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VirtualBox UUID already in use

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 11:58 |  Robert MacLean

I am playing around with using VirtualBox to run virtual machines and I ran into an issue trying to use a clone (copy) of a VDI file. The VDI file is the hard disk drive and it has a unique identifier in it it (UUID) and so trying to use a clone of one gives you the error: UUID of the hard disk is already exist in the media registry.

To solve it you need to run the following command to change the UUID of the file:

VBoxManage.exe internalcommands sethduuid [VDI file]

Example:

"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" internalcommands sethduuid

AppFabric.vdi

Tags: Annoyances, Tools & Apps

it's internalcommands, not internal commands. there should be no space. this really ticks me off when people make typos in the most critical areas.

Submitted by aguy on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 02:35.
Thanks for the heads up on the type-o
Submitted by Robert MacLean on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 09:12.

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