How to show the VirtualBox VM information.
[code]root@server[#] VBoxManage showvminfo <vmname>[/code]
How to show the VM Harddrive info.
[code] root@server[#] VBoxManage showhdinfo <filename>[/code]
How to list available ISO’s
[code] root@server[#] VBoxManage list dvds[/code]
How to list running VM.
[code]root@server[#] VBoxManage list runningvms[/code]
How to list available VM.
[code] root@server[#] VBoxManage list vms[/code]
How to list available VM Harddrives.
[code] root@server[#] VBoxManage list hdds[/code]
How to Start VM
use nohup command and & to run process in background, so VM continues to run after exiting console.
[code]root@server[#] nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm <vmname> &[/code]
How to pause VM
[code]root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm <vmname> pause[/code]
How to resume VM
[code] root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm <vmname> resume[/code]
How to reset VM
[code]root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm <vmname> reset[/code]
How to poweroff VM (hard poweroff eg. pull the plug)
How to send poweroff single to VM (tells VM OS to shutdown)
[code] root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm <vmname> acpipowerbutton[/code]
How to attach a DVD / CD to a running vm
[code]root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm <vmname> dvdattach <filename>[/code]
How to de-attach a DVD / CD from a running vm
[code]root@server[#] VBoxManage controlvm <vmname> dvdattach none[/code]
How to find out the VM IP
[code]root@server[#] VBoxManage guestproperty get <vmid>"/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP"[/code]
