Clones and moving files

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r3plica
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Joined: 15. Apr 2012, 21:07

Clones and moving files

Post by r3plica »

I may have made a mistake here.
I just recently bought a new hard drive and decided to move the clones.

Instead of doing a move inside the IDE I manually moved them from "C:\Users\my name\Virtual VMs" to my new hard drive, when I tried to add them back to the IDE it complained the machine already exists (I had not removed them from the IDE) when I removed the existing machines it would not allow me to add because it complained that the hard drive was already in use (kept talking about the "C:\Users" path). I had to manually edit the .vbox file and remove the existing "<AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" hotpluggable="false" port="0" device="0">" and what was in-between. Then it would allow me to add to the IDE.

Once this was done, I had to discard the saved state and re-add the HDD by selecting .vdi in snapshots and it allows me to boot. Everything appears to be fine at this point and each of my clones (I have 2) seem to be using the correct .vdi.
The problem is when I have finished and open VirtualBox to use it again, all my clones say "Inaccessible" and I have to repeat the actions of editing the .vbox file, remove the HDD and re-add. I have to discard my save state every time.

Is there a way I can stop this from happening?

If you need more information, please let me know
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Re: Clones and moving files

Post by socratis »

First of all, did you notice that in 6.0.x if you right-click on the VM, you have a "Move..." option? Just saying...

Second, we can't possibly know what you've done, but it doesn't sound good. "Clones". What clones? Linked clones? With saved states? And you moved them manually? That sounds like a recipe for a disaster!

And then you manually edited the .vbox files? Hmm...

We need at a minimum to see the .vbox files, the VirtualBox.xml file and a listing of the old and the new location of the VMs and their storage. And let's hope for the best...
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r3plica
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Re: Clones and moving files

Post by r3plica »

Hey socratis,

Yeah, I noticed the "Move" option after I had manually moved them. I did still have a copy in the original place, but it would not allow me to use the "Move" option. Again it was complaining about hard drives :(

