| 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="intro-removing">
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| 4 | <title>Removing and Moving Virtual Machines</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>You can remove a VM from <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> or move the VM and its associated
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| 8 | files, such as disk images, to another location on the host. </p>
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| 9 | <ul>
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| 10 | <li>
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| 11 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Removing a VM.</b> To remove a VM, right-click the VM in the <ph
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| 12 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> machine list and select <b
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| 13 | outputclass="bold">Remove</b>. </p>
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| 14 | <p>
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| 15 | The confirmation dialog enables you to specify whether to only
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| 16 | remove the VM from the list of machines or to remove the files
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| 17 | associated with the VM.
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| 18 | </p>
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| 19 | <p>
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| 20 | Note that the <b outputclass="bold">Remove</b> menu
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| 21 | item is disabled while a VM is running.
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| 22 | </p>
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| 23 | </li>
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| 24 | <li>
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| 25 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Moving a VM.</b> To move a VM to a new location on the host,
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| 26 | right-click the VM in the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>'s machine list
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| 27 | and select <b outputclass="bold">Move</b>. </p>
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| 28 | <p>The file dialog prompts you to specify a new location for the VM. </p>
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| 29 | <p>When you move a VM, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> configuration files are updated
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| 30 | automatically to use the new location on the host. </p>
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| 31 | <p>Note that the <b outputclass="bold">Move</b> menu item is disabled while a VM is running. </p>
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| 32 | <p>You can also use the <userinput>VBoxManage movevm</userinput> command to move a VM. See <xref
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| 33 | href="vboxmanage-movevm.dita"/>. </p>
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| 34 | </li>
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| 35 | </ul>
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| 36 | <p>For information about removing or moving a disk image file from <ph
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| 37 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, see <xref
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| 38 | href="virtual-media-manager.dita#virtual-media-manager"/>. </p>
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| 39 | </body>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | </topic>
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