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| - | ===== VirtualBox ===== | + | ====== VirtualBox |
| - | VirtualBox is a free/opensource Hypervisor | + | VirtualBox is a free, open-source hypervisor |
| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
| - | + | * [[http:// | |
| - | ===== Create a VM ===== | + | ====== Create a VM ====== |
| Copy an ISO to your home directory: | Copy an ISO to your home directory: | ||
| - | < | + | < |
| * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.200 | * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.200 | ||
| < | < | ||
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| - Hard disk size: less than 30Gb | - Hard disk size: less than 30Gb | ||
| - | ===== Networking ===== | + | ====== Networking |
| - | ==== Bridged Networking ==== | + | ===== Bridged Networking |
| If your guest is using bridged networking you MUST use this command to allow other users to use the host's physical network card. Make sure your virtual machine is shut down and then run this command: | If your guest is using bridged networking you MUST use this command to allow other users to use the host's physical network card. Make sure your virtual machine is shut down and then run this command: | ||
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| As of VirtualBox 3.1.2 this is still a [[http:// | As of VirtualBox 3.1.2 this is still a [[http:// | ||
| - | ==== Port Forwarding ==== | + | ===== Port Forwarding |
| If your guest OS is using NAT for networking and you want to access services like Apache or SSH, you will need to enable port forwarding. | If your guest OS is using NAT for networking and you want to access services like Apache or SSH, you will need to enable port forwarding. | ||
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| - | ==== Updating VirtualBox ==== | + | ====== Commonly-used commands ====== |
| - | To update VirtualBox to a new version you must shutdown all the running VMs. | + | ===== List your VMs ===== |
| - | <file>[jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ VBoxManage controlvm | + | < |
| - | VirtualBox | + | ===== List your running VMs ===== |
| - | (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, | + | < |
| - | All rights reserved. | + | |
| + | ====== Updating VirtualBox | ||
| + | ===== Stop any running VMs ===== | ||
| + | Either shut down or "save state" for any running VMs. | ||
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| + | jmagochi | ||
| + | jmagochi | ||
| + | aorth 18431 9.7 1.7 998940 36160 ? Sl Oct11 129:54 / | ||
| + | As the user who owns the VM, save the VM' | ||
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| + | <code># su - jmagochi | ||
| + | $ VBoxManage controlvm | ||
| + | $ VBoxManage controlvm lims savestate | ||
| + | $ exit | ||
| + | # su - aorth | ||
| + | $ VBoxManage controlvm b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f savestate | ||
| + | $ exit</ | ||
| + | ===== Update | ||
| + | ==== CentOS ==== | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | ===== Resume VMs ===== | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | $ VBoxHeadless -s nobu & | ||
| + | $ VBoxHeadless -s lims & | ||
| + | $ exit | ||
| + | # su - aorth | ||
| + | $ VBoxHeadless -s b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f -v off &</ | ||
| - | 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% | + | ===== Mount a CD to a running VM ===== |
| - | [jmagochi@biovbox ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv stop | + | Attach an ISO to a running VM. The CD/DVD device is on the Secondary IDE controller (--port 1), and it is the slave device (--device 1). |
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| - | $ yum install virtualbox-3.1 | + | ====== Optimal settings for a guest ====== |
| - | </ | + | |
| - | ==== Commonly-used commands ==== | + | * Notes about '' |
| - | List your VMs: | + | * Set the IO scheduler to '' |
| - | < | + | * Edit the grub command line to set the default IO scheduler, usually in /// |
| - | List all running VMs: | + | * Install guest additions (VirtualBox or VMware) |
| - | < | + | * Run a virtual machine-specific kernel: |
| + | * Ubuntu: linux-image-virtual | ||
| + | * Mount filesystems with '' | ||