I believe they are linked clones. There is a master (which I also moved) and then 2 clones from that.
This is the .vbox file for the master:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.
** If you make changes to this file while any VirtualBox related application
** is running, your changes will be overwritten later, without taking effect.
** Use VBoxManage or the VirtualBox Manager GUI to make changes.
-->
<VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.virtualbox.org/" version="1.15-windows">
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      <MediaRegistry>
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            <HardDisk uuid="{49cff86a-b8ea-4a59-987f-cd4aa5a81518}" location="Work.vdi" format="VDI" type="Normal">
               <HardDisk uuid="{119d1afa-86c5-42cc-a014-fb2f0b89acd3}" location="Snapshots/{119d1afa-86c5-42cc-a014-fb2f0b89acd3}.vdi" format="VDI">
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            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLfeedbackspu.dll" value="-" timestamp="1529485356063736702" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLpackspu.dll" value="-" timestamp="1529485356063736700" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLpassthroughspu.dll" value="-" timestamp="1529485356063736701" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxSF.sys" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1529485356067703900" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxService.exe" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1529485356062744001" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxTray.exe" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1529485356062744000" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxVideo.sys" value="-" timestamp="1529485356067703901" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/HostVerLastChecked" value="5.2.12" timestamp="1529420712550600200" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/InstallDir" value="C:/Program Files/Oracle/VirtualBox Guest Additions" timestamp="1529485356056797501" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision" value="120293" timestamp="1529485356056797500" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version" value="5.2.6" timestamp="1529485356056296304" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VersionExt" value="5.2.6" timestamp="1529485356056296305" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/MAC" value="080027254D0A" timestamp="1529507951662221900" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/Status" value="Up" timestamp="1529507951661725900" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Broadcast" value="255.255.255.255" timestamp="1529485356068199803" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP" value="10.0.2.15" timestamp="1529485356068199802" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Netmask" value="255.255.255.0" timestamp="1529485356068199804" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count" value="1" timestamp="1529510305472011200" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Product" value="Windows 10" timestamp="1529485356056296300" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release" value="10.0.16299" timestamp="1529485356056296301" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="en_US" timestamp="1529510307501660900" flags="RDONLYGUEST" />
         </GuestProperties>
      </Hardware>
      <StorageControllers>
         <StorageController name="SATA" type="AHCI" PortCount="3" useHostIOCache="false" Bootable="true" IDE0MasterEmulationPort="0" IDE0SlaveEmulationPort="1" IDE1MasterEmulationPort="2" IDE1SlaveEmulationPort="3">
            <AttachedDevice passthrough="false" type="DVD" hotpluggable="false" port="1" device="0">
               <Image uuid="{e7d31b7a-4100-4edf-935e-7f8f7834afd4}" />
            </AttachedDevice>
            <AttachedDevice nonrotational="true" type="HardDisk" hotpluggable="false" port="0" device="0">
               <Image uuid="{62b51113-9fcd-4b7e-af6b-3ac4ae5d6d87}" />
            </AttachedDevice>
         </StorageController>
      </StorageControllers>
   </Machine>
</VirtualBox>
Here is the .vbox file for the first clone:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.
** If you make changes to this file while any VirtualBox related application
** is running, your changes will be overwritten later, without taking effect.
** Use VBoxManage or the VirtualBox Manager GUI to make changes.
-->
<VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.virtualbox.org/" version="1.15-windows">
   <Machine uuid="{e8a33b80-6401-4d26-9991-3083d9125be1}" name="Cormar" OSType="Windows10_64" snapshotFolder="Snapshots" lastStateChange="2019-02-21T09:40:14Z">
      <ExtraData>
         <ExtraDataItem name="CustomVideoModel" value="3440x1440x32" />
         <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Fullscreen" value="true" />
         <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastCloseAction" value="SaveState" />
         <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastGuestSizeHint" value="2648,1339" />
         <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastNormalWindowPosition" value="-2,21,2648,1381" />
         <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/RestrictedRuntimeDevicesMenuActions" value="HardDrives" />
         <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/RestrictedRuntimeMachineMenuActions" value="SaveState,PowerOff" />
         <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/ScaleFactor" value="1" />
         <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/StatusBar/IndicatorOrder" value="HardDisks,OpticalDisks,FloppyDisks,Network,USB,SharedFolders,Display,VideoCapture,Features,Mouse,Keyboard" />
      </ExtraData>
      <Hardware>
         <CPU count="4">
            <PAE enabled="true" />
            <LongMode enabled="true" />
            <HardwareVirtExLargePages enabled="true" />
         </CPU>
         <Memory RAMSize="8192" />
         <HID Pointing="USBTablet" />
         <Paravirt provider="Default" />
         <Boot>
            <Order position="1" device="DVD" />
            <Order position="2" device="HardDisk" />
            <Order position="3" device="None" />
            <Order position="4" device="None" />
         </Boot>
         <Display VRAMSize="128" accelerate2DVideo="true" />
         <VideoCapture screens="1" options="ac_enabled=false" file="." fps="25" />
         <RemoteDisplay enabled="false">
            <VRDEProperties>
