Consequences of including Windows.pvm file?

i had an issue with my parallels virtual installation on my MBP and realize I was excluding the .pvm file from my backups which I would like to start /including/.
is there some issue with the fact that this is a 40 or 50 GB single file as it relates to doing incremental backups? i mean, i guess i am asking if this is going to take up a very large amount of space very fast for some reason.
there was some suggestion on the parallels boards to set parallels to store the data as a set of 2GB files which might cut down on the size incremental backups take up but I don't want to do anything unless i absolutely have to.
can i back up this file without huge increases in the amount of space it takes up??
TIA

OK. Thank you.
Can I just ask here if anyone knows if this is pretty straighforward in Parallels? I mean, I guess there is some Option that tells the software to store the data in 2GB pieces and that this does not have any consequences or deleterious effects...
Thanks!

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