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Setup UUID for new virtual hard disk - virtualbox - macOS
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# virtualbox gives a "disk with same UUID is already mounted" error when trying to launch
# multiple virtual machines using VDI files of a same osboxes images.
# to avoid this error we can set uuid of the virtual disk as follows
> cd /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS/
> VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid <full path to the vdi file>
You should receive a message like below confirming the new uuid
UUID changed to: 98axxxxxx-f0xx-420x-9179-a33805xxxx
Once this is done, we can mount the vdi file without any issues
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