With Parallels, VMWare Fusion, VirtualBox, and other applications that run the Windows platform (and other OSes) in a virtualized environment, all of the files, programs, etc., in that environment are stored in a single hard drive file that resides on your Mac.
For Parallels, a “.pvm” file is created when you install a new operating system. By default, these files are stored in your Documents > Parallels folder in your user account. If you haven’t changed any of the Time Machine settings, then Time Machine will automatically back up this location whenever a backup is started.
Parallels’ self-contained “.pvm” file that contains the data associated with your virtual machine can be found in Documents > Parallels.
For safekeeping, however, you can also create another backup of these files by following these steps to ensure a clean backup is created:
1. Shut down your Parallels OSes.
2. Close Parallels.
3. Copy the .pvm files from the Documents > Parallels folder onto an external drive.
Since the virtual machines (and all associated files) are self-contained, you can simply copy back the .pvm and open it in Parallels to run it without issue, should you run into a situation in the future where you need to restore your machine.
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