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| 30 | ]>
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| 31 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-storageattach" lang="en">
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| 32 | <refentryinfo>
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| 33 | <pubdate>August 2019</pubdate>
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| 34 | <title>VBoxManage storageattach</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-storageattach</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-storageattach</refname>
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| 44 | <refpurpose>attach, remove, and modify storage media used by a virtual machine</refpurpose>
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| 45 | <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
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| 46 | </refnamediv>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 49 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-storageattach">
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| 50 | <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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| 51 | <command>VBoxManage storageattach</command>
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| 52 | <group choice="req">
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| 53 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 54 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 55 | </group>
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| 56 | <arg choice="req">--storagectl=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
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| 57 | <arg>--bandwidthgroup=<group choice="plain">
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| 58 | <arg choice="plain">name</arg>
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| 59 | <arg choice="plain">none</arg>
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| 60 | </group></arg>
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| 61 | <arg>--comment=<replaceable>text</replaceable></arg>
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| 62 | <arg>--device=<replaceable>number</replaceable></arg>
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| 63 | <arg>--discard=<group choice="plain">
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| 64 | <arg choice="plain">on</arg>
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| 65 | <arg choice="plain">off</arg>
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| 66 | </group></arg>
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| 67 | <arg>--encodedlun=<replaceable>lun</replaceable></arg>
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| 68 | <arg>--forceunmount</arg>
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| 69 | <arg>--hotpluggable=<group choice="plain">
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| 70 | <arg choice="plain">on</arg>
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| 71 | <arg choice="plain">off</arg>
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| 72 | </group></arg>
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| 73 | <arg>--initiator=<replaceable>initiator</replaceable></arg>
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| 74 | <arg>--intnet</arg>
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| 75 | <arg>--lun=<replaceable>lun</replaceable></arg>
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| 76 | <arg>--medium=<group choice="plain">
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| 77 | <arg choice="plain">none</arg>
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| 78 | <arg choice="plain">emptydrive</arg>
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| 79 | <arg choice="plain">additions</arg>
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| 80 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 81 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
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| 82 | <arg choice="plain">host:<replaceable>drive</replaceable></arg>
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| 83 | <arg choice="plain">iscsi</arg>
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| 84 | </group></arg>
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| 85 | <arg>--mtype=<group choice="plain">
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| 86 | <arg choice="plain">normal</arg>
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| 87 | <arg choice="plain">writethrough</arg>
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| 88 | <arg choice="plain">immutable</arg>
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| 89 | <arg choice="plain">shareable</arg>
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| 90 | <arg choice="plain">readonly</arg>
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| 91 | <arg choice="plain">multiattach</arg>
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| 92 | </group></arg>
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| 93 | <arg>--nonrotational=<group choice="plain">
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| 94 | <arg choice="plain">on</arg>
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| 95 | <arg choice="plain">off</arg>
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| 96 | </group></arg>
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| 97 | <arg>--passthrough=<group choice="plain">
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| 98 | <arg choice="plain">on</arg>
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| 99 | <arg choice="plain">off</arg>
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| 100 | </group></arg>
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| 101 | <arg>--passwordfile=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
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| 102 | <arg>--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
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| 103 | <arg>--port=<replaceable>number</replaceable></arg>
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| 104 | <arg>--server=<group choice="plain">
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| 105 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
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| 106 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>ip</replaceable></arg>
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| 107 | </group></arg>
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| 108 | <arg>--setparentuuid=<replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 109 | <arg>--setuuid=<replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 110 | <arg>--target=<replaceable>target</replaceable></arg>
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| 111 | <arg>--tempeject=<group choice="plain">
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| 112 | <arg choice="plain">on</arg>
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| 113 | <arg choice="plain">off</arg>
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| 114 | </group></arg>
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| 115 | <arg>--tport=<replaceable>port</replaceable></arg>
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| 116 | <arg>--type=<group choice="plain">
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| 117 | <arg choice="plain">dvddrive</arg>
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| 118 | <arg choice="plain">fdd</arg>
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| 119 | <arg choice="plain">hdd</arg>
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| 120 | </group></arg>
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| 121 | <arg>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></arg>
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| 122 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 123 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-storageattach-description">
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| 126 | <title>Description</title>
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| 127 | <para>
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| 128 | The <command>VBoxManage storageattach</command> command
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| 129 | attaches, modifies, or removes a storage medium connected to a
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| 130 | storage controller that was previously added with the
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| 131 | <command>VBoxManage storagectl</command> command.
