How to Create an Empty Folder for VAO Templates?

In this post, we are going to look on how to create an empty folder for VAO Template to re-protect VM.

When you want to create a backup job for VAO Template, you cannot select Host, Cluster or VM. You should point to an empty folder.

To do so, follow this steps:

1. Access to vcenter console
2. On the Host, right click select New Folder | New VM and Template Folder. Name it "Empty for VAO'

3. Return to Veeam Backup Console, create a new job with description put [VAO TEMPLATE].

4. Navigate to VM & Templates object & select "Empty for VAO" folder

5. Final result your job should consist only Empty Folder with the size 0.

That should do the trick! Complete the wizard to create a VAO Template to reprotect your VM.