8 VBoxManage As can be seen from the above output, a new virtual machine has been created with a new UUID and a new XML settings file. • To show the configuration of a particular VM, use VBoxManage showvminfo see chapter 8.4, VBoxManage showvminfo, page 107 for details and an example. • To change settings while a VM is powered off, use VBoxManage modifyvm, e.g. as follows: VBoxManage modifyvm "Windows XP" --memory "512MB" For details, see chapter 8.7, VBoxManage modifyvm, page 109. • To change the storage configuration (e.g. to add a storage controller and then a virtual disk), use VBoxManage storagectl and VBoxManage storageattach see chapter 8.17, VBoxManage storagectl, page 121 and chapter 8.16, VBoxManage storageattach, page 119 for details. • To control VM operation, use one of the following: – To start a VM that is currently powered off, use VBoxManage startvm see chapter 8.10, VBoxManage startvm, page 116 for details. – To pause or save a VM that is currently running or change some of its settings, use VBoxManage controlvm see chapter 8.11, VBoxManage controlvm, page 117 for de- tails. 8.2 Commands overview When running VBoxManage without parameters or when supplying an invalid command line, the below syntax diagram will be shown. Note that the output will be slightly different depending on the host platform when in doubt, check the output of VBoxManage for the commands available on your particular host. Usage: VBoxManage [-v|--version] print version number and exit VBoxManage [-q|--nologo] ... suppress the logo VBoxManage list [--long|-l] vms|runningvms|ostypes|hostdvds|hostfloppies| bridgedifs|hostonlyifs|dhcpservers|hostinfo| hostcpuids|hddbackends|hdds|dvds|floppies| usbhost|usbfilters|systemproperties|extpacks VBoxManage showvminfo uuid|name [--details] [--machinereadable] VBoxManage showvminfo uuid|name --log idx VBoxManage registervm filename VBoxManage unregistervm uuid|name [--delete] VBoxManage createvm --name name [--ostype ostype] [--register] [--basefolder path | --settingsfile path] [--uuid uuid] VBoxManage modifyvm uuid|name [--name name] [--ostype ostype] [--memory memorysize in MB] [--pagefusion on|off] 100