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21<refentry id="vboxmanage-showvminfo" lang="en">
22 <refentryinfo>
23 <pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-18 17:27:14 +0000 (Thu, 18 Aug 2022) $</pubdate>
24 <title>VBoxManage showvminfo</title>
25 </refentryinfo>
26
27 <refmeta>
28 <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-showvminfo</refentrytitle>
29 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
30 </refmeta>
31
32 <refnamediv>
33 <refname>VBoxManage-showvminfo</refname>
34 <refpurpose>show configuration information or log file contents for a virtual
35 machine</refpurpose>
36 <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
37 </refnamediv>
38
39 <refsynopsisdiv>
40 <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showvminfo-default">
41<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
42 <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command>
43 <group choice="req">
44 <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
45 <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
46 </group>
47 <arg>--details</arg>
48 <arg>--machinereadable</arg>
49 <arg>--password-id</arg>
50 <arg>--password</arg>
51 </cmdsynopsis>
52
53 <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showvminfo-log">
54 <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command>
55 <group choice="req">
56 <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
57 <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
58 </group>
59 <arg choice="req">--log=<replaceable>index</replaceable></arg>
60 <arg>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></arg>
61 <arg>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</arg>
62 </cmdsynopsis>
63 </refsynopsisdiv>
64
65 <refsect1>
66 <title>Description</title>
67 <para>
68 The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command outputs
69 configuration information or log file contents for a specified
70 virtual machine (VM).
71 </para>
72 <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-default">
73 <title>Viewing Virtual Machine Information</title>
74 <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
75 <para>
76 The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command outputs
77 information about the specified VM in a detailed format or in a
78 machine-readable format.
79 </para>
80 <para>
81 The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command shows the
82 same information for the specified VM in the same format as the
83 <command>VBoxManage list vms --long</command> command.
84 </para>
85 <variablelist>
86 <varlistentry>
87 <term><option>--details</option></term>
88 <listitem><para>
89 Includes detailed information about the VM.
90 </para></listitem>
91 </varlistentry>
92 <varlistentry>
93 <term><option>--machinereadable</option></term>
94 <listitem><para>
95 Specifies that the VM information be in a machine-readable
96 format.
97 </para></listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99 <varlistentry>
100 <term><option>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
101 <listitem><para>
102 Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted.
103 </para></listitem>
104 </varlistentry>
105 <varlistentry>
106 <term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</option></term>
107 <listitem><para>
108 Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either
109 specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the
110 host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
111 you for the password.
112 </para></listitem>
113 </varlistentry>
114 </variablelist>
115 </refsect2>
116 <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-log">
117 <title>Viewing Virtual Machine Log Contents</title>
118 <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
119 <para>
120 The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo --log</command> command
121 outputs the contents of one of the specified VM's log files.
122 </para>
123 <variablelist>
124 <varlistentry>
125 <term><option>--log=<replaceable>index</replaceable></option></term>
126 <listitem><para>
127 Specifies a numerical index that identifies the log file.
128 </para><para>
129 The index value starts at <literal>0</literal>, which
130 indicates the <filename>VBox.log</filename> file. An index
131 value of <literal>1</literal> indicates the
132 <filename>VBoxHardening.log</filename> file. Index values
133 starting at <literal>2</literal> indicate other log files,
134 such as the <filename>VBox.log.1</filename> file.
135 </para></listitem>
136 </varlistentry>
137 <varlistentry>
138 <term><option>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
139 <listitem><para>
140 Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted.
141 </para></listitem>
142 </varlistentry>
143 <varlistentry>
144 <term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</option></term>
145 <listitem><para>
146 Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either
147 specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the
148 host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
149 you for the password.
150 </para></listitem>
151 </varlistentry>
152 </variablelist>
153 </refsect2>
154 </refsect1>
155
156 <refsect1>
157 <title>Examples</title>
158 <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
159 <para>
160 The following example shows typical output for this command:
161 </para>
162<screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10"
163VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version <replaceable>version-number</replaceable>
164(C) 2005-2019 Oracle Corporation
165All rights reserved.
166
167Name: Windows 10
168Groups: /
169Guest OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
170UUID: 1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7
171Config file: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Windows 10.vbox
172Snapshot folder: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Snapshots
173Log folder: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Logs
174Hardware UUID: 1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7
175Memory size: 2048MB
176Page Fusion: off
177VRAM size: 12MB
178CPU exec cap: 100%
179...</screen>
180 <para>
181 The following example shows the information output in a
182 machine-readable format, which shows the entries as a
183 <replaceable>property</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable>
184 string:
185 </para>
186<screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --machinereadable
187...
188groups="/"
189ostype="Windows 10 (64-bit)"
190UUID="1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7"
191...</screen>
192 <para>
193 The following example shows the contents of the
194 <filename>VBox.log</filename> log file:
195 </para>
196<screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --log 0
19700:00:02.895106 VirtualBox VM 6.0.0_RC1 r127378 linux.amd64 (Dec 10 2018 17:16:06) release log
19800:00:02.895109 Log opened 2018-12-14T14:31:44.088259000Z
19900:00:02.895111 Build Type: release
20000:00:02.895115 OS Product: Linux
20100:00:02.895117 OS Release: 4.1.12-61.1.22.el7uek.x86_64
20200:00:02.895119 OS Version: #2 SMP Fri Dec 2 09:28:44 PST 2016
203...</screen>
204 </refsect1>
205
206 <refsect1>
207 <title>See Also</title>
208 <para>
209 <xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />
210 </para>
211 </refsect1>
212</refentry>
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