Wednesday, August 18, 2010

How to clone Virtual Box Machine

  1. Copy the Virtual Machine directory to another one
  2. Go to the new directory and rename all the VDI disks to appropriate names
  3. Go to command line and run the following to change the UUID of VDI disks

    F:\Virtual Machines\Virtual Box\WinXP  - MyComp>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" internalcommands sethduuid NewDrive_MYCOMP.vdi

  4. In Virtual box go to File->Virtual Media Manager and add a new files
  5. When create a new Virtual Machine use the existing new disks instead of creating new ones

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