Hello
Just to clarify, you're operating within these limits / confines
The following limitations exist when you configure a VMware policy to protect SharePoint Server:
- VMware incremental backups of SharePoint Server are not supported with this version of NetBackup.
- SQL Servers cannot be clustered.
- The Application State Capture (ASC) job fails and the databases are not protected if you do any of the following:
- Disable the Virtual Machine quiesce option.
- Select the Exclude data disks option.
Databases are cataloged and protected only if they exist in a configuration that is supported for VMware backups. As long as there are any databases that can be protected, the ASC job continues. If you select databases for backup that exist on supported and on unsupported disks, the ASC job produces a status 1 (partially successful). The ASC job detects these situations and the job details include the result of the backup operation.
SharePoint Server databases are not cataloged and backed up if they exist on the following:
- Raw device mapping (RDMs). Make sure that the SharePoint virtual machine does not use RDM as storage for databases.
- Virtual Machine Disk (vmdk) volumes that are marked as independent. Make sure that the SharePoint databases are not stored on independent disks.
- Mount point volumes.
- Virtual hard disks (VHDs). If NetBackup detects any database objects on a VHD, the ASC job fails and no SharePoint content is cataloged. This exclusion includes any objects that do not exist on the VHD.
- Any components that reside on a physical machine are not backed up with the VMware backup
- The ASC job detects an excluded Windows boot disk and treats it like an independent disk. The VMware backup cannot exclude for any reason the disk on which NetBackup is installed. For example, do not select the Exclude boot disk option if NetBackup is installed on the boot drive (typically C:).