               <Property name="TCP/Ports" value="3389" />
            </VRDEProperties>
         </RemoteDisplay>
         <BIOS>
            <IOAPIC enabled="true" />
         </BIOS>
         <USB>
            <Controllers>
               <Controller name="OHCI" type="OHCI" />
            </Controllers>
         </USB>
         <Network>
            <Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="080027254D0A" cable="true" type="82540EM">
               <DisabledModes>
                  <InternalNetwork name="intnet" />
                  <NATNetwork name="NatNetwork" />
               </DisabledModes>
               <NAT />
            </Adapter>
            <Adapter slot="1" MACAddress="080027372D32" cable="true" type="82540EM" />
            <Adapter slot="2" MACAddress="080027B4CE82" cable="true" type="82540EM" />
            <Adapter slot="3" MACAddress="0800274E265F" cable="true" type="82540EM" />
            <Adapter slot="4" MACAddress="0800271FA04A" cable="true" type="82540EM" />
            <Adapter slot="5" MACAddress="080027CF3386" cable="true" type="82540EM" />
            <Adapter slot="6" MACAddress="080027144E70" cable="true" type="82540EM" />
            <Adapter slot="7" MACAddress="0800277014EE" cable="true" type="82540EM" />
         </Network>
         <LPT>
            <Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="7" />
         </LPT>
         <AudioAdapter controller="HDA" driver="DirectSound" enabled="true" />
         <SharedFolders>
            <SharedFolder name="wwwroot" hostPath="C:\inetpub\wwwroot" writable="true" autoMount="true" />
         </SharedFolders>
         <Clipboard mode="Bidirectional" />
         <DragAndDrop mode="Bidirectional" />
         <GuestProperties>
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxControl.exe" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1550655614599345800" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxCredProv.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614652051402" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxDisp.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614617890601" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxGINA.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614652051401" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxGuest.sys" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1550655614669627600" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxHook.dll" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1550655614617890600" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMRXNP.dll" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1550655614652051400" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMouse.sys" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1550655614669627601" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGL.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614656930100" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLarrayspu.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614654002200" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLcrutil.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614654002201" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLerrorspu.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614654002202" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLfeedbackspu.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614655954302" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLpackspu.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614655954300" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLpassthroughspu.dll" value="-" timestamp="1550655614655954301" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxSF.sys" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1550655614670594800" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxService.exe" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1550655614630579001" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxTray.exe" value="5.2.6r120293" timestamp="1550655614630579000" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxVideo.sys" value="-" timestamp="1550655614670594801" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/HostVerLastChecked" value="6.0.4" timestamp="1550655713596557000" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/InstallDir" value="C:/Program Files/Oracle/VirtualBox Guest Additions" timestamp="1550655614582754000" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision" value="120293" timestamp="1550655614581778805" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version" value="5.2.6" timestamp="1550655614581778803" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VersionExt" value="5.2.6" timestamp="1550655614581778804" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/MAC" value="080027254D0A" timestamp="1550655614691090904" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/Status" value="Up" timestamp="1550655614691090903" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Broadcast" value="255.255.255.255" timestamp="1550655614691090901" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP" value="10.0.2.15" timestamp="1550655614691090900" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/Netmask" value="255.255.255.0" timestamp="1550655614691090902" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count" value="1" timestamp="1550683781639462200" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Product" value="Windows 10" timestamp="1550655614580802700" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release" value="10.0.17134" timestamp="1550655614581778800" flags="" />
            <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="en_US" timestamp="1550742212151359000" flags="" />
         </GuestProperties>
      </Hardware>
      <StorageControllers>
         <StorageController name="SATA" type="AHCI" PortCount="3" useHostIOCache="false" Bootable="true" IDE0MasterEmulationPort="0" IDE0SlaveEmulationPort="1" IDE1MasterEmulationPort="2" IDE1SlaveEmulationPort="3">
            <AttachedDevice passthrough="false" type="DVD" hotpluggable="false" port="1" device="0">
               <Image uuid="{e7d31b7a-4100-4edf-935e-7f8f7834afd4}" />
            </AttachedDevice>
            <AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" hotpluggable="false" port="0" device="0">
               <Image uuid="{a2582491-9266-4983-a35b-57d2a22305bc}" />
            </AttachedDevice>
         </StorageController>
      </StorageControllers>
   </Machine>
</VirtualBox>
It is :

