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Which are the essential files for backing up a VM?

Hi,

I have a VM that has a Virtual disk and two Mapped Raw LUNS. When I try and make a copy of this VM's folder it takes all night and then my VI client times out.

The copy on my drive is over 600Gb as it seems to be making a copy of the entire allocated space on the mapped LUNS?

I have attached two images. VM_Screenshot_01 shows the datastore browser for this VM and VM_Screenshot_02 shows the copy I have on my drive.

Which files do I need to backup if I want to make a copy of this VM and which would I need to move to another Host if I wanted to migrate the VM to another physical host?

thanks.

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