is vboxmanage setextradata SMBIOSAssetTag possible
Posted: 17. Jun 2010, 15:43
Hi
Can I set the SMBIOSAssetTag for a vm using the vboxmanage setextradata commands?
On a real machine I can query the BIOS using WMIC and get returned data.
On a VM that is PXE booting a WinPE 6.1.7600 image I get some information, but not the SMBiosAsset tag that we use on physical machines for naming purposes.
C:\wmictests>wmic csproduct list brief
Caption IdentifyingNumber Name Vendor Version
real:Computer System Product R8PVHR0 7459VTT LENOVO ThinkPad X200
vm: Computer System Product 0 VirtulaBox innotek GmbH 1.2
C:\wmictests>wmic systemenclosure get smbiosassettag
SMBIOSAssetTag
Real: loankit
V: No Instance(s) Available.
I am running VirtualBox 3.2.4 r62467 on a Windows XP host.
The VM to modify will be an XP sp3 image.
It PXE boots from an windows 2003 server (also a vm using Internal Network, intnet) the PCnet-FAST III nic and copies an MDT litetouch image down using the Intel Pro/1000MT desktop nic.
My understanding of this is because only the PCnet-FAST III nic is able to PXE boot, but it isn't supported under the WinPE 6.1.7600 environment I'm using. So I have to use both nics.
I have searched the forum and generally queried on search terms such as virtualbox setextradata. On the forums there seemed to be mention of unpublished settings that were not in the user manual (pdf version which I've checked). I am aware that I may have just missed the settings because of the differences between DMI/SMBIOS, etc and not being overly familiar with any of the tools.
Cheers
Can I set the SMBIOSAssetTag for a vm using the vboxmanage setextradata commands?
On a real machine I can query the BIOS using WMIC and get returned data.
On a VM that is PXE booting a WinPE 6.1.7600 image I get some information, but not the SMBiosAsset tag that we use on physical machines for naming purposes.
C:\wmictests>wmic csproduct list brief
Caption IdentifyingNumber Name Vendor Version
real:Computer System Product R8PVHR0 7459VTT LENOVO ThinkPad X200
vm: Computer System Product 0 VirtulaBox innotek GmbH 1.2
C:\wmictests>wmic systemenclosure get smbiosassettag
SMBIOSAssetTag
Real: loankit
V: No Instance(s) Available.
I am running VirtualBox 3.2.4 r62467 on a Windows XP host.
The VM to modify will be an XP sp3 image.
It PXE boots from an windows 2003 server (also a vm using Internal Network, intnet) the PCnet-FAST III nic and copies an MDT litetouch image down using the Intel Pro/1000MT desktop nic.
My understanding of this is because only the PCnet-FAST III nic is able to PXE boot, but it isn't supported under the WinPE 6.1.7600 environment I'm using. So I have to use both nics.
I have searched the forum and generally queried on search terms such as virtualbox setextradata. On the forums there seemed to be mention of unpublished settings that were not in the user manual (pdf version which I've checked). I am aware that I may have just missed the settings because of the differences between DMI/SMBIOS, etc and not being overly familiar with any of the tools.
Cheers