TM backup should exclude Fusion/Windows?

[violetcrumble]

In the tutorial Booting Windows on the Mac, there's this note: If using time machine it should be set to NOT backup the Windows file created by Parallels Desktop or VM Ware Fusion.

I know how to exclude a file, but where is this file? And does this mean exclude Fusion altogether or the Windows file only?

Thanks for any help.

 

[pdjudd]

In the tutorial Booting Windows on the Mac, there's this note: If using time machine it should be set to NOT backup the Windows file created by Parallels Desktop or VM Ware Fusion.

I know how to exclude a file, but where is this file? And does this mean exclude Fusion altogether or the Windows file only?

Thanks for any help.

They are talking about the entire VM image.

 

[throAU]

Exclude any file with the extension

.vmdk

These files are your virtual disk images.

Or alternatively just exclude your VMware virtual machines folder (which is what i do, but my mac is at home and i can't remember the exact folder path).

If you don't, time machine and/or versions will be attempting to create snapshots of all your VMDK files (virtual disks) and these are BIG files.


edit:
don't use parallels, so can't help there, but the theory is the same. exclude the folder containing your VMs...

 

[tootall]

Exclude ~/Documents/Parallels

Otherwise you will have huge (incremental) backups every time you use Parallels

 

[AppleDApp]

why do you need to exclude the VM Ware?