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freebsd move virtualbox guest to new host
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The fastest way.


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OLD HOST backup the vm to be moved
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vboxmanage showvminfo winxp | grep Config

tar cCf /path/to/config - winxp | gzip > /backup/vbox_winxp.tar.gz


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NEW HOST restore the vm
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vboxmanage list systemproperties | grep folder

zfs list | grep /default/machine/folder

zfs create tank/default/machine/folder/winxph

tar xCf /default/machine/folder /backup/vbox_winxp.tar.gz

vboxmanage registervm /default/machine/folder/winxph/winxph.vbox

vboxmanage list bridgedifs

vboxmanage modifyvm winxph --bridgeadapter1 em0

vboxmanage startvm winxph --type headless


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