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Changeset 105938 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual/en_US


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Sep 4, 2024 7:04:24 AM (7 months ago)
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Docs: bugref:10705. The following commits from doc's team git repo has been applied:

a01f320e6b877faebb42bdc332d5e5c8d610c4d9 Review feedback from dev team.
855b8fa5a09bb681f6d0f2bf2ec16728c4371380 Fixed topic IDs, added network hardware info, and updated guest additions for Arm info.
3c9efcf403508ac38b8474a3098469905ecd4a09 VBP_941 Removed graphics and comments
e19f6026b920878833da0b85915ee4bc0bf6b132 Created a new folder for all cli topics (manpages) that are sourced from the...

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  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/UserManual.ditamap

    r105795 r105938  
    258258         <topicref href="topics/guestadd-video.dita">
    259259            <topicref href="topics/guestadd-3d.dita"/>
    260             <topicref href="topics/guestadd-2d.dita"/>
    261260         </topicref>
    262261         <topicref href="topics/seamlesswindows.dita"/>
    … …  
    562561         <topicref href="topics/ts_win-cpu-usage-rept.dita"/>
    563562         <topicref href="topics/ts_host-powermgmt.dita"/>
    564          <topicref href="topics/ts_gui-2d-grayed-out.dita"/>
    565563      </topicref>
    566564      <topicref href="topics/ts_win-guests.dita">

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/ExperimentalFeatures.dita

    r99797 r105938  
    55 
    66  <body>
    7     <p>
    8       Some <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> features are labeled as experimental. Such
    9       features are provided on an "as-is" basis and are not formally
    10       supported. However, feedback and suggestions about such features
    11       are welcome. A comprehensive list of experimental features is as
    12       follows:
    13     </p>
     7    <p> Some <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> features are labeled as experimental. Such features are provided on an "as-is" basis and are not formally supported. However, feedback and suggestions about such features are welcome. A comprehensive list of experimental features is as follows: </p>
    148    <ul>
    159      <li>
    … …  
    1711          Hardware 3D acceleration support for Windows, Linux, and
    1812          Oracle Solaris guests
    19         </p>
    20       </li>
    21       <li>
    22         <p>
    23           Hardware 2D video playback acceleration support for Windows
    24           guests
    2513        </p>
    2614      </li>
    … …  
    5139      </li>
    5240      <li>
    53         <p>
    54           Using <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> and Hyper-V on the same host
    55         </p>
     41        <p> Using <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> and Hyper-V on the same host </p>
    5642      </li>
    5743    </ul>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/KnownProblems.dita

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    1919            >Hyper-V</b> on the same host. To fix this, certain Windows features like "Hyper-V Platform", "Virtual
    2020          Machine Platform" and "Windows Hypervisor Platform" must be turned off, followed by a host reboot. </p>
     21        <p>On newer Windows versions, enabling the device security features Core Isolation or Memory Integrity will use Hyper-V, even if you had previously turned it off.</p>
    2122        <p>Additionally, the Microsoft Device Guard and Credential Guard hardware readiness tool might have to be used
    2223          in order to turn off more features. For example, by running the following command: </p>
    … …  
    138139          <ul id="ul_ddr_kzn_hcc">
    139140            <li>
    140               <p>x86-based guest operating systems will not run</p>
    141       </li>
    142       <li>
     141              <p>x86-based guest operating systems will not run.</p>
     142            </li>
     143            <li>
    143144              <p>Arm(AArch64) guests only. Arm 32 is not supported at present.</p>
    144145            </li>
    … …  
    199200        <ul>
    200201          <li>
    201             <p>USB support on Oracle Solaris hosts requires Oracle Solaris 11 version snv_124 or later. Webcams and
    202               other isochronous devices are known to have poor performance. </p>
     202            <p>USB support on Oracle Solaris hosts requires Oracle Solaris 11 FCS or later. Webcams and other isochronous devices are known to have poor performance. </p>
    203203          </li>
    204204          <li>
    … …  
    213213          </li>
    214214          <li>
    215             <p>Crossbow-based bridged networking on Oracle Solaris 11 hosts does not work directly with aggregate links.
    216               However, you can use <userinput>dladm</userinput> to manually create a VNIC over the aggregate link and
    217               use that with a VM. This limitation does not exist in Oracle Solaris 11u1 build 17 and later. </p>
     215            <p>Crossbow-based bridged networking on Oracle Solaris 11 hosts does not work directly with aggregate links. However, you can use <userinput>dladm</userinput> to manually create a VNIC over the aggregate link and use that with a VM. This limitation does not exist in Oracle Solaris 11 update 1 (11.1) and later. </p>
    218216          </li>
    219217        </ul>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/arm-host-limitations.dita

