vboxmanage some useful commands

vboxmanage showvminfo pi01

vboxmanage list

Usage:

VBoxManage list [--long|-l] vms|runningvms|ostypes|hostdvds|hostfloppies|

                            bridgedifs|hostonlyifs|dhcpservers|hostinfo|

                            hostcpuids|hddbackends|hdds|dvds|floppies|

                            usbhost|usbfilters|systemproperties|extpacks

/u01/orace/VM/vboxmanage showhdinfo pi01.vdi

UUID:                 307e2889-7fd3-424b-9187-30260f2a3973

Accessible:           yes

Logical size:         32768 MBytes

Current size on disk: 4330 MBytes

Type:                 normal (base)

Storage format:       VDI

Format variant:       dynamic default

In use by VMs:        pi01 (UUID: 05847e2d-4797-4e1d-ab7f-5cb3cb177698)

/u01/oracle/VM/vboxmanage clonehd pi01.vdi dns-an.vdi

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Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID: da5a37f5-a411-4a9a-8b66-4ef36ff93e55

VBoxManage createhd --filename asm1.vdi --size 8196 --format VDI --variant Fixed

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Disk image created. UUID: f6272fd8-c650-408a-965b-0d57c8c5fc
VBoxManage storageattach pi01 --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm1.vdi --mtype shareable

VBoxManage modifyhd asm1.vdi --type shareable
VBoxManage showhdinfo asm1.vdi

UUID:                 f6272fd8-c650-408a-965b-0d57c8c5fcb7
Accessible:           yes
Logical size:         8196 MBytes
Current size on disk: 8196 MBytes
Type:                 shareable
Storage format:       VDI
Format variant:       fixed default
In use by VMs:        pi01 (UUID: 05847e2d-4797-4e1d-ab7f-5cb3cb177698)
Location:             /Users/ashleynguyen/VirtualBox VMs/pi01/asm1.vdi