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That was my mistake, checking "documents and folders." The iCloud (archive) folders are empty except for the one that contained the VM bundle, which I'll move back to the Documents folder.  I assume the missing documents are on iCloud, the only thing I needed was the VM bundle. And make a second copy for upgrading Fusion and O/S.

Success. The VM bundle was hiding in a folder named iCloud (Archive). I don't know how it wound up there, but I copied it to my external drive and can proceed with updating Fusion and O/S. I wish versions of Fusion were more compatible with O/S versions, the window of compatibility has shrunk. Thank you for your help.

I wonder if I am using the wrong term. There is a small icon in the Virtual Machines folder, and that icon filename is the same as my virtual machine name. That small icon is missing from every virtual machine folder on my HD and external drive. But I can open my virtual machine without problem, so when you say "But if the bundle is missing, then the entire virtual machine is missing," that is not what's happening. The virtual machine is intact, it is that small icon that is missing. I wish I had better words to express what I am saying. There was always a small icon in the folder but now that folder is completely empty. Now that I know that iCloud does not backup the VPC, at least one mystery is solved. So if I shutdown the VPC, but there is no small icon in the virtual machine folder,  how do I copy the entire VPC (sysems, files, everything) to an external drive? Every Fusion document refers to copying the virtual machine by "dragging the virtual machine bundle to a new location".... but there is no bundle icon to drag. Any ideas? I have downloaded Vimalin and can use to copy my VPC today if necessary.