Oracle VM VirtualBox User Manual
UserManual
UserManual
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- 1 First steps
- 1.1 Why is virtualization useful?
- 1.2 Some terminology
- 1.3 Features overview
- 1.4 Supported host operating systems
- 1.5 Installing VirtualBox and extension packs
- 1.6 Starting VirtualBox
- 1.7 Creating your first virtual machine
- 1.8 Running your virtual machine
- 1.9 Using VM groups
- 1.10 Snapshots
- 1.11 Virtual machine configuration
- 1.12 Removing virtual machines
- 1.13 Cloning virtual machines
- 1.14 Importing and exporting virtual machines
- 1.15 Global Settings
- 1.16 Alternative front-ends
- 2 Installation details
- 3 Configuring virtual machines
- 4 Guest Additions
- 5 Virtual storage
- 6 Virtual networking
- 6.1 Virtual networking hardware
- 6.2 Introduction to networking modes
- 6.3 Network Address Translation (NAT)
- 6.4 Network Address Translation Service (experimental)
- 6.5 Bridged networking
- 6.6 Internal networking
- 6.7 Host-only networking
- 6.8 UDP Tunnel networking
- 6.9 VDE networking
- 6.10 Limiting bandwidth for network I/O
- 6.11 Improving network performance
- 7 Remote virtual machines
- 7.1 Remote display (VRDP support)
- 7.1.1 Common third-party RDP viewers
- 7.1.2 VBoxHeadless, the remote desktop server
- 7.1.3 Step by step: creating a virtual machine on a headless server
- 7.1.4 Remote USB
- 7.1.5 RDP authentication
- 7.1.6 RDP encryption
- 7.1.7 Multiple connections to the VRDP server
- 7.1.8 Multiple remote monitors
- 7.1.9 VRDP video redirection
- 7.1.10 VRDP customization
- 7.2 Teleporting
- 7.1 Remote display (VRDP support)
- 8 VBoxManage
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Commands overview
- 8.3 General options
- 8.4 VBoxManage list
- 8.5 VBoxManage showvminfo
- 8.6 VBoxManage registervm / unregistervm
- 8.7 VBoxManage createvm
- 8.8 VBoxManage modifyvm
- 8.9 VBoxManage clonevm
- 8.10 VBoxManage import
- 8.11 VBoxManage export
- 8.12 VBoxManage startvm
- 8.13 VBoxManage controlvm
- 8.14 VBoxManage discardstate
- 8.15 VBoxManage adoptstate
- 8.16 VBoxManage snapshot
- 8.17 VBoxManage closemedium
- 8.18 VBoxManage storageattach
- 8.19 VBoxManage storagectl
- 8.20 VBoxManage bandwidthctl
- 8.21 VBoxManage showhdinfo
- 8.22 VBoxManage createhd
- 8.23 VBoxManage modifyhd
- 8.24 VBoxManage clonehd
- 8.25 VBoxManage convertfromraw
- 8.26 VBoxManage getextradata/setextradata
- 8.27 VBoxManage setproperty
- 8.28 VBoxManage usbfilter add/modify/remove
- 8.29 VBoxManage sharedfolder add/remove
- 8.30 VBoxManage guestproperty
- 8.31 VBoxManage guestcontrol
- 8.32 VBoxManage debugvm
- 8.33 VBoxManage metrics
- 8.34 VBoxManage hostonlyif
- 8.35 VBoxManage dhcpserver
- 8.36 VBoxManage extpack
- 9 Advanced topics
- 9.1 VBoxSDL, the simplified VM displayer
- 9.2 Automated guest logons
- 9.3 Advanced configuration for Windows guests
- 9.4 Advanced configuration for Linux and Solaris guests
- 9.5 CPU hot-plugging
- 9.6 PCI passthrough
- 9.7 Webcam passthrough
- 9.8 Advanced display configuration
- 9.9 Advanced storage configuration
- 9.10 Legacy commands for using serial ports
- 9.11 Fine-tuning the VirtualBox NAT engine
- 9.11.1 Configuring the address of a NAT network interface
