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