how to view Virtual box VM on CentOS

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ipodtrip
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how to view Virtual box VM on CentOS

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To anyone, I have a Centos and running VirtualBox version 4.1.22 R80657.
I used VNC to remote into the CentOS box fine.
When I have Virtual box open its running my Windows 2008R2 VM, but I can't view the 2008R2 VM while it open to do some changes.
In the CentOS I clicked on clicked on Workspace 2 and Workspace 1. I still can see the Windows 2008R2 VM.
I included a screen shot attachment and circle in red the VM I want to view on the CentOS desktop and do some changes.
As you can see, I have a VM called MYSQL_QA01 its running and a tab is there and I can open it up and view it. But my Win2008_R2_WSUS is running but there is no tab to view that VM for me to do changes on it.
Any help would be appericated.
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Perryg
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Re: how to view Virtual box VM on CentOS

Post by Perryg »

Actually it shows 6 guests running. If they are/were started headless you will not have an icon (you call tab) and they would need to be connected with by using remote RDP, SSH, Etc..
ipodtrip
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Re: how to view Virtual box VM on CentOS

Post by ipodtrip »

Unfortunately I can't RDP into that Windows_2008_R2 having issue RDP into it.
Would it fix the issue if I shutdown the Windows_2008_R2 then start that in not Headless.
How do I restart the VM in without Headless mode.
Appericate your help since this I'm a beginner in using Virutal box and Linux.
Perryg
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Re: how to view Virtual box VM on CentOS

Post by Perryg »

You can use the VBoxManage CLI to control the machine ( see chapter 8 in your manual ).
What I find strange is that the manager shows it running but the top does not have the show icon active, meaning the manager has lost contact to the guest.
If you hold the shift key down when starting the guest it will start headless or if you started it with the CLI VBoxManage or VBoxHeadless it will be in headless mode. If you simply click the start icon it will start in GUI mode.

One other thing. If you are using the autostart feature it will start in headless as well.
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