Time Machine on the Mac

Just a "for the record" statement.
 Time Machine does not backup VM’s well.   I learnt that the
hard way.  Bill told me this is well discussed on the Mac blogs, but
I dont read them.  Lots of people moving to Macs that use the most
excellent VMWare fustion – just be aware of this guys…..

April 10, 2008 · Filed under Mac

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  1. Bruce Said,

    April 10, 2008 @ 11:54 pm

    Paul,

    The VMDK doesn’t even get backed up in it’s entirety? My Parallels one does as I saw it on my Time Capsule.

  2. Paul Mooney Said,

    April 11, 2008 @ 5:20 am

    I “see” the VM in mine aswell – but it doesnt work when I restore and test – maybe you should try restoring it and post the results?

  3. Ian White Said,

    April 14, 2008 @ 10:33 am

    Doesn’t work well,

    Restoring from backup is sort of boolean it either does or does not

    I await the results of testing with more than passing interest (you never know I might get round to testing it myself)

    Ian

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