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