Copying Virtualbox to different machine

[pcguy]

Is there a way on a Win7 x64 to copy a virtualbox machine to a different Win7 x64 host?

[Teguise]

Try File -> Export Appliance.

[Perryg]

If you have version => 4.* you can copy the entire guest folder to the other PC and just use the add feature.

[pcguy]

If you have version => 4.* you can copy the entire guest folder to the other PC and just use the add feature.

Guest Folder? Is thaat craeted from the Appliance option??

[mpack]

What appliance option?

The "guest folder" is the disk folder where VirtualBox puts all files related to that guest (VM). It can be found in <userdata>\VirtualBox VMs\<vm name>.

Please read the user manual, where terms such as "guest" are explained in great detail.

[pcguy]

What appliance option?

The "guest folder" is the disk folder where VirtualBox puts all files related to that guest (VM). It can be found in <userdata>\VirtualBox VMs\<vm name>.

Please read the user manual, where terms such as "guest" are explained in great detail.

I have 4.1.12 and do not have such a folder in Win7 x64. I have a c:\users\username\.Virtualbox\Hard Disks and a c:\users\username\.Virtualbox\Machines. This machine did have and older version of Virtuablbox on it and was upgraded to 4,1.12 recently.

[Perryg]

Ah ha. Well that means the guest was created before version 4.* and not going to have the new structure. Do you have snapshots?

[pcguy]

Ah ha. Well that means the guest was created before version 4.* and not going to have the new structure. Do you have snapshots?

Yes I do but I clone the guest and I can delete the older ones on the clone so that the differences are merged together if need be.

[Perryg]

Yes. That would be the proper way and then when you create the new guest (from the clone) it should be in the new structure format. This will create a folder in the VirtualBox VMs folder and you can then move that to a different host. The advantage to doing it this way is the control files will go along with the *.vdi and you will only need to add it to the other and all set-ups will be done automatically.

[pcguy]

Thanks Perryg. I will do that process.

[mpack]

If you don't need the snapshots in the clone then tell the UI to clone the current state. That gives you a snapshot-free clone right away.