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| 3 | manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage showvminfo
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| 26 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 27 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
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| 28 | <!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
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| 29 | %all.entities;
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| 30 | ]>
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| 31 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-showvminfo" lang="en">
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| 32 | <refentryinfo>
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| 33 | <pubdate>$Date: 2024-09-16 21:42:41 +0000 (Mon, 16 Sep 2024) $</pubdate>
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| 34 | <title>VBoxManage showvminfo</title>
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| 35 | </refentryinfo>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <refmeta>
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| 38 | <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-showvminfo</refentrytitle>
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| 39 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 40 | </refmeta>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <refnamediv>
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| 43 | <refname>VBoxManage-showvminfo</refname>
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| 44 | <refpurpose>show configuration information or log file contents for a virtual
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| 45 | machine</refpurpose>
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| 46 | <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
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| 47 | </refnamediv>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 50 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showvminfo-default">
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| 51 | <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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| 52 | <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command>
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| 53 | <group choice="req">
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| 54 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 55 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 56 | </group>
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| 57 | <arg>--details</arg>
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| 58 | <arg>--machinereadable</arg>
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| 59 | <arg>--password-id</arg>
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| 60 | <arg>--password</arg>
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| 61 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showvminfo-log">
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| 64 | <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command>
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| 65 | <group choice="req">
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| 66 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 67 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 68 | </group>
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| 69 | <arg choice="req">--log=<replaceable>index</replaceable></arg>
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| 70 | <arg>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></arg>
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| 71 | <arg>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</arg>
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| 72 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 73 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-description">
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| 76 | <title>Description</title>
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| 77 | <para>
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| 78 | The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command outputs
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| 79 | configuration information or log file contents for a specified
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| 80 | virtual machine (VM).
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-default">
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| 83 | <title>Viewing Virtual Machine Information</title>
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| 84 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 85 | <para>
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| 86 | The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command outputs
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| 87 | information about the specified VM in a detailed format or in a
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| 88 | machine-readable format.
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| 89 | </para>
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| 90 | <para>
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| 91 | The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command shows the
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| 92 | same information for the specified VM in the same format as the
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| 93 | <command>VBoxManage list vms --long</command> command.
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 | <variablelist>
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| 96 | <varlistentry>
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| 97 | <term><option>--details</option></term>
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| 98 | <listitem><para>
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| 99 | Includes detailed information about the VM.
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| 100 | </para></listitem>
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| 101 | </varlistentry>
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| 102 | <varlistentry>
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| 103 | <term><option>--machinereadable</option></term>
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| 104 | <listitem><para>
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| 105 | Specifies that the VM information be in a machine-readable
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| 106 | format.
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| 107 | </para></listitem>
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| 108 | </varlistentry>
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| 109 | <varlistentry>
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| 110 | <term><option>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
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| 111 | <listitem><para>
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| 112 | Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted.
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| 113 | </para></listitem>
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| 114 | </varlistentry>
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| 115 | <varlistentry>
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| 116 | <term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</option></term>
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| 117 | <listitem><para>
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| 118 | Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either
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| 119 | specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the
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| 120 | host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
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| 121 | you for the password.
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| 122 | </para></listitem>
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| 123 | </varlistentry>
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| 124 | </variablelist>
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| 125 | </refsect2>
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| 126 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-log">
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| 127 | <title>Viewing Virtual Machine Log Contents</title>
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| 128 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 129 | <para>
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| 130 | The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo --log</command> command
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| 131 | outputs the contents of one of the specified VM's log files.
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| 132 | </para>
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| 133 | <variablelist>
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| 134 | <varlistentry>
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| 135 | <term><option>--log=<replaceable>index</replaceable></option></term>
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| 136 | <listitem><para>
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| 137 | Specifies a numerical index that identifies the log file.
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| 138 | </para><para>
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| 139 | The index value starts at <literal>0</literal>, which
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| 140 | indicates the <filename>VBox.log</filename> file. An index
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| 141 | value of <literal>1</literal> indicates the
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| 142 | <filename>VBoxHardening.log</filename> file. Index values
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| 143 | starting at <literal>2</literal> indicate other log files,
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| 144 | such as the <filename>VBox.log.1</filename> file.
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| 145 | </para></listitem>
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| 146 | </varlistentry>
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| 147 | <varlistentry>
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| 148 | <term><option>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
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| 149 | <listitem><para>
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| 150 | Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted.
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| 151 | </para></listitem>
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| 152 | </varlistentry>
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| 153 | <varlistentry>
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| 154 | <term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</option></term>
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| 155 | <listitem><para>
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| 156 | Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either
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| 157 | specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the
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| 158 | host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
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| 159 | you for the password.
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| 160 | </para></listitem>
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| 161 | </varlistentry>
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| 162 | </variablelist>
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| 163 | </refsect2>
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| 164 | </refsect1>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-examples">
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| 167 | <title>Examples</title>
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| 168 | <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
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| 169 | <para>
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| 170 | The following example shows typical output for this command:
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| 171 | </para>
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| 172 | <screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10"
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| 173 | VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version <replaceable>version-number</replaceable>
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| 174 | Copyright (C) 2005-2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates
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| 175 |
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| 176 | Name: Windows 10
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| 177 | Groups: /
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| 178 | Guest OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
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| 179 | UUID: 1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7
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| 180 | Config file: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Windows 10.vbox
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| 181 | Snapshot folder: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Snapshots
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| 182 | Log folder: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Logs
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| 183 | Hardware UUID: 1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7
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| 184 | Memory size: 2048MB
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| 185 | Page Fusion: off
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| 186 | VRAM size: 12MB
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| 187 | CPU exec cap: 100%
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| 188 | ...</screen>
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | The following example shows the information output in a
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| 191 | machine-readable format, which shows the entries as a
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| 192 | <replaceable>property</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable>
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| 193 | string:
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| 194 | </para>
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| 195 | <screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --machinereadable
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| 196 | ...
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| 197 | groups="/"
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| 198 | ostype="Windows 10 (64-bit)"
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| 199 | UUID="1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7"
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| 200 | ...</screen>
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | The following example shows the contents of the
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| 203 | <filename>VBox.log</filename> log file:
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| 204 | </para>
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| 205 | <screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --log 0
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| 206 | 00:00:02.895106 VirtualBox VM 6.0.0_RC1 r127378 linux.amd64 (Dec 10 2018 17:16:06) release log
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| 207 | 00:00:02.895109 Log opened 2018-12-14T14:31:44.088259000Z
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| 208 | 00:00:02.895111 Build Type: release
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| 209 | 00:00:02.895115 OS Product: Linux
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| 210 | 00:00:02.895117 OS Release: 4.1.12-61.1.22.el7uek.x86_64
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| 211 | 00:00:02.895119 OS Version: #2 SMP Fri Dec 2 09:28:44 PST 2016
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| 212 | ...</screen>
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| 213 | </refsect1>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-see-also">
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| 216 | <title>See Also</title>
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| 217 | <para>
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| 218 | <xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />
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| 219 | </para>
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| 220 | </refsect1>
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| 221 | </refentry>
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