
1First steps
1.10Deleting virtual machines
To remove a virtual machine which you no longer need,
The “Delete” menu item is disabled while a machine is in “Saved” state. To delete such a machine, discard the saved state first by pressing on the “Discard” button.
However, any hard disk images attached to the machine will be kept; you can delete those separately using the Virtual Disk Manager; see chapter 5.3, The Virtual Media Manager, page 80.
You cannot delete a machine which has snapshots or is in a saved state, so you must discard these first.
1.11 Importing and exporting virtual machines
Starting with version 2.2, VirtualBox can import and export virtual machines in the
OVF is a
Note: The OVF standard is complex, and support in VirtualBox is an ongoing process. In particular, no guarantee is made that VirtualBox supports all appli- ances created by other virtualization software. For a list of know limitations, please see chapter 13, Known limitations, page 237.
An appliance in OVF format will typically consist of several files:
1.one or several disk images, typically in the
2.a textual description file in an XML dialect with an .ovf extension.
These files must reside in the same directory for VirtualBox to be able to import them.
A future version of VirtualBox will also support packages that include the OVF XML file and the disk images packed together in a single archive.
To import an appliance in OVF format, select “File”
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