> Since MS SQL is VSS aware, the MSSQL backup with just SCV has to be app-consistent.
Earlier comment by OntapForum:
> To ensure SQL DB is consistent (hosted inside a VM), there must be a application-aware components such as SCSQL (Which coordinates with MS VSS), inorder to pause & and flush the in-transit/pending IOs to the disk, before the application-aware consistent backup is taken.