VB Manager GUI move machine from local hard drive to external HD
Posted: 18. Mar 2021, 13:00
Background:
I use VB on my laptop and have numerous machines for projects with engneering software.
I want to keep only the current project VM on my laptop SSD (for speed and disc space reasons) and keep the other ones accessible on an external USB drive .
So I attach 5TB external HD to the laptop and create a "machines" folder.
I use the "move" command in the GUI (right-click on the VM) and can select slect basically any drive and folder and pont it to my external HD machine folder.
However the results are mixed and the feature is not working.
A folder for the machine is created but only the VM vbox file and the log folder is moved to the destination. The VDI and snapshot folder remain on Original location
If I move the VM on the same internal HD drive letter to another location it seems to work better and shifts also the VDI and snapshots.
I don't get it because I belive what I am trying to achieve is exactly what this move feature is meant to be. Moving complete VM (vbox file, VDI file and of course the snapshots and log subfolder to a new location.
I tried the same with network folders and NAS. Same disappointing result.
Is this a bug or do I use it wrongly?
How comes it seems to (mostly) work on the same drive letter but not even reliable on the same hard drive or an external drive?
I use VB on my laptop and have numerous machines for projects with engneering software.
I want to keep only the current project VM on my laptop SSD (for speed and disc space reasons) and keep the other ones accessible on an external USB drive .
So I attach 5TB external HD to the laptop and create a "machines" folder.
I use the "move" command in the GUI (right-click on the VM) and can select slect basically any drive and folder and pont it to my external HD machine folder.
However the results are mixed and the feature is not working.
A folder for the machine is created but only the VM vbox file and the log folder is moved to the destination. The VDI and snapshot folder remain on Original location
If I move the VM on the same internal HD drive letter to another location it seems to work better and shifts also the VDI and snapshots.
I don't get it because I belive what I am trying to achieve is exactly what this move feature is meant to be. Moving complete VM (vbox file, VDI file and of course the snapshots and log subfolder to a new location.
I tried the same with network folders and NAS. Same disappointing result.
Is this a bug or do I use it wrongly?
How comes it seems to (mostly) work on the same drive letter but not even reliable on the same hard drive or an external drive?