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Feature Request: Pause SmartGuard 1. The general need for pausing SmartGuard When I run long, unattended operations inside a VM (such as cumulative Windows updates), I want a way to temporarily pause SmartGuard snapshot creation for the current VM, so that Parallels does not initiate a...

Per the title, it seems all of my VM's have a backup tab in the properties dialog - except for MacOS based VM's Seems like an omission, but if this is an intentional omission it might be better to have the tab present with an explanation

This feature request is based on the discussion of: https://forum.parallels.com/threads/transfer-windows-10-11-vm-from-one-m1-to-another-m1-possible.355915/ Currently backing/copying Windows 11 with TPM (which Windows 11 install is mandatory for Mac M1 or later) without using iCloud (where many...

I need a backup program that is able to recover single files from inside a backup of my Windows 10 VM. Currently, I use "Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office" on Mac to backup my Mac. But such a backup is not able to "see" the contents of the VM backup. Does anyone know a backup program for Mac...

Hi all, I have tried to search for my problem on the forum but couldn't find a matching thread, maybe because the search term with the number is too short. So, I have a problem with two virtual machines I use. One is Windows XP and the other is my Windows 7. I need both to run older software...

I would like to convert a Windows 2016 server to a virtual machine. I inherited this desktop server and I would prefer not to risk installing or do anything directly on the server. Is there a way to create a Parallels VM from the windows 2016 bare-metal and or full backups windows server...

I recently tried to clean up my venerable old Windows 7 pvm but found that many of the uninstall files required were just not there or not functional any more. So I decided to create a nice fresh install of 7, and then added only 4 or 5 extra programs that I needed. Several weeks later, on...

I just recently discovered the option to have the VM disk image split into 2 GB blocks. If I do that and tell Time Machine to back up the PVM, will it only copy the blocks that have changed? Then if my system disk fails and I restore it onto a new disk with Time Machine, will the PVM be...

Hello, I currently use parallels desktop 14 to run Windows 10 on my Mac. It works pretty well except when I need to use more of my system resources in windows. So I've decided I need to go back to bootcamp... I'm hoping there is some way to back up the Windows 10 I currently have in...

Both from backup, and internal storage optimization points of view, it will make lots of sense to create snapshots on external media: Have the VM itself on the Macs internal disk, and once the external backup disk is connected, create a snapshot and store on the external disk. Just like...

Hi, I have a Wordpress site on Plesk using DropBox to do the backup daily. The host firm upgraded the server and for some unknown reasons now my database is gone! When I tried to restore the backup this happened: Failed to Execute: \'/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskrestore\' --restore...

I'm using Parallels 13.2 Mac Pro Edition to run Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro. Acronis (Windows) backs up the Windows installation to a NAS, which gives me a way to retrieve files and restore the Windows install of the VM. I'd like to back up the .pvm file so that, in the event of a catastrophic...

I am not sure if this post belong in this forum or the Windows Guest Forum, so if it is in the wrong place I would appreciate it if one of the moderators would move it. I was going through some of the general settings for my Windows VM when I noticed the Acronis software offer for backing up...

Hi, Just curious, would copy paste the .pvm file into external drive is alternative to backing up my Windows system? For example, just in case something goes wrong to my current System, i just overwrite my current pvm with my backup pvm, and all will back to my previous clean settings? Thanks.

Currently SmartGuard's automatic snapshot process initiates on its own schedule which is not under user control. Sometimes, when the user is in the middle of deleting one or more snapshots via the "Manage Snapshots" dialog, the SmartGuard process will initiate. If the snapshot currently being...