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    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="arm-host-limitations">
    44  <title>Arm Host Limitations</title>
    5   <!-- 7.1: Arm platform limitations -->
    65  <body>
    76    <p>The following limitations apply when using an Arm platform host:</p>
    … …  
    109    <li><p>Only VMSVGA is supported as a graphics controller.</p></li>
    1110      <li>
    12         <p>2D and 3D video acceleration isn't available on Arm hosts.</p>
    13       </li>
    14       <li><p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest Additions are not available for Arm
    15           host platforms. Therefore, features such as seamless windows and shared folders are not
    16           available.</p></li>   
     11        <p>3D video acceleration isn't available on Arm hosts.</p>
     12      </li>   
    1713      <li><p>Unattended installation isn't available.</p></li>
    1814      <li><p>The following <b>System</b> page settings aren't available for Arm guests:</p>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/autologon_win.dita

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    5858      </li>
    5959      <li>
    60         <p><b outputclass="bold">Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8,
    61             and Windows 10 guests.</b> The login subsystem does
    62             not support the so-called Secure Attention Sequence,
    63             <codeph>Ctrl+Alt+Del</codeph>. As a result, the guest's
    64             group policy settings need to be changed to not use the
    65             Secure Attention Sequence. Also, the user name given is only
    66             compared to the true user name, not the user friendly name.
    67             This means that when you rename a user, you still have to
    68             supply the original user name as Windows never renames user
    69             accounts internally.
    70           </p>
     60        <p><b outputclass="bold">Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11 guests.</b> The login subsystem does not support the so-called Secure Attention Sequence, <codeph>Ctrl+Alt+Del</codeph>. As a result, the guest's group policy settings need to be changed to not use the Secure Attention Sequence. Also, the user name given is only compared to the true user name, not the user friendly name. This means that when you rename a user, you still have to supply the original user name as Windows never renames user accounts internally. </p>
    7161      </li>
    7262      <li>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/cloud-vm-control.dita

    r105289 r105938  
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="cloud-vm-control">
    44  <title>Controlling a Cloud VM</title>
    5   <!-- 7.1: OCI instance reset feature-->
    65  <body>
    76    <p>You can use <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> to control a cloud VM as follows: </p>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/cloud-vm-monitor.dita

    r105293 r105938  
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="cloud-vm-monitor">
    44  <title>Monitoring Cloud VM Performance</title>
    5   <!--7.1: OCI instance monitoring -->
    65  <body>
    76    <p>You can monitor the performance of cloud VM instances in the following ways:</p>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/create-optical-disk-image.dita

    r105335 r105938  
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="create-optical-disk-image">
    44  <title>Creating a Virtual Optical Disk Image</title>
    5   <!-- 7.1: Can now import VISO files-->
    65  <body>
    76    <p>Use the <b outputclass="bold">VISO Creator</b> tool to create a virtual optical disk image. This enables you to

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/create-vm-wizard-name-os.dita

    r105841 r105938  
    22<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="create-vm-wizard-name-os">
    4   <title>Specify Name and Operating System</title>
    5  <!--7.1: Subtype field added -->
     4  <title>Specify Name and Operating System</title>
    65  <body>
    76    <p>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/create-vm-wizard.dita

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    2020      VM. <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> does not supply the OS or any license required to use
    2121      it. </p>
    22     <p><!--7.1: Note added re platforms and paragraph re ISO requirement. Reworded when removing screenshots. Subpages also updated.--></p>
    2322  </body>
    2423</topic>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/features-overview.dita

