Table of Contents
Oracle VM VirtualBox User Manual
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- 1 First steps 99
- 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? 1010
- 1.2 Some terminology 1010
- 1.3 Features overview 1111
- 1.4 Supported host operating systems 1313
- 1.5 Installing VirtualBox and extension packs 1414
- 1.6 Starting VirtualBox 1414
- 1.7 Creating your first virtual machine 1616
- 1.8 Running your virtual machine 1818
- 1.9 Snapshots 2323
- 1.10 Virtual machine configuration 2626
- 1.11 Removing virtual machines 2626
- 1.12 Importing and exporting virtual machines 2626
- 1.13 Alternative front-ends 2828
- 2 Installation details 2929
- 3 Configuring virtual machines 3939
- 3.1 Supported guest operating systems 3939
- 3.2 Emulated hardware 4141
- 3.3 General settings 4242
- 3.4 System settings 4343
- 3.5 Display settings 4545
- 3.6 Storage settings 4646
- 3.7 Audio settings 4848
- 3.8 Network settings 4848
- 3.9 Serial ports 4848
- 3.10 USB support 4949
- 3.11 Shared folders 5151
- 3.12 Alternative firmware (EFI) 5151
- 4 Guest Additions 5353
- 5 Virtual storage 7171
- 5.1 Hard disk controllers: IDE, SATA (AHCI), SCSI, SAS 7171
- 5.2 Disk image files (VDI, VMDK, VHD, HDD) 7373
- 5.3 The Virtual Media Manager 7474
- 5.4 Special image write modes 7676
- 5.5 Differencing images 7777
- 5.6 Cloning disk images 7979
- 5.7 Host I/O caching 8080
- 5.8 Limiting bandwidth for disk images 8080
- 5.9 CD/DVD support 8181
- 5.10 iSCSI servers 8282
- 6 Virtual networking 8383
- 7 Remote virtual machines 9090
- 7.1 Remote display (VRDP support) 9090
- 7.1.1 Common third-party RDP viewers 9090
- 7.1.2 VBoxHeadless, the remote desktop server 9191
- 7.1.3 Step by step: creating a virtual machine on a headless server 9292
- 7.1.4 Remote USB 9393
- 7.1.5 RDP authentication 9494
- 7.1.6 RDP encryption 9595
- 7.1.7 Multiple connections to the VRDP server 9595
- 7.1.8 Multiple remote monitors 9595
- 7.1.9 VRDP video redirection 9696
- 7.1.10 VRDP customization 9696
- 7.2 Teleporting 9797
- 8 VBoxManage 9999
- 8.1 Introduction 9999
- 8.2 Commands overview 100100
- 8.3 VBoxManage list 106106
- 8.4 VBoxManage showvminfo 107107
- 8.5 VBoxManage registervm / unregistervm 108108
- 8.6 VBoxManage createvm 109109
- 8.7 VBoxManage modifyvm 109109
- 8.8 VBoxManage import 115115
- 8.9 VBoxManage export 116116
- 8.10 VBoxManage startvm 116116
- 8.11 VBoxManage controlvm 117117
- 8.12 VBoxManage discardstate 118118
- 8.13 VBoxManage adoptstate 118118
- 8.14 VBoxManage snapshot 119119
- 8.15 VBoxManage closemedium 119119
- 8.16 VBoxManage storageattach 119119
- 8.17 VBoxManage storagectl 121121
- 8.18 VBoxManage bandwidthctl 122122
- 8.19 VBoxManage showhdinfo 122122
- 8.20 VBoxManage createhd 122122
- 8.21 VBoxManage modifyhd 123123
- 8.22 VBoxManage clonehd 124124
- 8.23 VBoxManage convertfromraw 124124
- 8.24 VBoxManage getextradata/setextradata 125125
- 8.25 VBoxManage setproperty 125125
- 8.26 VBoxManage usbfilter add/modify/remove 125125
- 8.27 VBoxManage sharedfolder add/remove 126126
- 8.28 VBoxManage guestproperty 126126
- 8.29 VBoxManage guestcontrol 127127
- 8.30 VBoxManage debugvm 129129
- 8.31 VBoxManage metrics 130130
- 8.32 VBoxManage hostonlyif 132132
- 8.33 VBoxManage dhcpserver 132132
- 8.34 VBoxManage extpack 133133
- 9 Advanced topics 134134
- 9.1 VBoxSDL, the simplified VM displayer 134134
- 9.2 Automated guest logons 136136
- 9.3 Advanced configuration for Windows guests 138138
- 9.4 Advanced configuration for Linux and Solaris guests 139139
- 9.5 CPU hot-plugging 140140
- 9.6 Advanced display configuration 141141
- 9.7 Advanced storage configuration 142142
- 9.8 Launching more than 120 VMs on Solaris hosts 145145
- 9.9 Legacy commands for using serial ports 145145
- 9.10 Fine-tuning the VirtualBox NAT engine 146146
- 9.10.1 Configuring the address of a NAT network interface 146146
- 9.10.2 Configuring the boot server (next server) of a NAT network interface 146146
- 9.10.3 Tuning TCP/IP buffers for NAT 146146
- 9.10.4 Binding NAT sockets to a specific interface 146146
- 9.10.5 Enabling DNS proxy in NAT mode 147147
- 9.10.6 Using the host's resolver as a DNS proxy in NAT mode 147147
- 9.10.7 Configuring aliasing of the NAT engine 147147
- 9.11 Configuring the BIOS DMI information 147147
- 9.12 Fine-tuning timers and time synchronization 148148
- 9.13 Configuring multiple host-only network interfaces on Solaris hosts 150150
- 9.14 Configuring the VirtualBox CoreDumper on Solaris hosts 150150
- 9.15 Locking down the VirtualBox manager GUI 151151
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