Full Clone VDI with VBoxManage.exe
What is the command-line switch that I should use to create a full clone of a given vdi?
I want to be able to clone the virtual machine such that all files, folders and applications are also copied to the clone - similar to performing a "full clone" from the GUI application.
The command I am aware of is:
VBoxManage.exe clonevdi source.vdi target.vdi
But this only appears to copy half of the vdi file, how do I clone the full image?
hard-drive virtualbox virtual-machine clone
asked Dec 15 at 23:29
Tommy Davidson
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What is the command-line switch that I should use to create a full clone of a given vdi?
I want to be able to clone the virtual machine such that all files, folders and applications are also copied to the clone - similar to performing a "full clone" from the GUI application.
The command I am aware of is:
VBoxManage.exe clonevdi source.vdi target.vdi
But this only appears to copy half of the vdi file, how do I clone the full image?
hard-drive virtualbox virtual-machine clone
asked Dec 15 at 23:29
Tommy Davidson
1
What does "appears to copy half of the vdi file" mean?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:33
The size of the Disk I set to 80gb, but only 45gb is copied.
– Tommy Davidson
Dec 15 at 23:41
You should edit the question to include that information. Also, is something missing, or is it just that blocks of zero bytes were not written to the new image?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:43
add a comment |
What is the command-line switch that I should use to create a full clone of a given vdi?
I want to be able to clone the virtual machine such that all files, folders and applications are also copied to the clone - similar to performing a "full clone" from the GUI application.
The command I am aware of is:
VBoxManage.exe clonevdi source.vdi target.vdi
But this only appears to copy half of the vdi file, how do I clone the full image?
hard-drive virtualbox virtual-machine clone
asked Dec 15 at 23:29
Tommy Davidson
1
What is the command-line switch that I should use to create a full clone of a given vdi?
I want to be able to clone the virtual machine such that all files, folders and applications are also copied to the clone - similar to performing a "full clone" from the GUI application.
The command I am aware of is:
VBoxManage.exe clonevdi source.vdi target.vdi
But this only appears to copy half of the vdi file, how do I clone the full image?
hard-drive virtualbox virtual-machine clone
hard-drive virtualbox virtual-machine clone
asked Dec 15 at 23:29
Tommy Davidson
1
asked Dec 15 at 23:29
Tommy Davidson
1
asked Dec 15 at 23:29
Tommy Davidson
1
asked Dec 15 at 23:29
Tommy Davidson
1
asked Dec 15 at 23:29
Tommy Davidson
1
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What does "appears to copy half of the vdi file" mean?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:33
The size of the Disk I set to 80gb, but only 45gb is copied.
– Tommy Davidson
Dec 15 at 23:41
You should edit the question to include that information. Also, is something missing, or is it just that blocks of zero bytes were not written to the new image?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:43
add a comment |
What does "appears to copy half of the vdi file" mean?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:33
The size of the Disk I set to 80gb, but only 45gb is copied.
– Tommy Davidson
Dec 15 at 23:41
You should edit the question to include that information. Also, is something missing, or is it just that blocks of zero bytes were not written to the new image?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:43
What does "appears to copy half of the vdi file" mean?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:33
What does "appears to copy half of the vdi file" mean?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:33
The size of the Disk I set to 80gb, but only 45gb is copied.
– Tommy Davidson
Dec 15 at 23:41
The size of the Disk I set to 80gb, but only 45gb is copied.
– Tommy Davidson
Dec 15 at 23:41
You should edit the question to include that information. Also, is something missing, or is it just that blocks of zero bytes were not written to the new image?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:43
You should edit the question to include that information. Also, is something missing, or is it just that blocks of zero bytes were not written to the new image?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:43
add a comment |
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What does "appears to copy half of the vdi file" mean?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:33
The size of the Disk I set to 80gb, but only 45gb is copied.
– Tommy Davidson
Dec 15 at 23:41
You should edit the question to include that information. Also, is something missing, or is it just that blocks of zero bytes were not written to the new image?
– RalfFriedl
Dec 15 at 23:43