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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><replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>vmname</replaceable></option></term>
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| 136 | <listitem><para>
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| 137 | Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or the
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| 138 | name of the virtual machine (VM).
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| 139 | </para></listitem>
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| 140 | </varlistentry>
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| 141 | <varlistentry>
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| 142 | <term><option>--storagectl=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>
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| 143 | <listitem><para>
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| 144 | Specifies the name of the storage controller. Use the
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| 145 | <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command to list the
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| 146 | storage controllers that are attached to the VM.
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| 147 | </para></listitem>
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| 148 | </varlistentry>
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| 149 | <varlistentry>
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| 150 | <term><option>--port=<replaceable>number</replaceable></option></term>
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| 151 | <listitem><para>
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| 152 | Specifies the port number of the storage controller to
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| 153 | modify. You must specify this option unless the storage
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| 154 | controller has only a single port.
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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>--device=<replaceable>number</replaceable></option></term>
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| 159 | <listitem><para>
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| 160 | Specifies the port's device number to modify. You must
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| 161 | specify this option unless the storage controller has only
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| 162 | one device per port.
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| 163 | </para></listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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| 165 | <varlistentry>
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| 166 | <term><option>--type=dvddrive | fdd | hdd</option></term>
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| 167 | <listitem><para>
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| 168 | Specifies the drive type to which the medium is associated.
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| 169 | Only omit this option if the medium type can be determined
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| 170 | by using the <option>--medium</option> option or by
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| 171 | information provided by an earlier medium attachment
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| 172 | command.
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| 173 | </para></listitem>
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| 174 | </varlistentry>
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| 175 | <varlistentry>
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| 176 | <term><option>--medium=none | emptydrive | additions | <replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>filename</replaceable> | host:<replaceable>drive</replaceable> | iscsi</option></term>
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| 177 | <listitem><para>
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| 178 | Specifies one of the following values:
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| 179 | </para><variablelist>
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| 180 | <varlistentry>
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| 181 | <term><literal>none</literal></term>
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| 182 | <listitem><para>
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| 183 | Removes any existing device from the specified slot.
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| 184 | </para></listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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| 186 | <varlistentry>
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| 187 | <term><literal>emptydrive</literal></term>
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| 188 | <listitem><para>
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| 189 | For a virtual DVD or floppy drive only.
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| 190 | </para><para>
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| 191 | Makes the device slot behave like a removable drive
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| 192 | into which no media has been inserted.
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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><literal>additions</literal></term>
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| 197 | <listitem><para>
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| 198 | For a virtual DVD drive only.
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| 199 | </para><para>
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| 200 | Attaches the VirtualBox Guest Additions image to the
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| 201 | specified device slot.
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| 202 | </para></listitem>
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| 203 | </varlistentry>
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| 204 | <varlistentry>
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| 205 | <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></term>
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| 206 | <listitem><para>
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| 207 | Specifies the UUID of a storage medium to attach to
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| 208 | the specified device slot. The storage medium must
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| 209 | already be known to &product-name;, such as a storage
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| 210 | medium that is attached to another VM. Use the
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| 211 | <command>VBoxManage list</command> command to list
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| 212 | media.
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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><replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
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| 217 | <listitem><para>
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| 218 | Specifies the full path of an existing disk image to
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| 219 | attach to the specified device slot. The disk image
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| 220 | can be in ISO, RAW, VDI, VMDK, or other format.
