Information Parallels Desktop virtual machines are very similar to real computers, therefore they are vulnerable to the same threats as real computers: hard disk corruption, data loss, power outage. We recommend creating virtual machine backups on a regular basis to keep your work and data safe. When should I backup my virtual machine?
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We strongly recommend to backup your virtual machine before performing the following operations:. Compressing virtual hard disk. Expanding / resizing virtual hard disk. Reinstalling / upgrading macOS.
Upgrading Windows (guest OS) What are backup options?. Manual backup. You may simply back up the entire virtual machine by copying its.pvm file (it contains the whole virtual machine) to another place on your Macintosh HD or to an external hard drive. If you run your virtual machine from the external drive, the backup of the virtual machine should be put to a different external hard drive.
To find your virtual machine's pvm file, follow the instructions below:. Built-in macOS Time Machine. Please check this to know how to do backups using Time Machine. Parallels provides Parallels Desktop 12 users with Acronis Online Backup utility for free for 1 year. It is an online backup tool for Windows. Acronis Online Backup allows you to back up your Windows data up to 500 GB with full security and protection.
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NOTE: Our general recommendation for any backup method is to keep the virtual machine Shut Down during this process. How to protect Guest OS from corruption? A snapshot is a saved state of the guest OS.