Virtual Box Documentation with Software

1 First steps......Page 9 1.2 Some terminology......Page 10 1.3 Features overview......Page 11 1.4 Supported host operating systems......Page 13 1.6 Starting VirtualBox......Page 14 1.7 Creating your first virtual machine......Page 16 1.8 Running your virtual machine......Page 18 1.8.2 Capturing and releasing keyboard and mouse......Page 19 1.8.3 Typing special characters......Page 20 1.8.5 Resizing the machine's window......Page 21 1.8.6 Saving the state of the machine......Page 22 1.9.1 Taking, restoring and deleting snapshots......Page 23 1.9.2 Snapshot contents......Page 25 1.12 Importing and exporting virtual machines......Page 26 1.13 Alternative front-ends......Page 28 2.1.2 Performing the installation......Page 29 2.1.4 Unattended installation......Page 30 2.3.1 Prerequisites......Page 31 2.3.2 The VirtualBox kernel module......Page 32 2.3.3 Performing the installation......Page 33 2.3.5 Starting VirtualBox on Linux......Page 36 2.4.3 Uninstallation......Page 37 2.4.5 Configuring a zone for running VirtualBox......Page 38 3.1 Supported guest operating systems......Page 39 3.1.2 64-bit guests......Page 40 3.2 Emulated hardware......Page 41 3.3.3 "Description" tab......Page 42 3.4.1 "Motherboard" tab......Page 43 3.4.2 "Processor" tab......Page 44 3.5 Display settings......Page 45 3.6 Storage settings......Page 46 3.9 Serial ports......Page 48 3.10.1 USB settings......Page 49 3.12 Alternative firmware (EFI)......Page 51 3.12.1 Video modes in EFI......Page 52 4.1 Introduction......Page 53 4.2.1 Guest Additions for Windows......Page 54 4.2.2 Guest Additions for Linux......Page 57 4.2.3 Guest Additions for Solaris......Page 62 4.3 Shared folders......Page 63 4.3.1 Manual mounting......Page 64 4.4.1 Hardware 3D acceleration (OpenGL and Direct3D 8/9)......Page 65 4.4.2 Hardware 2D video acceleration for Windows guests......Page 66 4.6 Guest properties......Page 67 4.7 Guest control......Page 69 4.8.2 Page Fusion......Page 70 5.1 Hard disk controllers: IDE, SATA (AHCI), SCSI, SAS......Page 72 5.2 Disk image files (VDI, VMDK, VHD, HDD)......Page 74 5.3 The Virtual Media Manager......Page 75 5.4 Special image write modes......Page 77 5.5 Differencing images......Page 78 5.6 Cloning disk images......Page 80 5.8 Limiting bandwidth for disk images......Page 81 5.9 CD/DVD support......Page 82 5.10 iSCSI servers......Page 83 6.1 Virtual networking hardware......Page 84 6.2 Introduction to networking modes......Page 85 6.3.1 Configuring port forwarding with NAT......Page 86 6.3.3 NAT limitations......Page 87 6.4 Bridged networking......Page 88 6.6 Host-only networking......Page 89 7.1.1 Common third-party RDP viewers......Page 91 7.1.2 VBoxHeadless, the remote desktop server......Page 92 7.1.3 Step by step: creating a virtual machine on a headless server......Page 93 7.1.4 Remote USB......Page 94 7.1.5 RDP authentication......Page 95 7.1.8 Multiple remote monitors......Page 96 7.1.10 VRDP customization......Page 97 7.2 Teleporting......Page 98 8.1 Introduction......Page 100 8.2 Commands overview......Page 101 8.3 VBoxManage list......Page 107 8.4 VBoxManage showvminfo......Page 108 8.5 VBoxManage registervm / unregistervm......Page 109 8.7.1 General settings......Page 110 8.7.2 Networking settings......Page 112 8.7.3 Serial port, audio, clipboard, remote desktop and USB settings......Page 114 8.7.5 Teleporting settings......Page 115 8.8 VBoxManage import......Page 116 8.10 VBoxManage startvm......Page 117 8.11 VBoxManage controlvm......Page 118 8.13 VBoxManage adoptstate......Page 119 8.16 VBoxManage storageattach......Page 120 8.17 VBoxManage storagectl......Page 122 8.20 VBoxManage createhd......Page 123 8.21 VBoxManage modifyhd......Page 124 8.23 VBoxManage convertfromraw......Page 125 8.26 VBoxManage usbfilter add/modify/remove......Page 126 8.28 VBoxManage guestproperty......Page 127 8.29 VBoxManage guestcontrol......Page 128 8.30 VBoxManage debugvm......Page 130 8.31 VBoxManage metrics......Page 131 8.33 VBoxManage dhcpserver......Page 133 8.34 VBoxManage extpack......Page 134 9.1.2 Secure labeling with VBoxSDL......Page 135 9.1.3 Releasing modifiers with VBoxSDL on Linux......Page 136 9.2.1 Automated Windows guest logons......Page 137 9.2.2 