VBoxManage startvm "centos-minimal" --type headless does the job getting a headless vm. Is there a way to interact "centos-minimal" using VirtualBox Manager GUI?
Just go to the settings of your VM and add shared folder:
After this start your VM and install Guest Additions.
You will now be able to transfer files between host an guest.
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This is my first time playing with the VirtualBox CLI. I'm trying to start a VM and then connect directly to its shell. I'm trying the following:
ram#nope:~/VirtualBox VMs> vboxmanage startvm my-machine --type headless
Waiting for VM "my-machine" to power on...
VM "my-machine" has been successfully started.
ram#nope:~/VirtualBox VMs> vboxmanage guestcontrol my-machine run bash
VBoxManage: error: Machine "my-machine" is not running (currently powered off)!
This is really frustrating because it's saying the machine was started, but then it doesn't work, with no error message.
Also, is my second message the appropriate one to connect to the shell in the guest? I basically want the same shell that's displayed to a user running the VM from the VirtualBox GUI. I also want to be able to script this and push commands automatically to the VM in a script.
Folks,
I am running Virtualbox on Windows 7. The guest OS also is Windows 7.
I configured rdp connection at port 5000 (as stated in the documentation) and am able to connect to ip:5000 using Microsoft Remote Desktop client.
However, the problem is that the screen of the guest VM is simultaneously being shown on both, local as well as remote, windows.
Is there a way to just close the local window without shutting down the VM itself? Perhaps something similar to headless virtualbox on Linux.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards,
Peter
You can start a Virtualbox VM without GUI from the command line using:
VBoxHeadless --startvm [vmname]
There is also a section about running headless VMs in the Virtualbox manual: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html
Using the VBoxManage startvm command with the --type option is superior to VBoxHeadless as the former doesn't require the command prompt window to remain open (which largely defeats the purpose I think).
Below is and example of its output:
C:\>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage" startvm "My Virtual Machine" --type headless
Waiting for VM "My Virtual Machine" to power on...
VM "My Virtual Machine" has been successfully started.
C:\>
Note that control is returned to the common prompt, allowing it to be closed without terminating the instance. The VM's status will also still be reported by the VirtualBox GUI.
The VBoxManage startvm command is documented in chapter 8 of the VirtualBox manual.
I have changed hypervisor of my openstack(Grizzly) to vmware esxi.
When I create an Ibuntu in openstack dashboard, it works well and I can see the instance in esxi, but when I created a Windows 7 instance, 'blue screen' occurs.
Most likely disk driver issues. Go to your ESXi host directly, create a new Win7 VM (No need to install Windows, just the VM creation). Check the disk controller (LSI Logic???) and compare this to the VM that is created by Openstack.
I'm planning to install Visual Studio (for editing .aspx files) in a guest VM.
If I'm working in the Host computer, is there a way to open a file on that Host with a program in the Guest VM?
You could use the Shared folder feature for access to files on a host machine from Guest VM. To use this feature you should install the VMware tools on Guest VM. After setting up the Shared folder, you can access files on the host in a path like “\.host\Shared Folders\Test files”.
To send a command to open file on Guest OS from the host you could use vmrun utility, which helps you manage virtual machines from command line (for more detail see this official manual and examples in “Running Guest Applications”). On the other hand, you could just open a VM console and run script manually :)
In addition, I don't recommend to install Visual Studio on Guest VM. The Visual Studio will always execute faster on the host. Moreover, you will be more convenient to work with snapshots and few VMs. In this case, you could use remote debugging tools for debug and automatically deploy your application on Guest VM after build.
Both host and vm are xubuntu 12.04.
I know that VBoxManage startvm "name" will start a VM from command line but the GUI will pop up anyway. Is there a way to start this vm and make it running sneakily at the background? Thus I can access it as if it is a server. Previously I let the GUI up and do my job via the console of the host.
Thanks
I think you're looking for VBoxManage startvm "VM name" --type headless