Backup this simple?

[GNice]

If I make a copy of my Windows VM (.vmwarevm file) on my external HD is that sufficient to back up my VM. i.e. - I could just move that file back to my "Virtual Machines" folder if necessary and go from there?

[MandarMS]

yes, so that you can use your virtual machine from backup

[admin]

Yep, with the caveat that this doesn't work for Boot Camp virtual machines (since the data's actually in the Boot Camp partition, not the vmdk).

[vmwaredude1]

I am not sure, perhaps you folks can correct me. If the user copies the data to NTFS or FAT file system, wont that messup the vmdk file ?

[admin]

If the user copies the data to NTFS or FAT file system, wont that messup the vmdk file ?

NTFS shouldn't have a limit, except that OS X can't write to NTFS by default. FAT has a 4GB file limit (and will corrupt a virtual disk if it's larger), but this is a general limitation, not specific to Fusion. You can get around the 4GB limit by using a split disk, which slices the virtual disk up into 2GB chunks, but this isn't as simple as clicking a button.