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Sun xVM VirtualBoxR

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Version 1.6.0

http://www.virtualbox.org

\ue0002004-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

April 30, 2008

Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Virtualizationbasics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 1.2 Featuresoverview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 1.3 Operating system support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

1.3.1 Supported host operating systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

1.3.2 Supported guest operating systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

2 Installation

2.1 Installing on Windows hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 2.1.1 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 2.1.2 Performing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 2.1.3 Uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 2.1.4 Unattendedinstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

2.2 Installing on Mac hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

2.3 Installing on Linux hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

2.3.1 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

2.3.2 Support for external kernel modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
2.3.3 Performing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
2.3.4 Starting VirtualBox on Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
2.4 Installing on OpenSolaris hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
2.4.1 Performing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
2.4.2 Starting VirtualBox on OpenSolaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

2.4.3 Uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 2.4.4 UnattendedInstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 2.4.5 Con\ufb01guring a zone for running VirtualBox. . . . . . . . . . . . .24

3 Starting out with VirtualBox

3.1 Starting the graphical user interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
3.2 Creating a virtual machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
3.3 Basics of virtual machine con\ufb01guration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
3.4 Running a virtual machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
3.4.1 Keyboard and mouse support in virtual machines. . . . . . . . .34
3.4.2 Changing removable media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
3.4.3 Saving the state of the machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

3.4.4 Snapshots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 3.5 The Virtual Disk Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 3.6 Deleting virtual machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

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3.7 Virtual machine settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 3.7.1 Generalsettings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 3.7.2 Harddisks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 3.7.3 CD/DVD-ROM and \ufb02oppy settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 3.7.4 Audiosettings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 3.7.5 Networksettings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 3.7.6 USBsupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 3.7.7 Remotedisplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 3.7.8 Sharedfolders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 3.7.9 Serialports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

4 The VirtualBox Guest Additions

4.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

4.2 Windows Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 4.2.1 Installing the Windows Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 4.2.2 Updating the Windows Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 4.2.3 UnattendedInstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

4.2.4 Windows Vista networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
4.3 Linux Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
4.3.1 Installing the Linux Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
4.3.2 Video acceleration and high resolution graphics modes. . . . . .56
4.3.3 Updating the Linux Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
4.4 Solaris Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
4.4.1 Installing the Solaris Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
4.4.2 Uninstalling the Solaris Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

4.5 Foldersharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

4.6 Seamlesswindows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

5 Virtualstorage

5.1 Hard disk controllers: IDE, SATA, AHCI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 5.2 Virtual Disk Image (VDI) \ufb01les. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 5.3 Cloning disk images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 5.4 VMDK image \ufb01les. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 5.5 iSCSIservers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

5.5.1 Access iSCSI targets via Internal Networking. . . . . . . . . . . .66

6 Virtualnetworking

6.1 Virtual networking hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
6.2 Introduction to networking modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
6.3 \u201cNot attached\u201d mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
6.4 Network Address Translation (NAT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
6.4.1 Con\ufb01guring port forwarding with NAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
6.4.2 PXE booting with NAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71