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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-movevm.xml b/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-movevm.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..df48144e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-movevm.xml @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- + manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage movevm +--> +<!-- + Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. + + This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as + available from https://www.virtualbox.org. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License + as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the + License. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>. + + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only +--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[ +<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent"> +%all.entities; +]> +<refentry id="vboxmanage-movevm" lang="en"> + <refentryinfo> + <pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-22 19:43:14 +0200 (Mon, 22 Aug 2022) $</pubdate> + <title>VBoxManage movevm</title> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-movevm</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>VBoxManage-movevm</refname> + <refpurpose>move a virtual machine to a new location on the host system</refpurpose> + <refclass>&product-name;</refclass> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-movevm"> +<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. --> + <command>VBoxManage movevm</command> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg> + </group> + <arg>--type=basic</arg> + <arg>--folder=<replaceable>folder-name</replaceable></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + <para> + The <command>VBoxManage movevm</command> command moves a virtual + machine (VM) to a new location on the host system. + </para> + <para> + When moved, all of the files that are associated with the VM, such + as settings files and disk image files, are moved to the new + location. The &product-name; configuration is updated + automatically. + </para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable>|<replaceable>vmname</replaceable></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or name + of the VM to move. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--type=basic</option></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies the type of the move operation. So far + <literal>basic</literal> is the only recognized value and also + the default if not specified. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--folder=<replaceable>folder-name</replaceable></option></term> + <listitem><para> + Specifies a full path name or relative path name of the new + location on the host file system. Not specifying the option + or specifying the current location is allowed, and moves + disk images and other parts of the VM to this location if + they are currently in other locations. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Examples</title> + <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" /> + <para> + The following command moves the <filename>ol7</filename> VM to a + new location on the host system. + </para> +<screen>$ VBoxManage movevm ol7 --folder "/home/testuser/vms" --type basic +0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% +Machine has been successfully moved into /home/testuser/vms</screen> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |