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| 21 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-import" lang="en">
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| 22 | <refentryinfo>
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| 23 | <pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-18 17:27:14 +0000 (Thu, 18 Aug 2022) $</pubdate>
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| 24 | <title>VBoxManage import</title>
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| 25 | </refentryinfo>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <refmeta>
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| 28 | <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-import</refentrytitle>
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| 29 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 30 | </refmeta>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <refnamediv>
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| 33 | <refname>VBoxManage-import</refname>
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| 34 | <refpurpose>import a virtual appliance in OVF format or from a cloud service and create virtual machines</refpurpose>
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| 35 | <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
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| 36 | </refnamediv>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 39 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-import-ovf">
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| 40 | <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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| 41 | <command>VBoxManage import</command>
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| 42 | <group choice="req">
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| 43 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>ovfname</replaceable></arg>
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| 44 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>ovaname</replaceable></arg>
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| 45 | </group>
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| 46 | <arg>--dry-run</arg>
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| 47 | <arg>--options=<group choice="plain">
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| 48 | <arg choice="plain">keepallmacs</arg>
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| 49 | <arg choice="plain">keepnatmacs</arg>
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| 50 | <arg choice="plain">importtovdi</arg>
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| 51 | </group></arg>
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| 52 | <arg>--vsys=<replaceable>n</replaceable></arg>
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| 53 | <arg>--ostype=<replaceable>ostype</replaceable></arg>
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| 54 | <arg>--vmname=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
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| 55 | <arg>--settingsfile=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
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| 56 | <arg>--basefolder=<replaceable>folder</replaceable></arg>
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| 57 | <arg>--group=<replaceable>group</replaceable></arg>
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| 58 | <arg>--memory=<replaceable>MB</replaceable></arg>
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| 59 | <arg>--cpus=<replaceable>n</replaceable></arg>
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| 60 | <arg>--description=<replaceable>text</replaceable></arg>
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| 61 | <arg>--eula=<group choice="plain">
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| 62 | <arg choice="plain">show</arg>
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| 63 | <arg choice="plain">accept</arg>
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| 64 | </group></arg>
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| 65 | <arg>--unit=<replaceable>n</replaceable></arg>
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| 66 | <arg>--ignore</arg>
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| 67 | <arg>--scsitype=<group choice="plain">
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| 68 | <arg choice="plain">BusLogic</arg>
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| 69 | <arg choice="plain">LsiLogic</arg>
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| 70 | </group></arg>
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| 71 | <!-- <arg>--controller=<replaceable>n</replaceable></arg> -->
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| 72 | <arg>--disk=<replaceable>path</replaceable></arg>
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| 73 | <arg>--controller=<replaceable>index</replaceable></arg>
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| 74 | <arg>--port=<replaceable>n</replaceable></arg>
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| 75 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-import-cloud">
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| 78 | <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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| 79 | <command>VBoxManage import</command>
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| 80 | <arg choice="plain">OCI://</arg>
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| 81 | <arg choice="plain">--cloud</arg>
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| 82 | <arg>--ostype=<replaceable>ostype</replaceable></arg>
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| 83 | <arg>--vmname=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
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| 84 | <arg>--basefolder=<replaceable>folder</replaceable></arg>
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| 85 | <arg>--memory=<replaceable>MB</replaceable></arg>
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| 86 | <arg>--cpus=<replaceable>n</replaceable></arg>
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| 87 | <arg>--description=<replaceable>text</replaceable></arg>
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| 88 | <arg choice="req">--cloudprofile=<replaceable>profile</replaceable></arg>
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| 89 | <arg choice="req">--cloudinstanceid=<replaceable>id</replaceable></arg>
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| 90 | <arg>--cloudbucket=<replaceable>bucket</replaceable></arg>
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| 91 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 92 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <refsect1>
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| 95 | <title>Description</title>
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| 96 | <para>
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| 97 | The <command>VBoxManage import</command> command imports a virtual
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| 98 | appliance either in OVF format or from a cloud service such as &oci;.
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| 99 | The import is performed by copying virtual disk images (by default using
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| 100 | the VMDK image format) and by creating virtual machines (VMs) in
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| 101 | &product-name;. See <xref linkend="ovf" />.
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 | <para>
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| 104 | You must specify the path name of an OVF file or OVA archive to
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| 105 | use as input, or a placeholder for the cloud case. For OVF appliances
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| 106 | ensure that any disk images are in the same directory as the OVF file.
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| 107 | </para>
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| 108 | <para>
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| 109 | Note that any options you specify to control the imported virtual
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| 110 | appliance or to modify the import parameters rely on the contents
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| 111 | of the OVF file or the information from the cloud service.
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| 112 | </para>
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| 113 | <para>
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| 114 | Before you use the import operation to create the VM, perform a
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| 115 | dry run to verify the correctness of your configuration. This is more
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| 116 | useful with an OVF or OVA appliance, because with a cloud service even
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| 117 | a dry run needs to perform most of the time consuming steps.
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 | <para>
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| 120 | The import from a cloud service downloads a temporary file containing
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| 121 | both the boot image and some metadata describing the details of the
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| 122 | VM instance. The temporary file is deleted after successful import.
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 | <refsect2>
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| 125 | <title>Common Options</title>
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| 126 | <variablelist>
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| 127 | <varlistentry>
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| 128 | <term><replaceable>ovfname</replaceable> | <replaceable>ovaname</replaceable></term>
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| 129 | <listitem><para>
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| 130 | Specifies the name of the OVF file or OVA archive that
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| 131 | describes the appliance. In the cloud case this is usually
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| 132 | a fixed string such as <literal>OCI://</literal>.
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| 133 | </para></listitem>
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| 134 | </varlistentry>
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| 135 | <varlistentry>
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| 136 | <term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
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| 137 | <!-- Does this option really work for cloud import? -->
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| 138 | <listitem><para>
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| 139 | Performs a dry run of the <command>VBoxManage
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| 140 | import</command> command before you perform the actual
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| 141 | import operation. A dry run operation does the following:
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| 142 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 143 | <listitem><para>
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| 144 | Outputs a description of the appliance's contents
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| 145 | based on the specified OVF or OVA file.
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| 146 | </para></listitem>
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| 147 | <listitem><para>
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| 148 | Shows how the appliance would be imported into
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| 149 | &product-name;. In addition, the output shows any
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| 150 | options that you can use to change the import
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| 151 | behavior.
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| 152 | </para></listitem>
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| 153 | </itemizedlist><para>
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| 154 | The shortened form of this option is <option>-n</option>.
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| 155 | </para></listitem>
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| 156 | </varlistentry>
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| 157 | <varlistentry>
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| 158 | <term><option>--options=keepallmacs | keepnatmacs | importtovdi</option></term>
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| 159 | <!-- Does this option really work for cloud import? -->
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| 160 | <listitem><para>
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| 161 | Enables you to fine tune the import operation.
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| 162 | </para><para>
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| 163 | Valid arguments are as follows:
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| 164 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 165 | <listitem><para>
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| 166 | <literal>keepallmacs</literal>: Specifies that the MAC
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| 167 | addresses of every virtual network card are left
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| 168 | unchanged.
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| 169 | </para></listitem>
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| 170 | <listitem><para>
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| 171 | <literal>keepnatmacs</literal>: Specifies that the MAC
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| 172 | addresses of every virtual network card are left
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| 173 | unchanged if the network type is NAT.
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| 174 | </para></listitem>
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| 175 | <listitem><para>
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| 176 | <literal>importtovdi</literal>: Specifies that all new
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| 177 | disk images are in VDI file format.
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| 178 | </para></listitem>
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| 179 | </itemizedlist></listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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| 181 | <varlistentry>
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| 182 | <term><option>--ostype=<replaceable>ostype</replaceable></option></term>
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| 183 | <listitem><para>
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| 184 | Specifies the guest operating system (OS) information for
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| 185 | the VM. Use the <command>VBoxManage list ostypes</command>
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| 186 | command to view the OS type identifiers.
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| 187 | </para></listitem>
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| 188 | </varlistentry>
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| 189 | <varlistentry>
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| 190 | <term><option>--vmname=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>
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| 191 | <listitem><para>
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| 192 | Specifies the name of the VM to be used by &product-name;.
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| 193 | </para></listitem>
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| 194 | </varlistentry>
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| 195 | <varlistentry>
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| 196 | <term><option>--basefolder=<replaceable>folder</replaceable></option></term>
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| 197 | <!-- Does this option really work for cloud import? -->
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| 198 | <listitem><para>
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| 199 | Specifies the folder where the files of the imported VM
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| 200 | are stored.
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| 201 | </para></listitem>
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| 202 | </varlistentry>
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| 203 | <varlistentry>
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| 204 | <term><option>--memory=<replaceable>MB</replaceable></option></term>
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| 205 | <listitem><para>
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| 206 | Specifies the memory size in Megabytes for the imported VM.
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| 207 | </para></listitem>
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| 208 | </varlistentry>
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| 209 | <varlistentry>
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| 210 | <term><option>--cpus=<replaceable>n</replaceable></option></term>
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| 211 | <listitem><para>
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| 212 | Specifies the number of CPUs for the imported VM.
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| 213 | </para></listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 | <varlistentry>
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| 216 | <term><option>--description=<replaceable>text</replaceable></option></term>
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| 217 | <listitem><para>
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| 218 | Specifies the description text visible in the GUI and
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| 219 | CLI when checking the VM details.
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| 220 | </para></listitem>
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| 221 | </varlistentry>
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| 222 | </variablelist>
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| 223 | </refsect2>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-import-ovf">
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| 226 | <title>OVF / OVA Import Options</title>
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| 227 | <para>
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| 228 | The following options are specific for importing a virtual appliance
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| 229 | in OVF or OVA format. Such an appliance can contain one or more VMs,
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| 230 | which requires specifying which VM configuration should be adjusted
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| 231 | in case you want to change it. See <xref linkend="ovf-import-appliance" />.
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| 232 | </para>
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| 233 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 234 | <variablelist>
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| 235 | <varlistentry>
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| 236 | <term><option>--vsys=<replaceable>n</replaceable></option></term>
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| 237 | <listitem><para>
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| 238 | Specifies the index selecting a specific VM within the
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| 239 | appliance. Affects the following options.
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| 240 | </para></listitem>
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| 241 | </varlistentry>
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| 242 | <varlistentry>
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| 243 | <term><option>--unit=<replaceable>n</replaceable></option></term>
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| 244 | <listitem><para>
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| 245 | Specifies the index selecting a specific unit of a VM
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| 246 | within the appliance. Affects the following options.
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| 247 | </para></listitem>
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| 248 | </varlistentry>
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| 249 | <varlistentry>
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| 250 | <term><option>--settingsfile=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
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| 251 | <listitem><para>
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| 252 | Specifies the name (with or without path) of the VM config
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| 253 | file which will be created as part of the import. Usually
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| 254 | the preferred way is overriding the VM name with
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| 255 | <option>--vmname</option> and if necessary specify the
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| 256 | folder in which to create the VM with
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| 257 | <option>--basefolder</option>.
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| 258 | </para></listitem>
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| 259 | </varlistentry>
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| 260 | <varlistentry>
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| 261 | <term><option>--group=<replaceable>group</replaceable></option></term>
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| 262 | <listitem><para>
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| 263 | Specifies the primary group of the imported VM.
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| 264 | </para></listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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| 266 | <varlistentry>
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| 267 | <term><option>--eula=show | accept</option></term>
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| 268 | <listitem><para>
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| 269 | Enables you to show or accept the license conditions of a
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| 270 | VM within the appliance,
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| 271 | </para><para>
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| 272 | Valid arguments are as follows:
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| 273 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 274 | <listitem><para>
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| 275 | <literal>show</literal>: Shows the EULA of a VM.
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| 276 | </para></listitem>
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| 277 | <listitem><para>
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| 278 | <literal>accepts</literal>: Accepts the EULA of a VM.
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| 279 | Any VMs in an appliance which have an EULA require
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| 280 | accepting it, otherwise the import will fail.
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| 281 | </para></listitem>
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| 282 | </itemizedlist></listitem>
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| 283 | </varlistentry>
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| 284 | <varlistentry>
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| 285 | <term><option>--ignore</option></term>
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| 286 | <listitem><para>
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| 287 | Ignores the current unit of an imported VM, effectively
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| 288 | removing the associated hardware.