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| 221 | </para></listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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| 223 | <varlistentry>
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| 224 | <term><literal>host:<replaceable>drive</replaceable></literal></term>
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| 225 | <listitem><para>
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| 226 | For a virtual DVD or floppy drive only.
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| 227 | </para><para>
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| 228 | Connects the specified device slot to the specified
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| 229 | DVD or floppy drive on the host computer.
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| 230 | </para></listitem>
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| 231 | </varlistentry>
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| 232 | <varlistentry>
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| 233 | <term><literal>iscsi</literal></term>
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| 234 | <listitem><para>
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| 235 | For virtual hard disks only.
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| 236 | </para><para>
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| 237 | Specifies an iSCSI target for which you must specify
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| 238 | additional information. See
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| 239 | <xref linkend="storage-iscsi" />.
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| 240 | </para></listitem>
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| 241 | </varlistentry>
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| 242 | </variablelist><para>
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| 243 | For removable media such as floppies and DVDs, you can make
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| 244 | configuration changes while a VM is running. Changes to
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| 245 | devices or hard disk device slots require that the VM be
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| 246 | powered off.
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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>--mtype=normal | writethrough | immutable | shareable | readonly | multiattach</option></term>
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| 251 | <listitem><para>
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| 252 | Specifies how this medium behaves with respect to snapshots
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| 253 | and write operations. See <xref linkend="hdimagewrites" />.
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| 254 | </para></listitem>
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| 255 | </varlistentry>
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| 256 | <varlistentry>
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| 257 | <term><option>--comment=<replaceable>text</replaceable></option></term>
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| 258 | <listitem><para>
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| 259 | Specifies an optional description to store with the medium.
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| 260 | </para></listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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| 262 | <varlistentry>
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| 263 | <term><option>--setuuid=<replaceable>uuid</replaceable></option></term>
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| 264 | <listitem><para>
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| 265 | Modifies the UUID of a medium before attaching it to a VM.
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| 266 | </para><para>
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| 267 | This is an expert option. Inappropriate values might make
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| 268 | the medium unusable or lead to broken VM configurations if
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| 269 | another VM already refers to the same medium.
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| 270 | </para><para>
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| 271 | Using the <option>--setuuid=""</option> option
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| 272 | assigns a new random UUID to an image, which can resolve
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| 273 | duplicate UUID errors if you used a file copy utility to
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| 274 | duplicate an image.
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| 275 | </para></listitem>
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| 276 | </varlistentry>
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| 277 | <varlistentry>
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| 278 | <term><option>--setparentuuid=<replaceable>uuid</replaceable></option></term>
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| 279 | <listitem><para>
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| 280 | Modifies the parent UUID of a medium before attaching it to
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| 281 | a VM.
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| 282 | </para><para>
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| 283 | This is an expert option. Inappropriate values might make
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| 284 | the medium unusable or lead to broken VM configurations if
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| 285 | another VM already refers to the same medium.
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| 286 | </para></listitem>
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| 287 | </varlistentry>
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| 288 | <varlistentry>
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| 289 | <term><option>--passthrough=on | off</option></term>
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| 290 | <listitem><para>
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| 291 | For a virtual DVD drive only.
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| 292 | </para><para>
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| 293 | Enables writing to a DVD. This feature is experimental, see
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| 294 | <xref linkend="storage-cds" />.
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| 295 | </para></listitem>
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| 296 | </varlistentry>
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| 297 | <varlistentry>
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| 298 | <term><option>--tempeject=on | off</option></term>
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| 299 | <listitem><para>
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| 300 | For a virtual DVD drive only.
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| 301 | </para><para>
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| 302 | Specifies whether to permit a temporary guest-triggered
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| 303 | medium eject operation. When set to <literal>on</literal>,
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| 304 | you can eject a medium. The ability for a guest-triggered
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| 305 | eject operation does not persist if the VM is powered off
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| 306 | and restarted. So, when you set this option to
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| 307 | <literal>on</literal> and the VM is restarted, the
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| 308 | originally configured medium is still in the drive.
