Limitations of VMware application backups
Databases are cataloged and protected only for the configurations that are supported for VMware backups. Make sure to store databases and transaction logs on supported storage.
VMware application backups do not support the following policy options and configurations:
Consistency checks of the Exchange Server.
Dismounted databases.
SQL Server databases are not cataloged and backed up if they exist on the following:
Any virtual machines that use raw device mapping (RDM).
Virtual Machine Disk (vmdk) volumes that are marked as independent.
Virtual hard disks (VHDs).
RAID volumes.
ReFS file systems.
An excluded Windows boot disk.