UUID problem

[concord101]

I just upgraded a system to Ubuntu 9.04 from Ubuntu 8.10. Before doing so I tarred up the ~/.VirtualBox directory and have since put it back where it belongs in the new installation. After doing so I installed the OSE version of VirtualBox OSE from the Ubuntu repositories. 2.1.4_OSE is now installed.

When I try to open VirtualBox comes up and offers to upgrade the Virtual Machine to the current version, which I do and a backup is saved automatically. The VM (Windows XP in this case) shows up in the software but when i click the green arrow to start I get this error:

Medium '/home/sherry/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows XP/Snapshots/{20774ecd-8434-40dd-be21-a67298a378da}.vdi' is not accessible. UUID {e08e5fa2-6b80-4de7-8d7a-9d960ca1dae2} of the hard disk '/home/sherry/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows XP/Snapshots/{20774ecd-8434-40dd-be21-a67298a378da}.vdi' does not match the value {20774ecd-8434-40dd-be21-a67298a378da} stored in the media registry ('/home/sherry/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml')

What should I do?

Thank you in advance,

- Frank

[Perryg]

At this point the easiest thing to do is edit the .virtualbox.xml file "UUID" to match your machine "UUID" as stated in the warning. Be sure that you create a backup of these two files before you start so an error will not kill the install.

[concord101]

At this point the easiest thing to do is edit the .virtualbox.xml file "UUID" to match your machine "UUID" as stated in the warning. Be sure that you create a backup of these two files before you start so an error will not kill the install.

That's kinda what's got me baffled. The file name in /home/sherry/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows XP/Snapshots/ actually is {20774ecd-8434-40dd-be21-a67298a378da}.vdi - /and/ that's the same .vdi file referenced in the VirtualBox.xml file too

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Automatically converted from version '1.5-linux' -->
<!-- Automatically converted from version '1.4-linux' -->
<!-- Automatically converted from version '1.3-linux' -->
<!-- Automatically converted from version '1.3.pre-linux' -->
<!-- Automatically converted from version '1.2-linux' -->
<!-- innotek VirtualBox Global Configuration -->
<VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings" version="1.6-linux">
<Global>
<ExtraData>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastWindowPostion" value="277,186,770,550"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastVMSelected" value="{decd2570-a9e5-419d-669e-49200355e3e1}"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LicenseAgreed" value="1.5"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/RegistrationData" value="005300680065007200720079002000530063006f00740074007c00730068006500720072007900730030003700400067006d00610069006c002e0063006f006d007c0079006500730000000049430596"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SuppressMessages" value="remindAboutInaccessibleMedia,remindAboutAutoCapture,remindAboutMouseIntegrationOn,remindAboutMouseIntegrationOff,confirmInputCapture"/>
</ExtraData>
<USBDeviceFilters/>
<MachineRegistry>
<MachineEntry uuid="{decd2570-a9e5-419d-669e-49200355e3e1}" src="Machines/Windows XP/Windows XP.xml"/>
</MachineRegistry>
<MediaRegistry>
<HardDisks>
<HardDisk uuid="{a344fef7-b545-47c7-5e9f-cf9905d718d6}" location="VDI/Windows XP.vdi" format="VDI" type="Normal">
<HardDisk uuid="{2f0f107a-5400-4c9f-f493-dd20c921a86c}" location="Machines/Windows XP/Snapshots/{2f0f107a-5400-4c9f-f493-dd20c921a86c}.vdi" format="VDI">
<HardDisk uuid="{20774ecd-8434-40dd-be21-a67298a378da}" location="Machines/Windows XP/Snapshots/{20774ecd-8434-40dd-be21-a67298a378da}.vdi" format="VDI"/>
</HardDisk>
</HardDisk>
</HardDisks>
<DVDImages>
<Image uuid="{1256d304-26a7-402e-9b96-0087d67c0d2c}" location="/home/sherry/vrmpvol_en.iso"/>
<Image uuid="{417b72d4-99e2-47a5-2fa3-a2a98ddda2da}" location="/home/sherry/.VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions_1.5.6.iso"/>
<Image uuid="{ab9265cc-9a45-4ee0-bbbe-db1bb560a203}" location="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso"/>
</DVDImages>
<FloppyImages/>
</MediaRegistry>
<SystemProperties defaultMachineFolder="Machines" defaultHardDiskFolder="HardDisks" defaultHardDiskFormat="VDI" remoteDisplayAuthLibrary="VRDPAuth" webServiceAuthLibrary="VRDPAuth" HWVirtExEnabled="true" LogHistoryCount="3"/>
</Global>
</VirtualBox>
VirtualBox.xml (END)

Here's a directory listing:

$ ls -l /home/sherry/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows\ XP/Snapshots/
total 12488144
-rwxrwxrwx 1 sherry sherry 4112556544 2009-06-05 14:41 {20774ecd-8434-40dd-be21-a67298a378da}.vdi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 sherry sherry 7790961152 2009-04-07 20:44 {2f0f107a-5400-4c9f-f493-dd20c921a86c}.vdi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 sherry sherry 294249073 2009-04-07 20:44 {4e3efcbb-d352-4935-bf73-573ff064afcb}.sav
-rwxrwxrwx 1 sherry sherry 288782114 2008-06-26 03:01 {8d16bb05-5a16-4572-e186-26fae7c7bec4}.sav
-rwxrwxrwx 1 sherry sherry 288782114 2008-12-10 14:12 {decd2570-a9e5-419d-669e-49200355e3e1}.sav

Am I missing something?

Again, thanks in advance,

- Frank

[Perryg]

Try to untar the backup you made to a temp folder and compare the files in the machine folder against the ones you are trying to use. Something must be missing.

[concord101]

Thanks Perry. I honestly don't know what I did but it's working now. I used the GUI and went into the hard disk section. There were more than one hard disk image (I assume one was a snapshot of it or something) anyway there were Exclamation points on the tab and then I deleted a bunch of stuff and reselected it and now it's working fine.

Thanks for taking the time to assist. It's appreciated!

Have a good one!

- Frank