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Instead, I’ll show you my process of building the backup script that works for me. You should always adjust the tools and the workflow to your needs. I know nothing about your needs, your files, limitations of your network, budget, and other things that could have an impact on the backup workflow. I’m not going to give you a ready-to-use script or working solution. Even though the article is specific for macOS and Backblaze B2, you can use some techniques for creating a similar script for Linux systems.

#BACKBLAZE RESTORE ENTIRE DISK HOW TO#

Since it's a standard Mac folder, Backblaze can back up the data in it just like it was standard Mac data.In this article, I would like to show you how to prepare the script that will back up your important files to the cloud storage using a tool called restic. In this method, a folder located on your Mac is shared with your VM, so you can save files to it.

Most VMs are package files, so you will need to explore the contents to make sure you've adjusted the exclusions appropriately.

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If your VM software supports it, splitting virtual hard disk drives in to 1 to 5 GB chunks may speed up backups.

Furthermore, backup intervals can be greater, due to the large amount of changing data. It can mean a lot more bandwidth and disk activity, even with small changes within the VM. Whenever that large file changes, it'll need to be copied in chunks to Backblaze's temporary directory, each chunk will be checksummed, and the changed chunks transmitted.

Since VMs tend to use single large files, Backblaze will have to spend a lot of time backing up.

To restore a single Windows file, you'd have to restore your *entire* VM which can be a lot more data than necessary. You won't be able to browse the Windows file/folder structure when restoring data from Backblaze.

The backup will be of the actual virtual machine files.

Backups will occur even if the VM is not running.

You'll want to remove any "file type" exclusions that affect your VM (you can safely clear the entire list of file type exclusions if you don't know precisely what your VM uses).

In this method, modify your Backblaze exclusions to allow the appropriate file types and file sizes for your VM to back up as files from your Mac.

Restoring to previous snapshots within your VM will disrupt the Backblaze backup.

Shared files with the Mac will not be backed up as it's treated like a Network Location which Backblaze does not support.

Backups of the Windows side of things only occur when the VM is open and Windows is running.

#BACKBLAZE RESTORE ENTIRE DISK LICENSE#

You will need to purchase an additional Backblaze license for this backup because in essence this is a different "computer".Backups are only the actual individual files in your VM.When restoring files, you can browse the actual Windows file/folder structure and choose what to restore.You end up with a separate backup for your Windows VM from your Mac's backup.Backblaze will run just like it's installed on a real Windows PC, and back up the data with normal Backblaze exclusions and settings.

#BACKBLAZE RESTORE ENTIRE DISK INSTALL#

In this method, start up your VM and install Backblaze directly on Windows that's running in your VM.

Install from within the VM (applies to Windows VMs only): Back up the VM files as they exist on your Mac's hard drive.Install from within the VM (applies to Windows VMs only).There are three ways you can back up data from a virtual machine: A Mac's Boot Camp partition can not be backed up using these methods. This information applies primarily to VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop, but will also apply to VirtualBox and other virtualization software titles. If you use virtual machines (VMs) on your Mac, Backblaze can back them up, but there's some things you should know.

How can I back up Virtual Machines such as Parallels or VMware Fusion?