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| 309 | </para></listitem>
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| 310 | </varlistentry>
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| 311 | <varlistentry>
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| 312 | <term><option>--nonrotational=on | off</option></term>
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| 313 | <listitem><para>
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| 314 | Enables you to specify that the virtual hard disk is
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| 315 | non-rotational. Some guest OSes, such as Windows 7 or later,
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| 316 | treat such disks as solid state drives (SSDs) and do not
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| 317 | perform disk fragmentation on them.
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| 318 | </para></listitem>
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| 319 | </varlistentry>
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| 320 | <varlistentry>
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| 321 | <term><option>--discard=on | off</option></term>
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| 322 | <listitem><para>
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| 323 | Specifies whether to enable the auto-discard feature for a
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| 324 | virtual hard disk. When set to <literal>on</literal>, a VDI
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| 325 | image is shrunk in response to a <command>trim</command>
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| 326 | command from the guest OS.
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| 327 | </para><para>
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| 328 | The virtual hard disk must meet the following requirements:
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| 329 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 330 | <listitem><para>
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| 331 | The disk format must be VDI.
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| 332 | </para></listitem>
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| 333 | <listitem><para>
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| 334 | The size of the cleared area of the disk must be at
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| 335 | least 1 MB.
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| 336 | </para></listitem>
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| 337 | <listitem><para>
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| 338 | Ensure that the space being trimmed is at least a 1 MB
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| 339 | contiguous block at a 1 MB boundary.
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| 340 | </para></listitem>
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| 341 | </itemizedlist><para>
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| 342 | Consider running defragmentation commands as background cron
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| 343 | jobs to save space. On Windows, run the <command>defrag.exe
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| 344 | /D</command> command. On Linux, run the <command>btrfs
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| 345 | filesystem defrag</command> command.
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| 346 | </para><note>
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| 347 | <para>
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| 348 | When you configure the guest OS to issue the
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| 349 | <command>trim</command> command, the guest OS typically
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| 350 | sees the disk as an SSD.
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| 351 | </para>
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| 352 | <para>
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| 353 | Ext4 supports the <option>-o discard</option> mount
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| 354 | option. Mac OS X might require additional settings.
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| 355 | Windows 7, 8, and 10 automatically detect and support
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| 356 | SSDs. The Linux <command>exFAT</command> driver from
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| 357 | Samsung supports the <command>trim</command> command.
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| 358 | </para>
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| 359 | </note><para>
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| 360 | The Microsoft implementation of exFAT might not support this
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| 361 | feature.
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| 362 | </para><para>
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| 363 | You can use other methods to issue trim commands. The Linux
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| 364 | <command>fstrim</command> command is part of the
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| 365 | <filename>util-linux</filename> package. Earlier solutions
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| 366 | required you to zero out unused areas by using the
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| 367 | <command>zerofree</command> or a similar command, and then
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| 368 | to compact the disk. You can only perform these steps when
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| 369 | the VM is offline.
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| 370 | </para></listitem>
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| 371 | </varlistentry>
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| 372 | <varlistentry>
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| 373 | <term><option>--bandwidthgroup=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>
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| 374 | <listitem><para>
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| 375 | Specifies the bandwidth group to use for the device. See
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| 376 | <xref linkend="storage-bandwidth-limit" />.
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| 377 | </para></listitem>
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| 378 | </varlistentry>
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| 379 | <varlistentry>
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| 380 | <term><option>--forceunmount</option></term>
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| 381 | <listitem><para>
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| 382 | For a virtual DVD or floppy drive only.
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| 383 | </para><para>
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| 384 | Forcibly unmounts the DVD, CD, or floppy or mounts a new
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| 385 | DVD, CD, or floppy even if the previous removable storage is
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| 386 | locked by the guest for reading. See
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| 387 | <xref linkend="storage-cds" />.
