Sun Microsystems 3.0.0 user manual VBoxManage registervm / unregistervm, Uuid

8 VBoxManage reference

$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows XP"

VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.0

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Name:	Windows XP
Guest OS:	Other/Unknown
UUID:	1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7
Config file:	/home/username/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows XP/Windows XP.xml
Memory size:	128MB
VRAM size:	8MB
Boot menu mode:	message and menu
ACPI:	on
IOAPIC:	off
Hardw. virt.ext:	off
State:	powered off
Floppy:	empty
DVD:	empty
NIC 1:	disabled
NIC 2:	disabled
NIC 3:	disabled
NIC 4:	disabled
Audio:	disabled (Driver: Unknown)
VRDP:	disabled
USB:	disabled

USB Device Filters: <none>

Shared folders: <none>

8.3 VBoxManage registervm / unregistervm

The registervm command allows you to import a virtual machine definition in an XML file into VirtualBox. There are some restrictions here: the machine must not conflict with one already registered in VirtualBox and it may not have any hard or removable disks attached. It is advisable to place the definition file in the machines folder before registering it.

Note: When creating a new virtual machine with VBoxManage createvm (see below), you can directly specify the --register option to avoid having to register it separately.

The unregistervm command unregisters a virtual machine. If --delete is also specified then the XML definition file will be deleted.

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