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VirtualBox Useful Commands
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Create vm

VBoxManage createvm --name "Debian 9" --register

Modify vm

VBoxManage modifyvm "Debian 9" --memory 1024

Start vm

VBoxManage startvm "Debian 9"

Start vm (without gui)

VBoxManage startvm "Debian 9" --type headless

Stop vm

VBoxManage controlvm "Debian 9" poweroff soft

Snapshot vm

VBoxManage snapshot "Debian 9" take "Aug 1 - Debian 9"

Restore vm

VBoxManage snapshot "Debian 9" restore ""Aug 1 - Debian 9""

List vm

VBoxManage list vms

List of running vm

VBoxManage list runningvms

Reference:

https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html

https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html#vboxheadless

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