[Solved]Commands to obtain information of the environment and the VM

[Fielding]

How can I obtain in the most simplest way a complete information about VirtualBox, environment and data of the virtual machine and its configuration ?

Best Regards

Note : I have seen the command vboxmanage, but I would like a more simple information tool.

[mpack]

AFAIK it doesn't get any simpler than VBoxManage. Yes it accepts many commands, but individually each is relatively simple, and I struggle to imagine how any command based interface could be simpler. Of course if you don't want a command line based system then you use the GUI and accept the simplifications.

Moving this topic to Suggestions, since the Q doesn't really concern "Windows Hosts" at all.

[Fielding]

Well done !!!!!!

But for me is not a suggestion. Was a simple question.
Exist a command from the command line pretty enough to give/obtain the more used information for solving problems ?
Something like obtain the general parameters of Virtualbox.

Best Regards

[socratis]

Exist a command from the command line pretty enough to give/obtain the more used information for solving problems ?

The question is "what's a problem". You can't generalize. Depending on the problem, you use the appropriate tool. The most versatile/flexible tool is VBoxManage.

[Martin]

You could start by telling us which "general parameters" you want to see.
If you want a single command which collects every information into a single file then have a look at VBoxBugReport

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VBoxBugReport -?
Oracle VM VirtualBox Bug Report Tool 5.1.18
(C) 2017 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.

Usage: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxBugReport [-h|-?|--help] [-A|--all|<vmname>...] [-o <file>|--output=<file>]
   Several VM names can be specified at once to be included into single report.
   If none is given then no machines will be included. Specifying -A overrides
   any VM names provided and included all registered machines.
Options:
   -h, -help,    --help     Print usage information
   -A, -all,     --all      Include all registered machines
   -o, -output,  --output   Specifies the name of the output file
   -t, -text,    --text     Produce a single text file instead of compressed TAR
   -V, -version, --version  Print version number and exit

[Fielding]

Thanks everybody