Allow disabling TM backups via prlctl

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac Feature Suggestions' started by StephenR8, Oct 5, 2017.

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  1. StephenR8

    StephenR8 Junior Member

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    99.9% of my use for Parallels Desktop is to run Vagrant-configured development environments.
    For these VM's, Time Machine backups make zero sense. It would be nice if there was a way set the "Do not backup with Time Machine" flag via the prlctl command (which I would then utilise via .customize[] in Vagrantfiles)
     
    StephenR8, Oct 5, 2017
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  2. alev

    alev Parallels Team

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    Unfortunately there is no API to control Time Machine, so we can't do it.

    One of the ideas for you to consider: Add a folder to TM Exclude list manually and then put all VMs to this folder.
     
    alev, Aug 13, 2019
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