Guest Processing Options

The GuestProcessingOptions element contains the following guest processing options.

Element	Type	Description
VssSnapshotOptions	VssSnapshotOptionsType	Application-aware processing options. For details, see Application-Aware Processing Options.
WindowsCredentialsId	String	ID of guest OS credentials for starting the indexing runtime process in Microsoft Windows OS.
LinuxCredentialsId	String	ID of guest OS credentials for starting the indexing runtime process in Linux OS.

Application-Aware Processing Options

The VssSnapshotOptions element contains the following application-aware processing options.

Element	Type	Description
VssSnapshotMode	String	Mode of application-aware image processing. Possible values: RequireSuccess IgnoreFailures Disabled
IsCopyOnly	Boolean	Defines whether copy-only backups must be created or transaction logs for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL and Oracle VMs must be processed. Possible values: True False
UsePersistentGuestAgent	Boolean	Defines whether to use persistent guest agents on the protected VM for application-aware processing. Possible values: True False The default value is False.

Element

Type

Description

VssSnapshotMode

String

Mode of application-aware image processing. Possible values:

RequireSuccess
IgnoreFailures
Disabled

IsCopyOnly

Boolean

Defines whether copy-only backups must be created or transaction logs for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL and Oracle VMs must be processed. Possible values:

True
False

UsePersistentGuestAgent

Boolean

Defines whether to use persistent guest agents on the protected VM for application-aware processing. Possible values:

True
False

The default value is False.