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How do I backup VBI properly?????
Posted: 1. Jun 2009, 03:01
by dawgonit
I have typed:
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VBoxManage clonehd ~/.VirtualBox/VDI/XP.vdi ~/XP_090531.vdi
Till I'm blue in the face. When I put it on my second computer, I only have an old snapshot, not the current snapshot I made today. What am I doing wrong? I don't have any of the snapshots! (There were about 5 of them).
Thx
Re: How do I backup VBI properly?????
Posted: 1. Jun 2009, 04:39
by Perryg
Snapshots are not included in a clone or an export only the current state.
Re: How do I backup VBI properly?????
Posted: 1. Jun 2009, 11:07
by Sasquatch
If the new Host is the same OS type, then you can copy the whole .VirtualBox folder from your /home to the new host. All VMs you have stored there will be available on the new host, with the same settings and all. You do need the same version of VB, or newer for it to work. You can't mix PUEL created VMs with OSE ones, but the other way around is possible when it comes to settings. VDIs can be transferred between PUEL and OSE without issues.
Re: How do I backup VBI properly?????
Posted: 1. Jun 2009, 20:57
by dawgonit
Thanks, I will try that. My problem was I was only getting the original .vbi, not the current state (or any previous snapshots). I mentioned the snapshots because I had taken one just before trying to clone the hd. I will try copying the whole subdirectory. I am copying from Ubuntu 9.04 to XUbuntu 9.04 so that might just work
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Re: How do I backup VBI properly?????
Posted: 1. Jun 2009, 21:48
by Sasquatch
I wasn't talking about the Linux version, I was talking about the VirtualBox version. You can't use the PUEL settings (the one you get from the website) with the OSE one (the one in the default repository). Nor can you use VM settings from 2.2 on 2.1.