Automated Linux/Unix guest logons......Page 138 9.3.1 Automated Windows system preparation......Page 139 9.5.1 Custom VESA resolutions......Page 140 9.6.1 Using a raw host hard disk from a guest......Page 141 9.6.2 Configuring the hard disk vendor product data (VPD)......Page 143 9.7 Launching more than 120 VMs on Solaris hosts......Page 144 9.9.1 Configuring the address of a NAT network interface......Page 145 9.9.6 Using the host's resolver as a DNS proxy in NAT mode......Page 146 9.10 Configuring the BIOS DMI information......Page 147 9.11.2 Accelerate or slow down the guest clock......Page 148 9.12 Configuring multiple host-only network interfaces on Solaris hosts......Page 149 9.13 Configuring the VirtualBox CoreDumper on Solaris hosts......Page 150 9.15 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically......Page 151 10.1.1 Machines created by VirtualBox version 4.0 or later......Page 152 10.1.3 Global configuration data......Page 153 10.2 VirtualBox executables and components......Page 154 10.3 Hardware vs. software virtualization......Page 156 10.4 Details about software virtualization......Page 157 10.5 Details about hardware virtualization......Page 159 10.6 Nested paging and VPIDs......Page 160 11 VirtualBox programming interfaces......Page 162 12.1.1 Categorizing and isolating problems......Page 163 12.1.3 The built-in VM debugger......Page 164 12.1.4 VM core format......Page 166 12.2.1 Guest shows IDE/SATA errors for file-based images on slow host file system......Page 167 12.2.4 GUI: 2D Video Acceleration option is grayed out......Page 168 12.3.3 Windows 2000 installation failures......Page 169 12.4.1 Linux guests may cause a high CPU load......Page 170 12.5.1 VBoxSVC out-of-process COM server issues......Page 171 12.5.4 Running an iSCSI initiator and target on a single system......Page 172 12.6.2 Linux host CD/DVD drive not found......Page 173 12.6.5 Strange guest IDE error messages when writing to CD/DVD......Page 174 12.6.7 USB not working......Page 175 12.7.2 VM aborts with out of memory errors on Solaris 10 hosts......Page 176 13.3 Encryption......Page 178 14 Known limitations......Page 179 15.1 Version 4.0.2 (2011-01-18)......Page 181 15.2 Version 4.0.0 (2010-12-22)......Page 182 15.3 Version 3.2.12 (2010-11-30)......Page 185 15.4 Version 3.2.10 (2010-10-08)......Page 186 15.5 Version 3.2.8 (2010-08-05)......Page 188 15.6 Version 3.2.6 (2010-06-25)......Page 190 15.7 Version 3.2.4 (2010-06-07)......Page 191 15.8 Version 3.2.2 (2010-06-02)......Page 192 15.9 Version 3.2.0 (2010-05-18)......Page 193 15.10 Version 3.1.8 (2010-05-10)......Page 195 15.11 Version 3.1.6 (2010-03-25)......Page 197 15.12 Version 3.1.4 (2010-02-12)......Page 198 15.13 Version 3.1.2 (2009-12-17)......Page 200 15.14 Version 3.1.0 (2009-11-30)......Page 202 15.16 Version 3.0.10 (2009-10-29)......Page 204 15.17 Version 3.0.8 (2009-10-02)......Page 206 15.18 Version 3.0.6 (2009-09-09)......Page 207 15.19 Version 3.0.4 (2009-08-04)......Page 209 15.20 Version 3.0.2 (2009-07-10)......Page 210 15.21 Version 3.0.0 (2009-06-30)......Page 211 15.22 Version 2.2.4 (2009-05-29)......Page 214 15.23 Version 2.2.2 (2009-04-27)......Page 215 15.24 Version 2.2.0 (2009-04-08)......Page 216 15.25 Version 2.1.4 (2009-02-16)......Page 219 15.26 Version 2.1.2 (2009-01-21)......Page 220 15.27 Version 2.1.0 (2008-12-17)......Page 223 15.29 Version 2.0.6 (2008-11-21)......Page 225 15.30 Version 2.0.4 (2008-10-24)......Page 226 15.31 Version 2.0.2 (2008-09-12)......Page 227 15.32 Version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04)......Page 229 16.1 Materials......Page 230 16.2.1 GNU General Public License (GPL)......Page 232 16.2.2 GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)......Page 236 16.2.3 Mozilla Public License (MPL)......Page 241 16.2.7 OpenSSL license......Page 247 16.2.8 Slirp license......Page 248 16.2.11 lwIP license......Page 249 16.2.13 libxslt licenses......Page 250 16.2.14 gSOAP Public License Version 1.3a......Page 251 16.2.15 Chromium licenses......Page 256 16.2.17 libgd license......Page 258 16.2.19 libjpeg License......Page 259 16.2.20 x86 SIMD extension for IJG JPEG library license......Page 260 17 VirtualBox privacy policy......Page 261 Glossary......Page 262