Am 01.08.2013 21:02, schrieb Bill Oliver:
One more note. As I've mentioned before, I do a full wipe and
installation periodically on my machines. This can
be a hassle if one is left re-installing other virtual OSs as well. I have found that,
with VirtualBox, I can
simply back up the ./.VirtualBox directory and the "VirtualBox VMs" directory,
and then copy them back into my home
directory after the reinstall of Linux
is virtualbox still so poor that you can't have simply all files
related to a VM inside a single directory and need to manage
virtual disks and iso-images that weird way as a few years ago?
[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ ls /vmware/testserver/
insgesamt 12G
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 8,5K 2013-08-01 17:19 config.nvram
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 162 2013-03-02 19:53 disks-check.sh
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 162 2011-10-01 22:40 disks-defrag.sh
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 162 2011-10-01 22:40 disks-shrink.sh
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 69M 2013-08-01 17:38 boot.vmdk
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 8,2G 2013-08-01 21:04 dune.vmdk
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 3,6G 2013-08-01 21:04 system.vmdk
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 69 2013-07-29 21:13 config.vmsd
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 5,5K 2013-08-01 17:19 config.vmx
-rwx------ 1 vmware vmware 261 2012-06-12 18:48 config.vmxf
the .vmx contains the complete configuration inclduing paths to iso-images
the .nvram are te bios-settings
the vmdk. are virtual disks
[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /vmware/testserver/config.vmx
#!/usr/bin/vmware
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "9"
displayName = "Testserver"
guestOS = "fedora-64"
nvram = "config.nvram"
extendedConfigFile = "config.vmxf"
bios.forceSetupOnce = "false"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
monitor.virtual_mmu = "hardware"
monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"
logging = "false"
debug="false"
vcpu.hotadd = "true"
mem.hotadd = "true"
maxvcpus = "8"
numvcpus = "8"
cpuid.coresPerSocket = "1"
sched.cpu.htsharing = "any"
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "false"
memsize = "3072"
MemTrimRate = "0"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "true"
prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "75"
mainMem.useNamedFile = "false"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "soft"
autostop = "softpoweroff"
debugStub.linuxOffsets =
"0x0,0xffffffff,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0"
uuid.location = "56 4d 63 d6 cb a3 ca 38-79 54 f5 c0 0a 80 78 0e"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 63 d6 cb a3 ca 38-79 54 f5 c0 0a 80 78 0e"
vc.uuid = "52 04 94 e1 76 1a 5b 97-2f fb 22 18 02 d6 8c a5"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
tools.syncTime = "false"
tools.remindInstall = "false"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"
isolation.tools.dnd.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.copy.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.paste.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.setOption.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable = "false"
isolation.tools.log.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.diskWiper.disable="false"
isolation.tools.diskShrink.disable="false"
isolation.tools.unity.push.update.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.unity.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.hgfsServerSet.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.memSchedFakeSampleStats.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.getCreds.disable = "true"
guest.command.enabled = "true"
tools.guestlib.enableHostInfo = "false"
vmsafe.enable = "false"
vmxnet.noOprom = "true"
devices.hotplug = "false"
log.rotateSize = "100000"
log.keepOld = "10"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "false"
mks.enable3d = "false"
svga.autodetect = "false"
svga.maxWidth = "1024"
svga.maxHeight = "768"
svga.vramSize = "134217728"
scsi0.present = "true"
scsi0.virtualDev = "pvscsi"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "224"
scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 66 cb a3 ca 30"
scsi0:0.present = "true"
scsi0:0.fileName = "boot.vmdk"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
scsi0:0.writeThrough = "false"
scsi0:0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "false"
scsi0:1.present = "true"
scsi0:1.fileName = "system.vmdk"
scsi0:1.redo = ""
scsi0:1.writeThrough = "false"
scsi0:1.allowGuestConnectionControl = "false"
scsi0:2.present = "true"
scsi0:2.fileName = "dune.vmdk"
scsi0:2.writeThrough = "false"
scsi0:2.redo = ""
scsi0:2.allowGuestConnectionControl = "false"
ethernet0.present = "true"
ethernet0.startConnected = "true"
ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"
ethernet0.vnet = "/dev/vmnet1"
ethernet0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "false"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
ethernet0.features = "1"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "false"
ethernet0.networkName = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "static"
ethernet0.address = "00:0C:29:76:12:E9"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
ethernet0.txbw.limit = "-1"
ethernet0.rxbw.limit = "-1"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "false"
ethernet1.present = "true"
ethernet1.startConnected = "true"
ethernet1.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet1.allowGuestConnectionControl = "false"
ethernet1.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
ethernet1.features = "1"
ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "false"
ethernet1.networkName = ""
ethernet1.addressType = "static"
ethernet1.address = "00:0C:29:AC:D9:D0"
ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "192"
ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"
ethernet1.linkStatePropagation.enable = "false"
pciBridge0.present = "true"
pciBridge4.present = "true"
pciBridge5.present = "true"
pciBridge6.present = "true"
pciBridge7.present = "true"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = "true"
RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "5500"
RemoteDisplay.vnc.zlibLevel = "9"
RemoteDisplay.vnc.keymapFile = "/usr/lib/vmware/vnckeymap/de"
RemoteDisplay.vnc.key = "********************"
RemoteDisplay.maxConnections = "2"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
cleanShutdown = "FALSE"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
replay.filename = ""
unity.enableLaunchMenu = "false"
unity.customColor = "|23c0c0c0"
checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "false"
usb.present = "false"
usb.generic.autoconnect = "false"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "-1"
usb.autoConnect.device0 = ""
usb.autoConnect.device1 = ""
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "false"
hpet0.present = "true"
vhv.enable = "true"
ide0:0.present = "true"
ide0:0.fileName = "auto detect"
ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ide0:0.startConnected = "false"
vhv.hwv8 = "true"
softPowerOff = "FALSE"
vmx.buildType = "release"
vmci0.present = "true"
vmci0.id = "176191502"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
scsi0:4.present = "false"
usb:0.present = "false"
usb:1.present = "false"
sound.present = "false"
ehci.present = "false"
floppy0.present = "false"
ide0:0.autodetect = "true"