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| 289 | </para></listitem>
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| 290 | </varlistentry>
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| 291 | <varlistentry>
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| 292 | <term><option>--scsitype=BusLogic | LsiLogic</option></term>
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| 293 | <listitem><para>
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| 294 | Enables you to select the type of the SCSI controller for
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| 295 | the current unit of an imported VM.
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| 296 | </para><para>
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| 297 | Valid arguments are as follows:
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| 298 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 299 | <listitem><para>
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| 300 | <literal>BusLogic</literal>: Uses the (very old) BusLogic
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| 301 | SCSI controller type.
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| 302 | </para></listitem>
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| 303 | <listitem><para>
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| 304 | <literal>LsiLogic</literal>: Uses the (more modern)
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| 305 | LsiLogic SCSI controller type.
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| 306 | </para></listitem>
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| 307 | </itemizedlist></listitem>
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| 308 | </varlistentry>
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| 309 | </variablelist>
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| 310 | </refsect2>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-import-cloud">
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| 313 | <title>Cloud Import Options</title>
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| 314 | <para>
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| 315 | The following options are specific for importing a VM instance
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| 316 | from a cloud service provider. It always deals with a single VM.
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| 317 | See <xref linkend="cloud-import-oci" />.
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| 318 | </para>
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| 319 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 320 | <variablelist>
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| 321 | <varlistentry>
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| 322 | <term><option>--cloud</option></term>
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| 323 | <listitem><para>
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| 324 | Specifies that the import should be from the cloud.
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| 325 | </para></listitem>
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| 326 | </varlistentry>
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| 327 | <varlistentry>
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| 328 | <term><option>--cloudprofile=<replaceable>profile</replaceable></option></term>
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| 329 | <listitem><para>
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| 330 | Specifies the cloud profile which is used to connect to the
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| 331 | cloud service provider. The cloud profile contains your &oci;
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| 332 | account details, such as your user OCID and the fingerprint
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| 333 | for your public key. To use a cloud profile, you must have
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| 334 | the required permissions on &oci;.
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| 335 | </para></listitem>
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| 336 | </varlistentry>
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| 337 | <varlistentry>
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| 338 | <term><option>--cloudinstanceid=<replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
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| 339 | <listitem><para>
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| 340 | Specifies the ID of an existing instance in the cloud.
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| 341 | </para></listitem>
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| 342 | </varlistentry>
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| 343 | <varlistentry>
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| 344 | <term><option>--cloudbucket=<replaceable>bucket</replaceable></option></term>
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| 345 | <listitem><para>
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| 346 | Specifies the bucket name in which to store the object created
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| 347 | from the instance. In &oci;, a bucket is a logical container
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| 348 | for storing objects. By default the first bucket available with
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| 349 | the cloud profile is used.
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| 350 | </para></listitem>
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| 351 | </varlistentry>
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| 352 | </variablelist>
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| 353 | </refsect2>
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| 354 | </refsect1>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <refsect1>
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| 357 | <title>Examples</title>
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| 358 | <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
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| 359 | <para>
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| 360 | The following example performs the dry run of an OVF import operation
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| 361 | for a sample appliance that contains a Windows 10 guest:
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| 362 | </para>
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| 363 | <screen>$ VBoxManage import Windows10.ovf --dry-run
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| 364 | Interpreting Windows10.ovf...
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| 365 | OK.
