virtual-machine
How do I package an existing VM that was not created using vagrant up command?
The important thing to realize (and the vagrant docs are not overly clear on that) is that there are two “flavors” of packaging: The packaging guide in “getting started” you are referring to assumes you have started from a vagrant base box and initialized it with vagrant up, which you have not. This allows you … Read more
Vagrant ” VM not created.” when trying to create box from existing VM
When you package a box, the box name has to be the specific machine name that you can get from VirtualBox (e.g. lucid_1372711888). Just execute following command in cmd: vboxmanage list vms Notice that “vboxmanage” should prior be added to PATH variable. See here how to do that. Also notice that virtual maschine name must … Read more
How to enable copy paste from between host machine and virtual machine in vmware, virtual machine is ubuntu [closed]
You need to install VMware Tools on your vm: To install VMware Tools in most VMware products: Power on the virtual machine. Log in to the virtual machine using an account with Administrator or root privileges. Wait for the desktop to load and be ready. Click Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. There are two places to find … Read more
VirtualBox error : kernel driver not installed(rc=-1908) [closed]
Thought I’d give my 2 cents for those who use MACs sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh restart
How to sync time on host wake-up within VirtualBox?
The documentation lacks some details here. What VirtualBox does every 10 seconds is just slight adjustement (something like 0.005 seconds). Only when the time difference reaches a threshold (20 minutes by default) a “real” resync is done. You can reduce the thresold (i.e. to 10 seconds) with the following command: VBoxManage guestproperty set <vm-name> “/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/–timesync-set-threshold” … Read more
Vagrant corrupted index file C:\Users\USERNAME\.vagrant.d/data/machine-index/index
Same thing happened to me. So I just deleted the index file and the .lock file from the machine-index folder to get Vagrant working again.
How do I destroy a VM when I deleted the .vagrant file?
The following VirtualBox commands might help. If poweroff doesn’t work, try unregistervm. $ VBoxManage list runningvms $ VBoxManage controlvm <uuid> poweroff $ VBoxManage unregistervm <uuid> Source: https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/entries/21449637-I-deleted-Vagrantfile-vagrant-and-or-the-app-directory-before-halting-the-VM-Now-ey-local-up-errors- Shell script to stop all running vms: VBoxManage list runningvms | awk ‘{print $2;}’ | xargs -I vmid VBoxManage controlvm vmid poweroff
Oracle virtual box inaccessible
This normally happens if the host OS crashes or you pull the plug on it, leaving the .vbox file unsaved. In the location: C:\Users\xxxxxxx\VirtualBox VMs\vBoxxxxXubuntu_Beta\ you should find two files: vBoxxxxXubuntu_Beta.vbox-prev vBoxxxxXubuntu_Beta.vbox-tmp Copy vBoxxxxXubuntu_Beta.vbox-prev to vBoxxxxXubuntu_Beta.vbox. Select vBoxxxxXubuntu_Beta.vbox, in the VBox manager, right click, and then left click on refresh. Observe that it now shows … Read more
How to install Guest addition in Mac OS as guest and Windows machine as host
Guest Additions are available for MacOS starting with VirtualBox 6.0. Installing: Boot & login into your guest macOS. In VirtualBox UI, use menu Devices | Insert Guest Additions CD image… CD will appear on your macOS desktop, open it. Run VBoxDarwinAdditions.pkg. Go through installer, it’s mostly about clicking Next. At some step, macOS will be … Read more