| 1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="changedmi">
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| 4 | <title>Configuring the BIOS DMI Information</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | The DMI data that <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> provides to guests can be changed
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| 9 | for a specific VM. Use the following commands to configure the DMI
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| 10 | BIOS information. In case your VM is configured to use EFI
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| 11 | firmware you need to replace <codeph>pcbios</codeph> by
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| 12 | <codeph>efi</codeph> in the keys.
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| 13 | </p>
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| 14 | <ul>
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| 15 | <li>
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| 16 | <p>
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| 17 | DMI BIOS information (type 0)
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| 18 | </p>
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| 19 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 20 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor" "BIOS Vendor"
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| 21 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 22 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVersion" "BIOS Version"
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| 23 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 24 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSReleaseDate" "BIOS Release Date"
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| 25 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 26 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSReleaseMajor" 1
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| 27 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 28 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSReleaseMinor" 2
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| 29 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 30 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSFirmwareMajor" 3
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| 31 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 32 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSFirmwareMinor" 4</pre>
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| 33 | </li>
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| 34 | <li>
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| 35 | <p>
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| 36 | DMI system information (type 1)
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| 37 | </p>
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| 38 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 39 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemVendor" "System Vendor"
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| 40 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 41 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" "System Product"
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| 42 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 43 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion" "System Version"
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| 44 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 45 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemSerial" "System Serial"
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| 46 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 47 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemSKU" "System SKU"
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| 48 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 49 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemFamily" "System Family"
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| 50 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 51 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemUuid" \
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| 52 | "9852bf98-b83c-49db-a8de-182c42c7226b"</pre>
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| 53 | </li>
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| 54 | <li>
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| 55 | <p>
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| 56 | DMI board information (type 2)
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| 57 | </p>
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| 58 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 59 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBoardVendor" "Board Vendor"
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| 60 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 61 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct" "Board Product"
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| 62 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 63 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBoardVersion" "Board Version"
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| 64 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 65 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBoardSerial" "Board Serial"
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| 66 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 67 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBoardAssetTag" "Board Tag"
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| 68 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 69 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBoardLocInChass" "Board Location"
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| 70 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 71 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBoardBoardType" 10</pre>
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| 72 | </li>
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| 73 | <li>
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| 74 | <p>
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| 75 | DMI system enclosure or chassis (type 3)
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| 76 | </p>
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| 77 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 78 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiChassisVendor" "Chassis Vendor"
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| 79 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 80 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiChassisType" 3
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| 81 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 82 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiChassisVersion" "Chassis Version"
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| 83 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 84 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiChassisSerial" "Chassis Serial"
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| 85 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 86 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiChassisAssetTag" "Chassis Tag"</pre>
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| 87 | </li>
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| 88 | <li>
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| 89 | <p>
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| 90 | DMI processor information (type 4)
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| 91 | </p>
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| 92 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 93 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiProcManufacturer" "GenuineIntel"
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| 94 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 95 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiProcVersion" "Pentium(R) III"</pre>
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| 96 | </li>
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| 97 | <li>
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| 98 | <p>
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| 99 | DMI OEM strings (type 11)
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| 100 | </p>
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| 101 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 102 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiOEMVBoxVer" "vboxVer_1.2.3"
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| 103 | $ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 104 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiOEMVBoxRev" "vboxRev_12345"</pre>
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| 105 | </li>
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| 106 | </ul>
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| 107 | <p>
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| 108 | If a DMI string is not set, the default value of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> is
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| 109 | used. To set an empty string use
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| 110 | <codeph>"<EMPTY>"</codeph>.
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| 111 | </p>
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| 112 | <p>
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| 113 | Note that in the above list, all quoted parameters (DmiBIOSVendor,
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| 114 | DmiBIOSVersion but not DmiBIOSReleaseMajor) are expected to be
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| 115 | strings. If such a string is a valid number, the parameter is
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| 116 | treated as number and the VM will most probably refuse to start
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| 117 | with an <codeph>VERR_CFGM_NOT_STRING</codeph> error. In that
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| 118 | case, use
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| 119 | <codeph>"string:<varname>value</varname>"</codeph>. For
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| 120 | example:
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| 121 | </p>
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| 122 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage setextradata <varname>VM-name</varname> \
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| 123 | "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemSerial" "string:1234"</pre>
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| 124 | <p>
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| 125 | Changing this information can be necessary to provide the DMI
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| 126 | information of the host to the guest to prevent Windows from
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| 127 | asking for a new product key. On Linux hosts, the DMI BIOS
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| 128 | information can be obtained with the following command:
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| 129 | </p>
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| 130 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ dmidecode -t0</pre>
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| 131 | <p>
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| 132 | The DMI system information can be obtained as follows:
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| 133 | </p>
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| 134 | <pre xml:space="preserve">$ dmidecode -t1</pre>
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| 135 | </body>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | </topic>
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