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| 366 | Virtual system 0:
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| 367 | 0: Suggested OS type: "Windows10_64"
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| 368 | (change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all)
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| 369 | 1: Suggested VM name "win10-appliance"
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| 370 | (change with "--vsys 0 --vmname <name>")
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| 371 | 2: Suggested VM group "/"
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| 372 | (change with "--vsys 0 --group <group>")
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| 373 | 3: Suggested VM settings file name "/home/user1/VirtualBox VMs/win10-appliance/win10-appliance.vbox"
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| 374 | (change with "--vsys 0 --settingsfile <filename>")
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| 375 | 4: Suggested VM base folder "/home/user1/VirtualBox VMs"
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| 376 | (change with "--vsys 0 --basefolder <path>")
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| 377 | 5: End-user license agreement
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| 378 | (display with "--vsys 0 --eula show";
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| 379 | accept with "--vsys 0 --eula accept")
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| 380 | 6: Number of CPUs: 1
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| 381 | (change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>")
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| 382 | 7: Guest memory: 2048 MB (change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>")
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| 383 | 8: Sound card (appliance expects "ensoniq1371", can change on import)
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| 384 | (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore")
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| 385 | 9: USB controller
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| 386 | (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 9 --ignore")
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| 387 | 10: Network adapter: orig bridged, config 2, extra type=bridged
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| 388 | 11: Floppy
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| 389 | (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 11 --ignore")
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| 390 | 12: SCSI controller, type BusLogic
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| 391 | (change with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --scsitype {BusLogic|LsiLogic}";
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| 392 | disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 12 --ignore")
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| 393 | 13: IDE controller, type PIIX4
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| 394 | (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 13 --ignore")
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| 395 | 14: Hard disk image: source image=Windows10.vmdk,
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| 396 | target path=/home/user1/disks/Windows10.vmdk, controller=12;channel=0
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| 397 | (change target path with "--vsys 0 --unit 14 --disk <path>";
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| 398 | change controller with "--vsys 0 --unit 14 --controller <index>";
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| 399 | change controller port with "--vsys 0 --unit 14 --port <n>";
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| 400 | disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 14 --ignore")</screen>
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| 401 | <para>
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| 402 | The dry run output lists and numbers the individual configuration
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| 403 | items that are described in the <filename>Windows10.ovf</filename>
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| 404 | file. Some of the items include information about how to disable
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| 405 | or change the configuration of the item.
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| 406 | </para>
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| 407 | <para>
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| 408 | You can disable many of the items by using the <option>--vsys
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| 409 | <replaceable>X</replaceable> --unit <replaceable>Y</replaceable>
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| 410 | --ignore</option> options. <replaceable>X</replaceable> is the
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| 411 | number of the virtual system. The value is <literal>0</literal>
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| 412 | unless the appliance includes several virtual system descriptions.
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| 413 | <replaceable>Y</replaceable> is the configuration item number.
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| 414 | </para>
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| 415 | <para>
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| 416 | Item 1 in the example command output specifies the name of the
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| 417 | target machine. Items 12 and 13 specify the IDE and SCSI hard disk
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| 418 | controllers, respectively.
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| 419 | </para>
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| 420 | <para>
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| 421 | Item 14 indicates the hard disk image and the
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| 422 | <option>--disk</option> option specifies the target path where the
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| 423 | image will be stored, the <option>--controller</option> option specifies
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| 424 | which controller the disk will be attached to, and the
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| 425 | <option>--port</option> option specifies which port on the controller the
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| 426 | disk will be attached to. The default values are specified in the OVF file.
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| 427 | </para>
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| 428 | <para>
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| 429 | You can combine several items for the same virtual system by
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| 430 | specifying the same value for the <option>--vsys</option> option.
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| 431 | For example use the following command to import a machine as
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| 432 | described in the OVF, exclude the sound card and USB controller
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| 433 | and specify that the disk image is stored with a different name.
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| 434 | </para>
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| 435 | <screen>$ VBoxManage import Windows10.ovf --vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore \
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| 436 | --unit 9 --ignore --unit 14 --disk Windows10_disk0.vmdk</screen>
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| 437 | <para>
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| 438 | The following example illustrates how to import a VM from &oci;. To find
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| 439 | the &oci; VM instances and its ID you can list all available instances
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| 440 | with:
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| 441 | </para>
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| 442 | <screen>$ VBoxManage cloud --provider=OCI --profile=<replaceable>cloud-profile-name</replaceable> list instances</screen>
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| 443 | <para>
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| 444 | Once you know the ID the following command imports the instance from
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| 445 | &oci;:
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| 446 | </para>
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| 447 | <screen>$ VBoxManage import OCI:// --cloud --vmname OCI_FreeBSD_VM --memory 4000 \
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| 448 | --cpus 3 --ostype FreeBSD_64 --cloudprofile "standard user" \
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| 449 | --cloudinstanceid ocid1.instance.oc1.iad.abuwc... --cloudbucket myBucket</screen>
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| 450 | </refsect1>
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| 451 | </refentry>
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