{"id":1658,"date":"2014-02-04T15:33:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2022-01-20T21:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:21:43","slug":"virtualbox-changing-the-uuid-of-a-vdi-virtual-disk-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/virtualbox-changing-the-uuid-of-a-vdi-virtual-disk-file\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox: Changing the UUID of a VDI virtual disk File"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_1658 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_1658')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_1658').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"flattr\":{\"uid\":\"Michl\",\"status\":\"on\",\"the_title\":\"VirtualBox%3A%20Changing%20the%20UUID%20of%20a%20VDI%20virtual%20disk%20File\",\"the_excerpt\":\"Hi%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Asometimes%20you%20simply%20want%20to%20copy%20a%20vdi%20file%20and%20attach%20it%20to%20another%20virtual%20machine.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20will%20fail%20because%20in%20a%20VirtualBox%20Installation%20each%20vdi%20Harddisk%20must%20have%20an%20unique%20UUID.%20This%20command%20line%20changes%20the%20UUID%20of%20a%20VDI%20file.%0D%0A%20%28more%26hellip%3B%29\",\"txt_info\":\"2 clicks for more data protection:\\r\\n\\r\\nOnly when you click here, the button will be come active and you can send your recommendation to Flattr. When activating, data are transmitted to third parties. \",\"perma_option\":\"off\"}},\"txt_help\":\"When you activate these fields by clicking, information to Flattr may be transferred abroad, and probably may also stored there.\",\"settings_perma\":\"Enable permanently and accept data transmission. \",\"info_link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heise.de\\\/ct\\\/artikel\\\/2-Klicks-fuer-mehr-Datenschutz-1333879.html\",\"uri\":\"https:\\\/\\\/michlstechblog.info\\\/blog\\\/virtualbox-changing-the-uuid-of-a-vdi-virtual-disk-file\\\/\",\"post_id\":1658,\"post_title_referrer_track\":\"VirtualBox%3A+Changing+the+UUID+of+a+VDI+virtual+disk+File\",\"display_infobox\":\"on\"});}});\n\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div><p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>sometimes you simply want to copy a vdi file and attach it to another virtual machine. <\/p>\n<p>This will fail because in a VirtualBox Installation each vdi Harddisk must have an unique UUID. This command line changes the UUID of a VDI file.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<code>VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid \/VMs\/debian.new\/sda.vdi<br \/>\nUUID changed to: f668f3e6-25b6-479c-bbe8-8120ba879849<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively you can clone an vdi file:<br \/>\n<code>VBoxManage clonehd \/VMs\/debian\/sda.vdi \/VMs\/debian.new\/sda.vdi --format VDI --variant Fixed<\/code><br \/>\nThis also generates an UUID for new vdi file.<\/p>\n<p>Michael <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, sometimes you simply want to copy a vdi file and attach it to another virtual machine. This will fail because in a VirtualBox Installation each vdi Harddisk must have an unique UUID. This command line changes the UUID of a VDI file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[420],"tags":[423,249,425,424,44,17],"class_list":["post-1658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtualboxstuff","tag-change-uuid-vdi-file","tag-file","tag-harddisk","tag-vdi","tag-virtual","tag-virtualbox"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}