Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 5.2.40 c⃝ 2004-2020 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 12 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Shared folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 3.13 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 3.14 Alternative . . . . . . . 232 9.25 VirtualBox expert storage management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 9.26 Handling of host power management events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Oracle R ⃝ VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 7.0.0 Copyright c⃝ 2004-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates http://www.virtualbox.org Contents Preface xiv 1 First Steps 1 1.1 Why is Virtualization Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 3.13 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 3.14 Alternative . . . . . 372 9.23 Oracle VM VirtualBox Expert Storage Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 9.24 Handling of Host Power Management Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 9.25

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 4.2.26 c⃝ 2004-2014 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 11 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . solution while VirtualBox is running . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 9.10.2 Persistent solution, requires user to re-login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 9.11 Legacy commands for using serial ports . . . . . . . . . 186 9.25 VirtualBox expert storage management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 9.26 Handling of host power management events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Oracle R ⃝ VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 7.0.8 Copyright c⃝ 2004-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 Preface 1 2 First Steps 1 2.1 Why is Virtualization Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 4.13 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 4.14 Alternative . . . . 372 10.23 Oracle VM VirtualBox Expert Storage Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 10.24 Handling of Host Power Management Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 10.25

Oracle R ⃝ VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 6.1.32 c⃝ 2004-2022 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents Preface i 1 First Steps 1 1.1 Why is Virtualization Useful? . . . . . Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 3.13 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 3 Contents . . . . . 289 9.22 Oracle VM VirtualBox Expert Storage Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 9.23 Handling of Host Power Management Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 7 Contents

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 5.1.4 c⃝ 2004-2016 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 11 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 9.25 VirtualBox expert storage management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 9.26 Handling of host power management events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 usage reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 12.2.6 Poor performance caused by host power management . . . . . . . . . . 250 12.2.7 GUI: 2D Video Acceleration option is grayed out . . . . . . .

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 3.2.4 c⃝ 2004-2010 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 9 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . window: In this User Manual, we’ll begin simply with a quick introduction to virtualization and how to get your first virtual machine running with the easy-to-use VirtualBox graphical user interface. Subsequent covering more powerful tools and features, but fortunately, it is not necessary to read the entire User Manual before you can use VirtualBox. 9 1 First steps You can find a summary of VirtualBox’s capabilities

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 4.2.36 c⃝ 2004-2015 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 11 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . solution while VirtualBox is running . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 9.10.2 Persistent solution, requires user to re-login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 9.11 Legacy commands for using serial ports . . . . . . . . . 186 9.25 VirtualBox expert storage management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 9.26 Handling of host power management events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Oracle R ⃝ VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 6.1.12 c⃝ 2004-2020 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents Preface i 1 First Steps 1 1.1 Why is Virtualization Useful? . . . . . Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 3.13 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 3.14 Alternative . . . . . 286 9.22 Oracle VM VirtualBox Expert Storage Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 9.23 Handling of Host Power Management Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 9.24

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 4.3.18 c⃝ 2004-2014 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 11 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 9.24 VirtualBox expert storage management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 9.25 Handling of host power management events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 flush requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 12.2.3 Poor performance caused by host power management . . . . . . . . . . 214 12.2.4 GUI: 2D Video Acceleration option is grayed out . . . . . . .