If you need to run a script to stop a service in order to get an application-consistent backup on a Windows server, where can the script be run?

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In the guest processing setting of the job, enable application-aware processing and add a prefreeze script to the VM

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Configure the script to run on the Veeam Backup & Replication server using the Windows Task Scheduler

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Copy the script to the VM and schedule the script to run prior to the start of the backup job using the Windows Task Scheduler in the VM

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In the virtual machines setting of the job, add a script in the scripts tab under “Run the following script before the job:”

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