Run 3 Instances of Same Machine with Copies of Disk.vhd

[Karro]

hey all ,
Can someone please point me to some docs .. i have googled for a while without any success for my exact situation
i have an XP on a linux host
vm works great and everything is setup
now i would like to run 2 more instances of the same machine ( i have the hardware )
i copied the disk , after shutting down vb , and the new vm also booted up fine
except
it aborted the first running copy
i am sure i am missing something
can someone please help asap

[loukingjr]

You can't just make copies of the original machine and try to add them. You have to clone the original machine, then clone the clone and you should be good to go. So get rid of the copies you made.

[Karro]

thanx
got rid of the attempt
now i just made a clone ( full clone with reinitialized mac )
and same result

[loukingjr]

thanx
got rid of the attempt
now i just made a clone ( full clone with reinitialized mac )
and same result

you shouldn't have reinitialized MAC. delete the clone and try again.

[loukingjr]

btw, make sure you have the extension pack installed and make sure your username is added to the vboxusers group on your host.

also, if you could attach the vbox.log for the original guest. (compressed)

[Karro]

hey guys ,
yes the id is part of the vboxgroup

tried a few times different variations ..no luck yet
also shouldnt each vm have a separate mac ?

ok this is where i am now ..
just made a new copy , not selecting to reinitialize mac

vm boots normal as its been doing ..
the made a linked clone of the clone
which booted and aborted the prev clone ( from main vm )

[loukingjr]

Okay, just to make sure I wasn't telling you something that was incorrect, I installed XP w SP3, cloned it. They both ran fine. Mine are using .vmdk drives so if your original .vhd guest is fine I don't know of any problems with 2 or more guests with .vhd drives. maybe someone else does.

[Karro]

Tried
/Machine-> Linked Clone
Linkced Clone - > 2nd Clone
same results always

[Karro]

you think i should change to vmdk and see ?

[loukingjr]

no, first of all, are you sure your removed any copies/clones from VirtualBox other than the original? Not just delete their folders but removed them from the VirtualBox list?

[Karro]

yep i did

[loukingjr]

can you attach the vbox.log for the original guest?

[Karro]

Ok back to square one
made sure i removed all attempts
i have just the one original vm
and it boots and works

[Karro]

here you go

[loukingjr]

lol I just needed the one. but give me a minute.