Multiple Versions of Virtualbox on Yosemite - virtualbox

I am interested in running multiple versions of virtual box on Yosemite for my dev needs as follows:
- (installed) 4.3.30 for running Genymotion Android emulators since there is a bug with newer versions of Virtualbox
- Latest version of Virtualbox for VMs being managed by Vagrant
How can I install and isolate the virtual box instances?

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Oracle Virtual Box not starting on Mac

Host: Mac OS Ventura
Guest: Oracle VirutalBox 6.1
After the recent OS upgrade to the Ventura on Mac, I am not able to start my virtual box. It used to work perfectly before the upgrade. I have tried other versions of virtual box, such as 7.0, but I am still getting the following error.
Any help would be appreciated .
Thanks.
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The virtual machine 'Oracle Linux 9' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
MachineWrap
Interface:
IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}
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Mac OSX Ventura doesn't work with VirtualBox 6.X
download latest 6.X and unpack virtual box 6.X
run the uninstall virtual box tool (you need to approve in System > Privacy and Security > allow run the uninstall tool.
Now You need to download the last version VirtualBox 7.x
after download unpack it
run installer
you need to authorize Oracle kernel extensions System > Privacy and Security > allow Oracle Kernel Extension
Restart
Now Run VirtualBox from Application folder.
Probably you will need to recreate your network adapter in VirtualBox > File > Tools > Network manager

copy paste and cut text from host to guest in vmware workstation 15 player

I googled before and found that by turning on the "Enable copy and paste" under Guest Isolation, I can copy/cut/paste text from guest to host and vice versa. But I don't see "Guest Isolation" after clicking on Player->Manage->virtual machine settings->option. I have tried to install the VMware tools and I seem to have successfully installed it, but still no use. Is this feature only available in VMware pro?
For Ubuntu (Guest OS), you need to install open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop.
sudo apt install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop
Some versions of vmware-tools are buggy (copy&paste does not work). Try an older version (they can be downloaded for free from vmware.com).
Note that newer Linux distributions already include the vmware-tools. They may not be installed by default (see this answer).

Limited resolution in CentOS7 VirtualBox despite successful install of guest additions

I've spent all week trying to find an answer to this issue through google
I have installed VirutalBox 6.0.0 on a Windows 10 64-bit host, and I have created a VM and installed the latest CentOS 7 iso (CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810). I have installed VirutalBox Guest Additions in the guest; there were no errors during the installation, and I'm enjoying some of the VirtualBox features that require Guest Additions (e.g. shared clipboard, shared folders, drag-and-drop, etc).
My only problem is that my resolution is limited to sizes no greater than 1024x768 and the "auto-resize guest display" option in VirutalBox is greyed out. I've tried setting up new VMs. I've tried reinstalling guest additions. I've tried reinstalling guest additions after updating the kernel to the latest version, and without updating the kernel at all. I've verified that I have all of the necessary packages to build against my current version of the kernel (e.g. kernel-headers, kernel-devel, etc). I've verified that systemctl shows the guest additions services as starting successfully. I've tried modifying my grub configuration to use vga=ask and selecting one of the alternative resolutions available there, but CentOS never finishes booting if I do that.
I am at wit's end. Does anyone have any other ideas?
Versions:
Windows 10 64-bit host
VirtualBox 6.0.0
CentOS 7 guest using CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810.iso
After trying an insane number of combinations, I was able to get this working with the following procedure
1) Install clean CentOS7
2) Update to latest kernel
3) Remove all kernel packages for the old kernel version
4) Build VBoxLinuxAdditions
What was weird was that this procedure didn't work for the older kernel (e.g. the one that came with my fresh CentOS7 install, prior to updating it with yum); the CentOS7 installer was installing the headers for the newer kernel even if I hadn't installed the newer kernel yet. So there was some sort of version mismatch between what VirtualBox thought it was building against vs what it was actually building against, resulting in nothing working until I had removed all traces of the old kernel.

Issue when running Ubuntu in VirtualBox

I installed VirtualBox on a Windows 10 PC. I installed Ubuntu v. 16.04 in it. But when I shutdown the virtual machine and restart it, it asks me to install it again. The installation itself is not saved to my virtual machine.
It sounds like your virtual machine is booting from the installation media.
In virtual box go to your virtual machine's configuration and ensure that you remove the live USB / disk image from the available devices section. However, a more suitable place for this question is Ask Ubuntu.

Cannot install DSX Desktop on Mac - Siera

Cannot install DSX Desktop on Mac - Siera
It is stuck at this
I have docker running
I figured this out from
Problems installing DSx Desktop
i needed to do two things:-
Update kitematic on my Mac to latest which updated my docker version
I also had Oracle virtual machine installed, so for some reason, docker image for dsx-desktop needed to be started manually from oracle virtual machine.
When i started it manually the installation proceeded.
Thanks,
Charles.