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    1111    <ul>
    1212      <li>
    13         <p><b outputclass="bold">Portability.</b> <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
    14           runs on a large number of 64-bit host operating systems. See
    15           <xref href="hostossupport.dita#hostossupport"/>.
    16         </p>
     13        <p><b outputclass="bold">Portability. </b>
     14          <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> runs on a large number of 64-bit host operating systems. See <xref href="hostossupport.dita#hostossupport"/>. </p>
    1715        <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> is a so-called <i>hosted</i> hypervisor, sometimes
    1816          referred to as a <i>type 2</i> hypervisor. Whereas a <i>bare-metal</i> or <i>type 1</i> hypervisor runs
    … …  
    5250        <ul>
    5351          <li>
    54             <p><b outputclass="bold">Guest multiprocessing
    55               (SMP).</b> <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can present up to 32
    56               virtual CPUs to each virtual machine, irrespective of how
    57               many CPU cores are physically present on your host.
    58             </p>
     52            <p><b outputclass="bold">Guest multiprocessing (SMP). </b>
     53              <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can present up to 32 virtual CPUs to each virtual machine, irrespective of how many CPU cores are physically present on your host. </p>
    5954          </li>
    6055          <li>
    6156            <p><b outputclass="bold">USB device support.</b>
    62               <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> implements a virtual USB controller and
    63               enables you to connect arbitrary USB devices to your
    64               virtual machines without having to install device-specific
    65               drivers on the host. USB support is not limited to certain
    66               device categories. See <xref href="settings-usb.dita#settings-usb"/>.
    67             </p>
     57              <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> implements a virtual USB controller and enables you to connect arbitrary USB devices to your virtual machines without having to install device-specific drivers on the host. USB support is not limited to certain device categories. See <xref href="settings-usb.dita#settings-usb"/>. </p>
    6858          </li>
    6959          <li>
    7060            <p><b outputclass="bold">Hardware compatibility.</b>
    71               <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> virtualizes a vast array of
    72               virtual devices, among them many devices that are typically provided by other
    73               virtualization platforms. That includes IDE, SCSI, and SATA hard disk controllers,
    74               several virtual network cards and sound cards, virtual serial ports and an
    75               Input/Output Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (I/O APIC), which is found in
    76               many computer systems. This enables easy cloning of disk images from real machines and
    77               importing of third-party virtual machines into <ph
    78                 conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. </p>
     61              <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> virtualizes a vast array of virtual devices, among them many devices that are typically provided by other virtualization platforms. That includes IDE, SCSI, and SATA hard disk controllers, several virtual network cards and sound cards, virtual serial ports and an Input/Output Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (I/O APIC), which is found in many computer systems. This enables easy cloning of disk images from real machines and importing of third-party virtual machines into <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. </p>
    7962          </li>
    8063          <li>
    … …  
    9477          <li>
    9578            <p><b outputclass="bold">Multiscreen resolutions.</b>
    96               <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> virtual machines support screen resolutions
    97               many times that of a physical screen, allowing them to be
    98               spread over a large number of screens attached to the host
    99               system.
    100             </p>
     79              <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> virtual machines support screen resolutions many times that of a physical screen, allowing them to be spread over a large number of screens attached to the host system. </p>
    10180          </li>
    10281          <li>
    … …  
    12099      </li>
    121100      <li>
    122         <p><b outputclass="bold">Multigeneration branched
    123           snapshots.</b> <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can save arbitrary
    124           snapshots of the state of the virtual machine. You can go back
    125           in time and revert the virtual machine to any such snapshot
    126           and start an alternative VM configuration from there,
    127           effectively creating a whole snapshot tree. See
    128           <xref href="snapshots.dita#snapshots"/>. You can create and delete
    129           snapshots while the virtual machine is running.
    130         </p>
     101        <p><b outputclass="bold">Multigeneration branched snapshots.</b>
     102          <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can save arbitrary snapshots of the state of the virtual machine. You can go back in time and revert the virtual machine to any such snapshot and start an alternative VM configuration from there, effectively creating a whole snapshot tree. See <xref href="snapshots.dita#snapshots"/>. You can create and delete snapshots while the virtual machine is running. </p>
    131103      </li>
    132104      <li>
    133         <p><b outputclass="bold">VM groups.</b> <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
    134           provides a groups feature that enables the user to organize
    135           and control virtual machines collectively, as well as
    136           individually. In addition to basic groups, it is also possible
    137           for any VM to be in more than one group, and for groups to be
    138           nested in a hierarchy. This means you can have groups of
    139           groups. In general, the operations that can be performed on
    140           groups are the same as those that can be applied to individual
    141           VMs: Start, Pause, Reset, Close (Save state, Send Shutdown,
    142           Poweroff), Discard Saved State, Show in File System, Sort.
    143         </p>
     105        <p><b outputclass="bold">VM groups.</b>
     106          <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> provides a groups feature that enables the user to organize and control virtual machines collectively, as well as individually. In addition to basic groups, it is also possible for any VM to be in more than one group, and for groups to be nested in a hierarchy. This means you can have groups of groups. In general, the operations that can be performed on groups are the same as those that can be applied to individual VMs: Start, Pause, Reset, Close (Save state, Send Shutdown, Poweroff), Discard Saved State, Show in File System, Sort. </p>
    144107      </li>
    145108      <li>
    146         <p><b outputclass="bold">Clean architecture and unprecedented
    147           modularity.</b> <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> has an extremely modular
    148           design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a
    149           clean separation of client and server code. This makes it easy
    150           to control it from several interfaces at once. For example,
    151           you can start a VM simply by clicking on a button in the
    152           <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> graphical user interface and then control that
    153           machine from the command line, or even remotely. See
    154           <xref href="frontends.dita#frontends"/>.
    155         </p>
     109        <p><b outputclass="bold">Clean architecture and unprecedented modularity.</b>
     110          <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a clean separation of client and server code. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once. For example, you can start a VM simply by clicking on a button in the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> graphical user interface and then control that machine from the command line, or even remotely. See <xref href="frontends.dita#frontends"/>. </p>
    156111        <p>Due to its modular architecture, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can also expose its
    157112          full functionality and configurability through a comprehensive <b outputclass="bold">software development kit

