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<refentry id="vboxmanage-showvminfo" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-22 19:43:14 +0200 (Mon, 22 Aug 2022) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage showvminfo</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-showvminfo</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-showvminfo</refname>
<refpurpose>show configuration information or log file contents for a virtual
machine</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showvminfo-default">
<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
<command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg>--details</arg>
<arg>--machinereadable</arg>
<arg>--password-id</arg>
<arg>--password</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showvminfo-log">
<command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg choice="req">--log=<replaceable>index</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command outputs
configuration information or log file contents for a specified
virtual machine (VM).
</para>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-default">
<title>Viewing Virtual Machine Information</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command outputs
information about the specified VM in a detailed format or in a
machine-readable format.
</para>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command shows the
same information for the specified VM in the same format as the
<command>VBoxManage list vms --long</command> command.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--details</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Includes detailed information about the VM.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--machinereadable</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies that the VM information be in a machine-readable
format.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either
specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the
host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
you for the password.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-log">
<title>Viewing Virtual Machine Log Contents</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo --log</command> command
outputs the contents of one of the specified VM's log files.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--log=<replaceable>index</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies a numerical index that identifies the log file.
</para><para>
The index value starts at <literal>0</literal>, which
indicates the <filename>VBox.log</filename> file. An index
value of <literal>1</literal> indicates the
<filename>VBoxHardening.log</filename> file. Index values
starting at <literal>2</literal> indicate other log files,
such as the <filename>VBox.log.1</filename> file.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either
specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the
host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
you for the password.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
<para>
The following example shows typical output for this command:
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10"
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version <replaceable>version-number</replaceable>
Copyright (C) 2005-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates
Name: Windows 10
Groups: /
Guest OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
UUID: 1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7
Config file: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Windows 10.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Snapshots
Log folder: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Logs
Hardware UUID: 1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7
Memory size: 2048MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 12MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
...</screen>
<para>
The following example shows the information output in a
machine-readable format, which shows the entries as a
<replaceable>property</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable>
string:
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --machinereadable
...
groups="/"
ostype="Windows 10 (64-bit)"
UUID="1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7"
...</screen>
<para>
The following example shows the contents of the
<filename>VBox.log</filename> log file:
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --log 0
00:00:02.895106 VirtualBox VM 6.0.0_RC1 r127378 linux.amd64 (Dec 10 2018 17:16:06) release log
00:00:02.895109 Log opened 2018-12-14T14:31:44.088259000Z
00:00:02.895111 Build Type: release
00:00:02.895115 OS Product: Linux
00:00:02.895117 OS Release: 4.1.12-61.1.22.el7uek.x86_64
00:00:02.895119 OS Version: #2 SMP Fri Dec 2 09:28:44 PST 2016
...</screen>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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