===== Virtual Machines =====

==== VirtualBox ====
=== handle VMs on the shell ===

<code bash>
VBoxManage list vms 
</code>
<code bash>
VBoxManage list runningvms
</code>

Get details abaut a running VM (including most of the settings)
<code bash>
VBoxManage list -l runningvms
</code>

== shutdown a VM ==
<code bash>
VBoxManage controlvm $NAMEofVM acpipowerbutton
</code>
<code bash>
VBoxManage controlvm $NAMEofVM poweroff 
</code>


=== resize Disk-Image ===
1. Create new Disk-Image with given size (--remember does not always work, don't know why): 
<code bash>
   VBoxManage createhd –-filename NewDisk.vmdk --size 30000 --remember
</code>

   
2. Clone old Disk-Image in the new one:
<code bash>
   VBoxManage clonehd OldDisk.vmdk NewDisk.vmdk --existing
</code>   
3. Replace the old image with the new one:
<code bash>
   VBoxManage modifyvm "My Virtual Machine" --hda none
   VBoxManage modifyvm "My Virtual Machine" --hda NewDisk.vmdk
</code>
(has never worked, use GUI instead)