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| 388 | </para></listitem>
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| 389 | </varlistentry>
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| 390 | </variablelist>
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| 391 | <para>
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| 392 | The following options are applicable when you specify the
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| 393 | <option>--medium=iscsi</option> option:
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| 394 | </para>
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| 395 | <variablelist>
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| 396 | <varlistentry>
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| 397 | <term><option>--server=<replaceable>hostname</replaceable> | <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable></option></term>
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| 398 | <listitem><para>
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| 399 | Specifies the host name or IP address of the iSCSI target.
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| 400 | </para></listitem>
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| 401 | </varlistentry>
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| 402 | <varlistentry>
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| 403 | <term><option>--target=<replaceable>target</replaceable></option></term>
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| 404 | <listitem><para>
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| 405 | Specifies the target name string, which is determined by the
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| 406 | iSCSI target and is used to identify the storage resource.
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| 407 | </para></listitem>
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| 408 | </varlistentry>
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| 409 | <varlistentry>
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| 410 | <term><option>--tport=<replaceable>port</replaceable></option></term>
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| 411 | <listitem><para>
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| 412 | Specifies the TCP/IP port number of the iSCSI service on the
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| 413 | target.
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| 414 | </para></listitem>
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| 415 | </varlistentry>
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| 416 | <varlistentry>
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| 417 | <term><option>--lun=<replaceable>LUN</replaceable></option></term>
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| 418 | <listitem><para>
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| 419 | Specifies the logical unit number (LUN) of the target
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| 420 | resource. For a single disk drive, the value is zero.
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| 421 | </para></listitem>
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| 422 | </varlistentry>
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| 423 | <varlistentry>
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| 424 | <term><option>--encodedlun=<replaceable>LUN</replaceable></option></term>
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| 425 | <listitem><para>
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| 426 | Specifies the hexadecimal-encoded of the target resource.
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| 427 | For a single disk drive, the value is zero.
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| 428 | </para></listitem>
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| 429 | </varlistentry>
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| 430 | <varlistentry>
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| 431 | <term><option>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></option></term>
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| 432 | <listitem><para>
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| 433 | Specifies the user name to use for target authentication.
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| 434 | </para><note>
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| 435 | <para>
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| 436 | Unless you provide a settings password, the user name is
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| 437 | stored as clear text in the XML machine configuration
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| 438 | file.
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| 439 | </para>
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| 440 | </note></listitem>
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| 441 | </varlistentry>
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| 442 | <varlistentry>
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| 443 | <term><option>--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></option></term>
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| 444 | <listitem><para>
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| 445 | Specifies the password used for target authentication.
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| 446 | </para><note>
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| 447 | <para>
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| 448 | Unless you provide a settings password, this password is
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| 449 | stored as clear text in the XML machine configuration
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| 450 | file. When you specify a settings password for the first
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| 451 | time, the target authentication password is stored in
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| 452 | encrypted form.
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| 453 | </para>
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| 454 | </note><remark>
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| 455 | This design does not conform to Oracle's security
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| 456 | guidelines. You should not be able to specify a password on
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| 457 | the command line because the password can be seen in a
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| 458 | process listing.
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| 459 | </remark></listitem>
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| 460 | </varlistentry>
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| 461 | <varlistentry>
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| 462 | <term><option>--passwordfile=<replaceable>password-filename</replaceable></option></term>
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| 463 | <listitem><para>
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| 464 | Specifies a file that contains the target authentication
|
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| 465 | password as clear text.
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| 466 | </para><note>
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| 467 | <para>
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| 468 | Use permission and ownership settings to ensure that the
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| 469 | contents of this file cannot be read by unauthorized
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| 470 | users.
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| 471 | </para>
|
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| 472 | </note></listitem>
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| 473 | </varlistentry>
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| 474 | <varlistentry>
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| 475 | <term><option>--initiator=<replaceable>initiator</replaceable></option></term>
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| 476 | <listitem><para>
|
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| 477 | Specifies the iSCSI initiator.
