use virtualbox on a remote machine

[kunaljain]

Hey TerryE,

I try at command to save the state of Guest OS here are the results

* console startvm, console initiated at savestate :- works
* console startvm, ssh initiated at savestate : - fails

I still not able to figure out why it fails remotely while it runs perfectly fine on the console.

[kunaljain]

Hey TerryE

One more thing

ssh startvm, console savestate :- Fails

Sorry i forgot to mention it earlier.

[TerryE]

So for the avoidance of doubt if your script is called suspendVM and your VM is called fred them if you create the test script ~/sleepFred:

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#! /bin/sh
whoami
at now <<END
suspendVM fred >/tmp/suspend$1.log 2>&1
END

then if you start fred from the console, and later type ~/sleepFred Cons from the console then the suspend works. If you restart fred from the console, and type ~/sleepFred SSH from an interactive ssh then the suspend dies. Just the two files post up suspendCons.log and suspendSSH.log here in [code] blocks will you.

[bundabrg]

Sorry, just a quick post. Probably not a solution.

Another option, under linux, is to use the "disown" command.

IE:

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  ./do_some_command &
  disown %1

Similar to nohup, it means it will allow you to log out and the session to keep running.

- Brendan

[kunaljain]

Hey TerryE

Only solution i find for handling VirtualBox Remotely is i installed RealVNC on the server and its viewer on my laptop so that i can handle it remotely.