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  1. Feb 2023
    1. . To start a VM, right-click the VM in the list and select Star

      There's a multiselect option to starting VMs in troubleshooting mode. We should add something like: "You also can select multiple VMs using ctrl and right-click on them to start"

    1. In the Arguments field, specify an IP address of the verified VM and the port that you want to probe (if the selected test probes the port). You can use the %vm_ip% variable to define the VM IP address or the %vm_fqdn% variable to define the VM FQDN.

      Add after that a note: IMPORTANT

      Do not pass sensitive information using script arguments in a user interface.

    1. eeam Backup & Replication updates configuration files for VMs that must be started in the isolated network.

      Add another step after this one "Disabling firewall" Text - if a verified VM has "Disable firewall" option selected, it is reconfigured to apply the changes

    1. In the Arguments field, specify an IP address of the verified VM and the port that you want to probe (if the selected test probes the port). You can use the %vm_ip% variable to define the VM IP address or the %vm_fqdn% variable to define the VM fully qualified domain name.

      Add a note here: IMPORTANT

      Do not pass sensitive information using script arguments in a user interface.

    2. Automatically disable Windows Firewall. If you select this option, Veeam Backup & Replication will disable Windows Firewall for the the verified VM.

      Add a note here, that new AppGroups have "Disable firewall" turned on by default

    1. For the Microsoft Windows authentication mode, you can specify credentials for the account on the Credentials tab in the application group or SureBackup job settings.For the SQL Server authentication mode, you must pass credentials of the account as arguments to the script. You can do it using the command line interface, the UI or the .bat file.ImportantWe recommend to use the .bat file to pass credentials and for the script execution.To pass credentials using the .bat file:Create a .bat file. It must contain a path to the Microsoft SQL Checker Script, arguments for the %log_path% and the %vm_ip%, a username and a password. For example:cscript "C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\Veeam.Backup.SqlChecker.vbs" %1 %2 username passwordIn the application group or SureBackup job settings, select to use a custom script.Specify a path to the .bat file.Provide the %log_path% and the %vm_ip% in the Arguments field.

      This page should be similar to https://helpcenter.veeam.com/archive/backup/110/vsphere/custom_verification_scripts.html We MUST recommend to NOT pass sensitive info via UI in that way