VBoxManage

This entry is filed under Virtualbox and tagged VirtaulBox How to attach a DVD / CD to a running vm, VirtaulBox How to de-attach a DVD / CD from a running vm, VirtaulBox How to find out the VM IP, VirtaulBox How to list available ISO’s, VirtaulBox How to list available VM, VirtaulBox How to list available VM Harddrives, VirtaulBox How to pause VM, VirtaulBox How to poweroff VM (hard poweroff eg. pull the plug), VirtaulBox How to reset VM, VirtaulBox How to resume VM, VirtaulBox How to send poweroff single to VM (tells VM OS to shutdown), Virtaulbox How to Start VM, VirtualBox How to list running VM, VirtualBox How to show the VM Harddrive info.
If you are new to VirtaulBox then the below commands will help you to gather information and control your VM’s :
How to show the VirtualBox VM info
root@server[#] VBoxManage showvminfo vmname
for example
root@server[#] VBoxManage showvminfo vm1
How to show the VM Harddrive info
root@server[#] VBoxManage showhdinfo filename
for example
root@server[#] VBoxManage showhdinfo vm1.vdi
How to list running VM
root@server[#] VBoxManage list runningvms
How to list available VM
root@server[#] VBoxManage list vms
How to list available VM Harddrives
root@server[#] VBoxManage list hdds
How to list available ISO’s
root@server[#] VBoxManage list dvds
How to Control VM
How to Start VM

use nohup command and & to run process in background,
so VM continues to run after exiting console.
root@server[#] nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm vmname &
for example
root@server[#] nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm vm1 &
How to pause VM
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vmname pause
for example
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vm1 pause
How to resume VM
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vmname resume
for example
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vm1 resume
How to reset VM
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vmname reset
for example
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vm1 reset
How to poweroff VM (hard poweroff eg. pull the plug)
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vmname poweroff
for example
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vm1
How to send poweroff single to VM (tells VM OS to shutdown)
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vmname acpipowerbutton
for example
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vm1 acpipowerbutton
How to attach a DVD / CD to a running vm
root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm vmname dvdattach