NVP vProxy: SQL Server 2022 App Consistent Backups Not Starting

• The NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) solution is configured to protect a Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machine (VM).
• The VM contains SQL Server 2022.
• The workflow configured to protect the VM has "App Consistency" enabled, which is intended to perform an MSVMAPPAGENT (SQL consistent) backup of the VM.
• After the backup workflow starts, no backup session is established for the SQL VM. No VM snapshot is created in VMware.
• There are no errors in the VM backup session log or the "C:\Program Files\DPSAPPS\MSVMAPPAGENT\logs" on the VM. The MSVMAPPAGENT folder may not even be created on the VM.
• Standard image backups (not app consistent) succeed for the same VM.

App Consistent for SQL Server 2022 is not supported by the vProxy solution. See note 58266 in the NetWorker Compatibility matrix: https://elabnavigator.dell.com/eln/modernHomeAutomatedTiles?page=NetWorker

To perform SQL backups on the VM, install the NetWorker client and NetWorker Module for Microsoft software. |

The NetWorker client installation packages and documentation can be obtained through the NetWorker products page: 
https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/product/networker/drivers

The NetWorker Module for Microsoft installation packages and documentation can be obtained through: 
https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/product/networker-module-for-microsoft/overview