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3	<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="gui-vmgroups">
4	<title>Using VM Groups</title>
5
6	<body>
7	<p>
8	VM groups are groups of VMs that you can create as and when
9	required. You can manage and perform functions on them
10	collectively, as well as individually.
11	</p>
12	<p>
13	The following figure shows VM groups displayed in VirtualBox
14	Manager.
15	</p>
16	<fig id="fig-vm-groups">
17	<title>Groups of Virtual Machines</title>
18	<image href="images/vm-groups.png" placement="break"/>
19	</fig>
20	<p>
21	The following features are available for groups:
22	</p>
23	<ul>
24	<li>
25	<p>
26	Create a group using VirtualBox Manager. Do one of the following:
27	</p>
28	<ul>
29	<li>
30	<p>
31	Drag a VM on top of another VM.
32	</p>
33	</li>
34	<li>
35	<p>
36	Select multiple VMs and select
37	<b outputclass="bold">Group</b> from the
38	right-click menu.
39	</p>
40	</li>
41	</ul>
42	</li>
43	<li>
44	<p>
45	Create and manage a group using the command line. Do one of
46	the following:
47	</p>
48	<ul>
49	<li>
50	<p>
51	Create a group and assign a VM. For example:
52	</p>
53	<pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup"</pre>
54	<p>
55	This command creates a group <codeph>TestGroup</codeph>
56	and attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to that group.
57	</p>
58	</li>
59	<li>
60	<p>
61	Detach a VM from the group, and delete the group if empty.
62	For example:
63	</p>
64	<pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups ""</pre>
65	<p>
66	This command detaches all groups from the VM
67	<codeph>vm01</codeph> and deletes the empty group.
68	</p>
69	</li>
70	</ul>
71	</li>
72	<li>
73	<p>
74	Create multiple groups. For example:
75	</p>
76	<pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup,/TestGroup2"</pre>
77	<p>
78	This command creates the groups <codeph>TestGroup</codeph>
79	and <codeph>TestGroup2</codeph>, if they do not exist, and
80	attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to both of them.
81	</p>
82	</li>
83	<li>
84	<p>
85	Create nested groups, having a group hierarchy. For example:
86	</p>
87	<pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup/TestGroup2"</pre>
88	<p>
89	This command attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to the
90	subgroup <codeph>TestGroup2</codeph> of the
91	<codeph>TestGroup</codeph> group.
92	</p>
93	</li>
94	<li>
95	<p>
96	Use VirtualBox Manager menu options to control and manage all the VMs
97	in a group. For example:
98	<b outputclass="bold">Start</b>,
99	<b outputclass="bold">Pause</b>,
100	<b outputclass="bold">Reset</b>,
101	<b outputclass="bold">Close</b> (save state, send
102	shutdown signal, poweroff), <b outputclass="bold">Discard
103	Saved State</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Show in
104	Explorer</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Sort</b>.
105	</p>
106	</li>
107	</ul>
108	</body>
109
110	</topic>

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