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The guide currently describes how to backup content, but for some use-cases it may be useful to also describe how to backup (and restore) the Docker Desktop VM as a whole;
- Describe the location of the VM disk on each platform
- Describe steps to back-up the VM (on macOS this can also mention "include VM in time machine backups")
- Backing up the VM may require docker desktop to be stopped while making the backup
- On Windows with WSL 2, this can mention how to backup the drive for the distribution;
Backup WSL Linux distributions:
If you are using any WSL2 linux distributions, back them up and restore later following the instructions here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq#how-can-i-back-up-my-wsl-distributions-
Backup Docker containers/images:
Backup docker_data.vhdx file. Default location is %LOCALAPPDATA%/Docker/wsl/disk/docker_data.vhdx. Later restore it to the same location if needed.
Location
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/settings-and-maintenance/backup-and-restore/
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