- 9.11.2 Configuring the boot server (next server) of a NAT network interface
- 9.11.3 Tuning TCP/IP buffers for NAT
- 9.11.4 Binding NAT sockets to a specific interface
- 9.11.5 Enabling DNS proxy in NAT mode
- 9.11.6 Using the host's resolver as a DNS proxy in NAT mode
- 9.11.7 Configuring aliasing of the NAT engine
- 9.12 Configuring the BIOS DMI information
- 9.13 Configuring the custom ACPI table
- 9.14 Fine-tuning timers and time synchronization
- 9.15 Installing the alternate bridged networking driver on Solaris 11 hosts
- 9.16 VirtualBox VNIC templates for VLANs on Solaris 11 hosts
- 9.17 Configuring multiple host-only network interfaces on Solaris hosts
- 9.18 Configuring the VirtualBox CoreDumper on Solaris hosts
- 9.19 Locking down the VirtualBox manager GUI
- 9.19.1 Customizing the VM manager
- 9.19.2 VM selector customization
- 9.19.3 Configure VM selector menu entries
- 9.19.4 Configure VM window menu entries
- 9.19.5 Configure VM window status bar entries
- 9.19.6 Configure VM window visual modes
- 9.19.7 Host Key customization
- 9.19.8 Action when terminating the VM
- 9.19.9 Action for handling a Guru Meditation
- 9.19.10 Configuring automatic mouse capturing
- 9.19.11 Requesting legacy full-screen mode
- 9.20 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically
- 9.21 VirtualBox Watchdog
- 9.22 Other extension packs
- 9.23 Starting virtual machines during system boot
- 9.24 VirtualBox expert storage management
- 9.25 Handling of host power management events
- 9.26 Experimental support for passing through SSE4.1 / SSE4.2 instructions
- 9.27 Support for keyboard indicators synchronization
- 10 Technical background
- 11 VirtualBox programming interfaces
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 12.1 Procedures and tools
- 12.2 General
- 12.3 Windows guests
- 12.3.1 Windows bluescreens after changing VM configuration
- 12.3.2 Windows 0x101 bluescreens with SMP enabled (IPI timeout)
- 12.3.3 Windows 2000 installation failures
- 12.3.4 How to record bluescreen information from Windows guests
- 12.3.5 No networking in Windows Vista guests
- 12.3.6 Windows guests may cause a high CPU load
- 12.3.7 Long delays when accessing shared folders
- 12.3.8 USB tablet coordinates wrong in Windows 98 guests
- 12.3.9 Windows guests are removed from an Active Directory domain after restoring a snapshot
- 12.3.10 Restoring d3d8.dll and d3d9.dll
- 12.4 Linux and X11 guests
- 12.5 Solaris guests
- 12.6 Windows hosts
- 12.7 Linux hosts
- 12.7.1 Linux kernel module refuses to load
- 12.7.2 Linux host CD/DVD drive not found
- 12.7.3 Linux host CD/DVD drive not found (older distributions)
- 12.7.4 Linux host floppy not found
- 12.7.5 Strange guest IDE error messages when writing to CD/DVD
- 12.7.6 VBoxSVC IPC issues
- 12.7.7 USB not working
- 12.7.8 PAX/grsec kernels
- 12.7.9 Linux kernel vmalloc pool exhausted
- 12.8 Solaris hosts
- 13 Security guide
- 14 Known limitations
- 15 Change log
- 15.1 Version 4.3.18 (2014-10-10)
- 15.2 Version 4.3.16 (2014-09-09)
- 15.3 Version 4.3.14 (2014-07-15)
- 15.4 Version 4.3.12 (2014-05-16)
- 15.5 Version 4.3.10 (2014-03-26)
- 15.6 Version 4.3.8 (2014-02-25)
- 15.7 Version 4.3.6 (2013-12-18)
- 15.8 Version 4.3.4 (2013-11-29)
