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How can I make .vhd files in different partitions?
Posted: 5. Dec 2017, 09:29
by jor4ir
Hi, I used VirtualBox create parent vhd disk in D:\vbox，then I made a snapshot of it, these vhd files are set to E:\vbox_new. Then I choose restore, the guest could not start. It says"Parent UUID {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} of the medium does not match UUID of its parent medium stored in the media registry "
I wonder if I can set vhd and snapshots in different partitions? Thanks.
Re: How can I make .vhd files in different partitions?
Posted: 5. Dec 2017, 10:10
by mpack
That error means that your "snapshot" VHDs are not snapshots, they have just been given snapshot like names. Probably they were cloned from a snapshot original.
Of course it is impossible to perform snapshot operations on disks which are not snapshots.
Re: How can I make .vhd files in different partitions?
Posted: 5. Dec 2017, 11:05
by socratis
jor4ir wrote:I wonder if I can set vhd and snapshots in different partitions? Thanks.
Yes they can be. Your problem does not come from that part, something else is going on. Is E:\ by any chance an external USB drive?
Right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager. Select "Show in Finder/Explorer/Whatever".
ZIP the selected ".vbox" file and attach it to your response.
I would also like to see the directory listing (including sub-directories) of "D:\vbox" and "E:\vbox_new". Open a Command prompt, navigate to each of the directories mentioned and enter the command "
dir /s".
Re: How can I make .vhd files in different partitions?
Posted: 5. Dec 2017, 14:41
by mpack
Um. Isn't it quite clear what's going on? The OP has "copied" the VHDs to another folder by cloning them. Cloning a snapshot creates a stand alone image, which is what the error message says is the case.
Re: How can I make .vhd files in different partitions?
Posted: 7. Dec 2017, 06:37
by jor4ir
I fixed it by using command "vboxmanage internalcommands sethdparentuuid". I think it's a bug of Virutalbox.
Re: How can I make .vhd files in different partitions?
Posted: 7. Dec 2017, 07:40
by socratis
jor4ir wrote:I think it's a bug of Virutalbox.
Not unless it's reproducible. And you haven't given us the
exact steps to re-create the "bug", so at this point I'm more inclined to think that it's
you that did something improper, rather than it being a "bug", because 1) not that many people have reported this, and 2) anyone that reported something similar, it turned out to be user error/misunderstanding.
Re: How can I make .vhd files in different partitions?
Posted: 7. Dec 2017, 10:07
by mpack
jor4ir wrote:I fixed it by using command "vboxmanage internalcommands sethdparentuuid". I think it's a bug of Virutalbox.
That isn't a fix, that's a hack to hide the error message.
What the error message told you is still true - the selected VHD is not a snapshot. Giving it the name of a snapshot and putting it in the snapshots folder does not make it a snapshot: it has no dependencies on the parent. By ignoring error messages you are just asking for more serious failures later.
And there is no bug - as I mentioned above it's quite clear what happened here, which is that someone doesn't understand snapshots or the consequences of cloning.