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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage movevm
+-->
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+<!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>