# Specifying Credentials for Agent-Based Application Backups

The credentials that you specify for agent-based application backups at the instance, subclient, or virtual machine level are used to install application plug-ins and to perform backups of virtual machines and application data.

Note

If application credentials are different from the credentials that were specified to access the virtual machine, the application backup fails.

You can enter guest credentials to enable access to VMs at different levels. Credentials are chosen based on the following priority:

1. Individual virtual machines

2. VSA subclient

3. Hypervisor virtualization client instance level

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