Will a VM backup of a SQL Server work for restoring the SQL database I am wondering if a VM backup will restore a SQL database with out integrity issues....  Ie…    we backup SQL nightly and keep 3 copies, we backup with VM and keep 14 copies....  if we had to restore day 10 from VM would we have any integrity issues, I know we could not do log recovery, but that point in time would be better than nothing.  We have completed a test restore and it seemed to work, but I would like the experts answers also.   Thanks
I am wondering if a VM backup will restore a SQL database with out integrity issues


Maybe. If you have databases that span local volumes, then your VM backup must be "app consistent" by either using the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), or by ensuring write-ordering across the VM's volumes.

If you're not 100.000% sure of this, you can't rely on VM backups for database recovery.  You can always start with a VM backup and restore your SQL Server backups on it for a more robust recovery solution.