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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="gui-vmgroups">
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| 4 | <title>Using VM Groups</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>VM groups are groups of VMs that you can create as and when required. You can manage and perform functions on
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| 8 | them collectively, as well as individually. </p>
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| 9 | <p>The following figure shows VM groups displayed in VirtualBox Manager. </p>
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| 10 | <fig id="fig-vm-groups">
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| 11 | <title>Groups of Virtual Machines</title>
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| 12 | <xref href="images/vm-groups.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 13 | <image href="images/vm-groups.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
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| 14 | <alt>Groups of Virtual Machines</alt>
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| 15 | </image>
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| 16 | </xref>
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| 17 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/vm-groups.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
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| 18 | <alt>Groups of Virtual Machines</alt>
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| 19 | </image>
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| 20 | </fig>
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| 21 | <p>
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| 22 | The following features are available for groups:
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| 23 | </p>
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| 24 | <ul>
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| 25 | <li>
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| 26 | <p>Create a group using <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. Do one of the following: </p>
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| 27 | <ul>
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| 28 | <li>
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| 29 | <p>Drag a VM on top of another VM. </p>
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| 30 | </li>
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| 31 | <li>
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| 32 | <p>Select multiple VMs and select <b outputclass="bold">Group</b> from the right-click menu. </p>
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| 33 | </li>
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| 34 | </ul>
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| 35 | </li>
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| 36 | <li>
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| 37 | <p>Create and manage a group using the command line. Do one of the following: </p>
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| 38 | <ul>
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| 39 | <li>
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| 40 | <p>Create a group and assign a VM. For example: </p>
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| 41 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup"</pre>
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| 42 | <p>This command creates a group <codeph>TestGroup</codeph> and attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to that
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| 43 | group. </p>
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| 44 | </li>
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| 45 | <li>
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| 46 | <p>Detach a VM from the group, and delete the group if empty. For example: </p>
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| 47 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups ""</pre>
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| 48 | <p>This command detaches all groups from the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> and deletes the empty group. </p>
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| 49 | </li>
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| 50 | </ul>
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| 51 | </li>
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| 52 | <li>
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| 53 | <p>Create multiple groups. For example: </p>
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| 54 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup,/TestGroup2"</pre>
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| 55 | <p>This command creates the groups <codeph>TestGroup</codeph> and <codeph>TestGroup2</codeph>, if they do not
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| 56 | exist, and attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to both of them. </p>
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| 57 | </li>
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| 58 | <li>
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| 59 | <p>Create nested groups, having a group hierarchy. For example: </p>
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| 60 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup/TestGroup2"</pre>
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| 61 | <p>This command attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to the subgroup <codeph>TestGroup2</codeph> of the
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| 62 | <codeph>TestGroup</codeph> group. </p>
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| 63 | </li>
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| 64 | <li>
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| 65 | <p>Use <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> menu options to control and manage all the VMs in a
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| 66 | group. For example: <b outputclass="bold">Start</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Pause</b>, <b outputclass="bold"
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| 67 | >Reset</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Close</b> (save state, send shutdown signal, poweroff), <b
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| 68 | outputclass="bold">Discard Saved State</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Show in Explorer</b>, <b
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| 69 | outputclass="bold">Sort</b>. </p>
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| 70 | </li>
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| 71 | </ul>
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| 72 | </body>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | </topic>
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