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| 478 | </para><para>
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| 479 | The Microsoft iSCSI Initiator is a system, such as a server,
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| 480 | that attaches to an IP network and initiates requests and
|
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| 481 | receives responses from an iSCSI target. The SAN components
|
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| 482 | in the iSCSI initiator are largely analogous to Fibre
|
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| 483 | Channel SAN components, and they include the following:
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| 484 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 485 | <listitem><para>
|
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| 486 | <emphasis role="bold">iSCSI driver.</emphasis>
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| 487 | Transports blocks of iSCSI commands over the IP network.
|
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| 488 | This iSCSI driver is installed on the iSCSI host and is
|
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| 489 | included with the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.
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| 490 | </para></listitem>
|
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| 491 | <listitem><para>
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| 492 | <emphasis role="bold">Gigabit Ethernet
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| 493 | adapter.</emphasis> Connects to an iSCSI target. Use an
|
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| 494 | Ethernet adapter that can transmit 1000 megabits per
|
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| 495 | second (Mbps). Like standard 10/100 adapters, most
|
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| 496 | gigabit adapters use a preexisting Category 5 or
|
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| 497 | Category 6E cable. Each port on the adapter is
|
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| 498 | identified by a unique IP address.
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| 499 | </para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 500 | <listitem><para>
|
|---|
| 501 | <emphasis role="bold">iSCSI target.</emphasis> Is any
|
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| 502 | device that receives iSCSI commands. The device can be
|
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| 503 | an end node such as a storage device, or it can be an
|
|---|
| 504 | intermediate device such as a network bridge between IP
|
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| 505 | and Fibre Channel devices. Each port on the storage
|
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| 506 | array controller or network bridge is identified by one
|
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| 507 | or more IP addresses.
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| 508 | </para></listitem>
|
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| 509 | </itemizedlist></listitem>
|
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| 510 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 511 | <varlistentry>
|
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| 512 | <term><option>--intnet</option></term>
|
|---|
| 513 | <listitem><para>
|
|---|
| 514 | Specifies whether to connect to the iSCSI target that uses
|
|---|
| 515 | internal networking. This configuration requires further
|
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| 516 | configuration. See <xref linkend="iscsi-intnet" />.
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| 517 | </para></listitem>
|
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| 518 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 519 | </variablelist>
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| 520 | </refsect1>
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| 521 |
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| 522 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-storageattach-examples">
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| 523 | <title>Examples</title>
|
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| 524 | <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
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| 525 | <para>
|
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| 526 | The following command attaches the <filename>o7.vdi</filename>
|
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| 527 | disk image to the specified SATA storage controller on the
|
|---|
| 528 | <filename>ol7</filename> VM.
|
|---|
| 529 | </para>
|
|---|
| 530 | <screen>$ storageattach ol7 --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 0 --device 0 \
|
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| 531 | --type hdd --medium /VirtualBox/ol7/ol7.vdi</screen>
|
|---|
| 532 | <para>
|
|---|
| 533 | The following command attaches the
|
|---|
| 534 | <filename>o7-r6-dvd.iso</filename> DVD image to the specified IDE
|
|---|
| 535 | storage controller on the <filename>ol7</filename> VM.
|
|---|
| 536 | </para>
|
|---|
| 537 | <screen>$ VBoxManage storageattach ol7 --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 0 --device 0 \
|
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| 538 | --type dvddrive --medium ol7-r6-dvd.iso</screen>
|
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| 539 | </refsect1>
|
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| 540 |
|
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| 541 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-storageattach-see-also">
|
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| 542 | <title>See Also</title>
|
|---|
| 543 | <para>
|
|---|
| 544 | <xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />,
|
|---|
| 545 | <xref linkend="vboxmanage-showvminfo" />,
|
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| 546 | <xref linkend="vboxmanage-storagectl" />
|
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| 547 | </para>
|
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| 548 | </refsect1>
|
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| 549 | </refentry>
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