllers with Application-Aware Processing enable.

My doubt is, will this not run application-aware in all the vms and will it run in the ones I add? The added vms have the tags as well.

Thanks,
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Re: VMware Backup Job - Application aware

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Yes, you can remove or define it for specific groups. for example in the guest processing you can SELECT Cluster and deactivate guest processing. Then add the 2 VMs there and define it differently. I think you can work with tags there as well.
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Re: VMware Backup Job - Application aware

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Thanks Andreas! So then if the vm is in the "tags group" with APPA disabled, and also separately with APPA enabled.... which configuration do you keep?
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Re: VMware Backup Job - Application aware

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The smaller (group) object down the tree gets priority.
VM get priority over folder/tags over Cluster
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