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4.1 KiB
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113 lines
4.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!--
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manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage movevm
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Copyright (C) 2006-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
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This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
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available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the
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License.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
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<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
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%all.entities;
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]>
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<refentry id="vboxmanage-movevm" lang="en">
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<refentryinfo>
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<pubdate>$Date: 2023-01-17 15:15:46 +0100 (Tue, 17 Jan 2023) $</pubdate>
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<title>VBoxManage movevm</title>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-movevm</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>VBoxManage-movevm</refname>
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<refpurpose>move a virtual machine to a new location on the host system</refpurpose>
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<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-movevm">
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<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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<command>VBoxManage movevm</command>
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<group choice="req">
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<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
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</group>
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<arg>--type=basic</arg>
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<arg>--folder=<replaceable>folder-name</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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The <command>VBoxManage movevm</command> command moves a virtual
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machine (VM) to a new location on the host system.
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</para>
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<para>
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When moved, all of the files that are associated with the VM, such
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as settings files and disk image files, are moved to the new
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location. The &product-name; configuration is updated
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automatically.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or name
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of the VM to move.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--type=basic</option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Specifies the type of the move operation. So far
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<literal>basic</literal> is the only recognized value and also
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the default if not specified.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--folder=<replaceable>folder-name</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Specifies a full path name or relative path name of the new
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location on the host file system. Not specifying the option
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or specifying the current location is allowed, and moves
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disk images and other parts of the VM to this location if
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they are currently in other locations.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
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<para>
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The following command moves the <filename>ol7</filename> VM to a
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new location on the host system.
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</para>
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<screen>$ VBoxManage movevm ol7 --folder "/home/testuser/vms" --type basic
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0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
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Machine has been successfully moved into /home/testuser/vms</screen>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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