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1. Clone using the backup software from the source raw disk to a temporarily attached extra VDI. This VDI can then be put on another guest quickly. That solution was my last resort, but a few problems with it: Puts additional strain on the VM resources. RL performance is already diminished simply b...

I did write that. It took klaus one post and one sentence to give the absolutely right answer. Somehow he understood right away what I aimed at.

Is it so difficult to think of cloning (using the GUI or VBoxManage clonemedium) Thank you, that is the answer! I didn't think that would work without sudo, I have no sudo permissions. which socratis already hinted at without using the exact buzzword? Where and how, exactly? All I can read is "...

@Socratis, I thank you for your assistence this far, but please, do not respond to this thread any more.

Any takers? Can't be the only one that runs a raw disk, but wants/needs a virtual disk file backup.

Based on your answers, I don't think you understand my question. I fully understand what a raw disk means, look at the OP. What I want is the VM backup to be ready for a quick attachment/deployment/whatever-you-call-it to another VB instance which is not necessarily on the same machine. As I would a...

That is understood.

A way to fulfil the second question requirements?

Running VB 6.0.12 on Ubuntu 18.04 with guest Windows 7. I made a raw disk that points to a physical SSD which hosts the guest OS (also have a 1TB HDD for host and everything else). I want to be ready for a quick redeployment and minimal loss of data in case of a hardware (SSD) failure. What is the b...