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VBoxManage movevm — Move a virtual machine (VM) to a new location on the host system. More information: <https://www.vir

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Problem

How to use the VBoxManage movevm command: Move a virtual machine (VM) to a new location on the host system. More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-movevm>.

Solution

VBoxManage movevm — Move a virtual machine (VM) to a new location on the host system. More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-movevm>.

Move the specified virtual machine to the current location:

VBoxManage movevm {{vm_name}}

Specify the new location (full or relative pathname) of the virtual machine:

VBoxManage movevm {{vm_name}} --folder {{path/to/new_location}}

Code Snippets

Move the specified virtual machine to the current location

VBoxManage movevm {{vm_name}}

Specify the new location (full or relative pathname) of the virtual machine

VBoxManage movevm {{vm_name}} --folder {{path/to/new_location}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/VBoxManage movevm

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