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            <AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" hotpluggable="false" port="0" device="0">
               <Image uuid="{a2582491-9266-4983-a35b-57d2a22305bc}" />
            </AttachedDevice>
that I have to remove each day/reboot.
Where can I find the VirtualBox.xml?

The old locations are as follows:

- For the main machine it was "E:\Work" and I have moved to to "F:\Work"
- For the the first clone it was "C:\Users\Jaymi\VirtualBox VMs\Cormar" which I moved to "F:\Cormar"
- And the second close was similarly "C:\Users\Jaymi\VirtualBox VMs\Topspin" which I moved to "F:\Topspin"

I hope this can be fixed :) It's not the end of the world if I have to re-create the clones, but I would prefer not to
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Re: Clones and moving files

Post by r3plica »

I found my "virtualbox.xml" file, here it is:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.
** If you make changes to this file while any VirtualBox related application
** is running, your changes will be overwritten later, without taking effect.
** Use VBoxManage or the VirtualBox Manager GUI to make changes.
-->
<VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.virtualbox.org/" version="1.12-windows">
  <Global>
    <ExtraData>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Details/Elements" value="general,system,preview,display,storage,audio,network,usb,sharedFolders,description"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/GroupDefinitions/" value="m=e5009dc8-940c-4eab-bd55-d556e52e0c73,m=e8a33b80-6401-4d26-9991-3083d9125be1"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastItemSelected" value="m=Cormar"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastWindowPosition" value="0,0,1718,1368"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/RecentFolderHD" value="F:/Topspin/Snapshots"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/RecentListHD" value="F:\Topspin\Snapshots\{d416399b-9dca-4a58-ab74-0ad0ab47d747}.vdi,F:\Cormar\Snapshots\{a2582491-9266-4983-a35b-57d2a22305bc}.vdi,F:\VirtualBox VMs\Cormar\Snapshots\{a2582491-9266-4983-a35b-57d2a22305bc}.vdi,F:\VirtualBox VMs\Topspin\Snapshots\{d416399b-9dca-4a58-ab74-0ad0ab47d747}.vdi"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SplitterSizes" value="572,1145"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SuppressMessages" value="confirmGoingFullscreen,showRuntimeError.warning.BrokenSharedFolder,remindAboutAutoCapture,remindAboutMouseIntegration"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Toolbar/MachineTools/Order" value="None"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Tools/LastItemsSelected" value="Welcome,Details"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/UpdateCheckCount" value="188"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/UpdateDate" value="1 d, 2019-02-23, stable, 6.0.4"/>
    </ExtraData>
    <MachineRegistry>
      <MachineEntry uuid="{e5009dc8-940c-4eab-bd55-d556e52e0c73}" src="F:/Work/Work.vbox"/>
      <MachineEntry uuid="{e8a33b80-6401-4d26-9991-3083d9125be1}" src="F:/Cormar/Cormar.vbox"/>
      <MachineEntry uuid="{6aaec631-dbb2-4afb-95bb-5777c587ba6b}" src="F:/Topspin/Topspin.vbox"/>
    </MachineRegistry>
    <NetserviceRegistry>
      <DHCPServers>
        <DHCPServer networkName="HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" IPAddress="192.168.56.100" networkMask="255.255.255.0" lowerIP="192.168.56.101" upperIP="192.168.56.254" enabled="1"/>
      </DHCPServers>
    </NetserviceRegistry>
    <SystemProperties defaultMachineFolder="F:" defaultHardDiskFormat="VDI" VRDEAuthLibrary="VBoxAuth" webServiceAuthLibrary="VBoxAuth" LogHistoryCount="3" proxyMode="0" exclusiveHwVirt="false"/>
    <USBDeviceFilters/>
  </Global>
</VirtualBox>
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r3plica
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Re: Clones and moving files

Post by r3plica »

A little update. I have found that this issue only happens when I close down the GUI. If I keep it open I can close and start each clone as many times as I like.
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Re: Clones and moving files

Post by webdeveloper »

And is it possible to remove everything you've done and start from the very beginning using the "Move" option?
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r3plica
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Re: Clones and moving files

Post by r3plica »

Not sure, but something strange has happened. One of my machines is working normally now.

What I did to get it to work was load up the "master" and then when I loaded up one of my clones, it worked fine from then on.
I hoped it would sort out the second clone, but it does not. I have no idea why.

In case someone knows more than me, the one that works is the "Topspin" clone. The "Cormar" one is still broken....
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Re: Clones and moving files

Post by r3plica »

I found this post: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78886

Following the instructions on there actually fixed my issue with the "Cormar" clone. Now everything appears to be working fine.
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Re: Clones and moving files

Post by r3plica »

I was wrong, there is still an issue with "Cormar". Booting up this morning and I found that the clone was in-accessible :( back to the drawing board.

There is something weird when I add the hard drive.

Image

The bottom one is the hard drive for topspin. And the nested one is the one for cormar.
Does anyone know why the cormar one is nested?
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