On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 23:55 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > Is it possible to backup an entire VMware virtual machine? I do this all the time. Just tar up all the files in the VM's directory. It's a good idea to make sure that the VM is not currently open. I even moved a VM from my old work computer to the new one this way -- no problems at all. You could also clone the VM, but a cloned VM is not *exactly* the same as the original. (Vista will, for example, want to phone home for a fresh activation.)