- 15.9 Version 4.3.2 (2013-11-01)
- 15.10 Version 4.3.0 (2013-10-15)
- 15.11 Version 4.2.22 (2014-01-10)
- 15.12 Version 4.2.20 (2013-11-28)
- 15.13 Version 4.2.18 (2013-09-06)
- 15.14 Version 4.2.16 (2013-07-04)
- 15.15 Version 4.2.14 (2013-06-21)
- 15.16 Version 4.2.12 (2013-04-12)
- 15.17 Version 4.2.10 (2013-03-05)
- 15.18 Version 4.2.8 (2013-02-20)
- 15.19 Version 4.2.6 (2012-12-19)
- 15.20 Version 4.2.4 (2012-10-26)
- 15.21 Version 4.2.2 (2012-10-18)
- 15.22 Version 4.2.0 (2012-09-13)
- 15.23 Version 4.1.18 (2012-06-06)
- 15.24 Version 4.1.16 (2012-05-22)
- 15.25 Version 4.1.14 (2012-04-13)
- 15.26 Version 4.1.12 (2012-04-03)
- 15.27 Version 4.1.10 (2012-03-13)
- 15.28 Version 4.1.8 (2011-12-19)
- 15.29 Version 4.1.6 (2011-11-04)
- 15.30 Version 4.1.4 (2011-10-03)
- 15.31 Version 4.1.2 (2011-08-15)
- 15.32 Version 4.1.0 (2011-07-19)
- 15.33 Version 4.0.14 (2011-10-13)
- 15.34 Version 4.0.12 (2011-07-15)
- 15.35 Version 4.0.10 (2011-06-22)
- 15.36 Version 4.0.8 (2011-05-16)
- 15.37 Version 4.0.6 (2011-04-21)
- 15.38 Version 4.0.4 (2011-02-17)
- 15.39 Version 4.0.2 (2011-01-18)
- 15.40 Version 4.0.0 (2010-12-22)
- 15.41 Version 3.2.12 (2010-11-30)
- 15.42 Version 3.2.10 (2010-10-08)
- 15.43 Version 3.2.8 (2010-08-05)
- 15.44 Version 3.2.6 (2010-06-25)
- 15.45 Version 3.2.4 (2010-06-07)
- 15.46 Version 3.2.2 (2010-06-02)
- 15.47 Version 3.2.0 (2010-05-18)
- 15.48 Version 3.1.8 (2010-05-10)
- 15.49 Version 3.1.6 (2010-03-25)
- 15.50 Version 3.1.4 (2010-02-12)
- 15.51 Version 3.1.2 (2009-12-17)
- 15.52 Version 3.1.0 (2009-11-30)
- 15.53 Version 3.0.12 (2009-11-10)
- 15.54 Version 3.0.10 (2009-10-29)
- 15.55 Version 3.0.8 (2009-10-02)
- 15.56 Version 3.0.6 (2009-09-09)
- 15.57 Version 3.0.4 (2009-08-04)
- 15.58 Version 3.0.2 (2009-07-10)
- 15.59 Version 3.0.0 (2009-06-30)
- 15.60 Version 2.2.4 (2009-05-29)
- 15.61 Version 2.2.2 (2009-04-27)
- 15.62 Version 2.2.0 (2009-04-08)
- 15.63 Version 2.1.4 (2009-02-16)
- 15.64 Version 2.1.2 (2009-01-21)
- 15.65 Version 2.1.0 (2008-12-17)
- 15.66 Version 2.0.8 (2009-03-10)
- 15.67 Version 2.0.6 (2008-11-21)
- 15.68 Version 2.0.4 (2008-10-24)
- 15.69 Version 2.0.2 (2008-09-12)
- 15.70 Version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04)
- 16 Third-party materials and licenses
- 16.1 Materials
- 16.2 Licenses
- 16.2.1 GNU General Public License (GPL)
- 16.2.2 GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
- 16.2.3 Mozilla Public License (MPL)
- 16.2.4 MIT License
- 16.2.5 X Consortium License (X11)
- 16.2.6 zlib license
- 16.2.7 OpenSSL license
- 16.2.8 Slirp license
- 16.2.9 liblzf license
- 16.2.10 libpng license
- 16.2.11 lwIP license
- 16.2.12 libxml license
- 16.2.13 libxslt licenses
- 16.2.14 gSOAP Public License Version 1.3a
- 16.2.15 Chromium licenses
- 16.2.16 curl license
- 16.2.17 libgd license
- 16.2.18 BSD license from Intel
- 16.2.19 libjpeg License
- 16.2.20 x86 SIMD extension for IJG JPEG library license
- 16.2.21 FreeBSD license
- 16.2.22 NetBSD license
- 16.2.23 PCRE license
- 16.2.24 libffi license
- 16.2.25 FLTK license
- 16.2.26 Expat license
- 16.2.27 Fontconfig license
- 16.2.28 Freetype license
- 16.2.29 VPX License
- 17 VirtualBox privacy information
- Glossary