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Sun VirtualBox
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User Manual
Version 2.2.2
c
\ue0002004-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
http://www.virtualbox.org
Contents
1 Introduction
8

1.1 Virtualizationbasics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 1.2 Software vs. hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V). . . . . . . . .10 1.3 Featuresoverview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 1.4 Supported host operating systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 1.5 Supported guest operating systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 1.6 64-bitguests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

2 Installation
18

2.1 Installing on Windows hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 2.1.1 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 2.1.2 Performing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 2.1.3 Uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 2.1.4 Unattendedinstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

2.2 Installing on Mac OS X hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 2.2.1 Performing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 2.2.2 Uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 2.2.3 Unattendedinstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

2.3 Installing on Linux hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
2.3.1 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

2.3.2 The VirtualBox kernel module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
2.3.3 USB and advanced networking support. . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
2.3.4 Performing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
2.3.5 Starting VirtualBox on Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
2.4 Installing on Solaris hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
2.4.1 Performing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
2.4.2 Starting VirtualBox on Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

2.4.3 Uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 2.4.4 Unattendedinstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 2.4.5 Con\ufb01guring a zone for running VirtualBox. . . . . . . . . . . .29

3 Starting out with VirtualBox
30

3.1 Starting the graphical user interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
3.2 Creating a virtual machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
3.3 Basics of virtual machine con\ufb01guration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
3.4 Running a virtual machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
3.4.1 Keyboard and mouse support in virtual machines. . . . . . . . .38

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3.4.2 Changing removable media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 3.4.3 Saving the state of the machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 3.4.4 Snapshots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

3.5 The Virtual Disk Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
3.6 Deleting virtual machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

3.7 Virtual machine settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 3.7.1 Generalsettings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 3.7.2 Harddisks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 3.7.3 CD/DVD-ROM and \ufb02oppy settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 3.7.4 Audiosettings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 3.7.5 Networksettings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 3.7.6 Serialports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 3.7.7 USBsupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 3.7.8 Sharedfolders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 3.7.9 Remotedisplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

3.8 Importing and exporting virtual machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
4 GuestAdditions
59
4.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

4.2 Windows Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 4.2.1 Installing the Windows Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 4.2.2 Updating the Windows Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 4.2.3 UnattendedInstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

4.2.4 Manual \ufb01le extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
4.2.5 Windows Vista networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
4.3 Linux Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
4.3.1 Installing the Linux Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
4.3.2 Video acceleration and high resolution graphics modes. . . . .65
4.3.3 Updating the Linux Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
4.4 Solaris Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
4.4.1 Installing the Solaris Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
4.4.2 Uninstalling the Solaris Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
4.4.3 Updating the Solaris Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
4.5 OS/2 Guest Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

4.6 Foldersharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 4.7 Seamlesswindows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 4.8 Hardware 3D acceleration (OpenGL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 4.9 Guestproperties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

5 Virtualstorage
74

5.1 Hard disk controllers: IDE, SATA (AHCI), SCSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 5.2 Disk image \ufb01les (VDI, VMDK, VHD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 5.3 Con\ufb01guring image write operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 5.4 Cloning disk images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 5.5 iSCSIservers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

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