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/frontends.dita

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    3333      </li>
    3434      <li>
    35         <!-- Separate mode: check with Klaus whether this needs to be covered in 7.1-->
    3635        <p><b>Separate mode.</b> A front end that is based on <userinput>VBoxHeadless</userinput>,
    3736          but does not require VRDE or an RDP viewer. See <xref href="vboxheadless-separate-mode.dita">Separate Mode</xref>.</p>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/guest-os-Arm.dita

    r105792 r105938  
    11<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
    22<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
    3 <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="guestossupport">
     3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="guest-os-arm">
    44  <title>Arm Guest Operating Systems</title>
    5  
    65  <body>
    76    <p>Oracle Premier Support covers the running of the following guest OSs in a VM with an Arm platform architecture.</p>
    … …  
    2019      </ul>
    2120    </p>
    22    
    23    
    2421  </body>
    2522</topic>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/guest-os-legacy.dita

    r105841 r105938  
    1010    <p>The following legacy guest operating systems can be used with <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, but only qualify for limited support because of the vintage of the technology involved. Therefore, resolution of customer issues for such legacy guest operating systems cannot be assured. </p>
    1111    <p>See also <xref href="host-guest-matrix.dita"/>.</p>
    12     <p>VMs with an x86 or x86-64 platform architecture, as appropriate might run<ul id="ul_j5n_srf_3cc">
     12    <p>VMs with an x86 or x86-64 platform architecture, as appropriate might run<ul id="guest-os-other">
    1313        <li>Windows 8 and 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit) </li>
    1414        <li>Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) </li>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/guest-os-x86-64.dita

    r105792 r105938  
    11<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
    22<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
    3 <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="guestossupport">
     3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="guest-os-x86">
    44  <title>x86 Guest Operating Systems</title>
    5  
    65  <body>
    76    <p>Oracle Premier Support covers the running of the following guest OSs in a VM with an x86 or x86-64 platform architecture, as appropriate.</p>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/guestadd-clipboard.dita

    r105619 r105938  
    55 
    66  <body>
    7     <!-- 7.1: Shared clipboard check box; clarify operation with dev -->
    87    <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> enables you to copy clipboard content from the host to the
    98      guest, and vice versa. For this to work the latest version of the Guest Additions must be installed on the
    10       guest.</p>   
     9      guest.</p>
    1110    <p>For security reasons drag and drop can be configured at runtime on a per-VM basis either using the <b
    1211        outputclass="bold">Shared Clipboard</b> menu item in the <b outputclass="bold">Devices</b> menu of the virtual

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/guestadd-gc-file-manager.dita

    r105633 r105938  
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="guestadd-gc-file-manager">
    44  <title>Guest Control File Manager</title>
    5   <!-- 7.1: new icons added, pic removed-->
    65  <body>
    76    <p>If you have Guest Additions installed, you can use the Guest Control File Manager to copy files between a virtual

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/guestadd-intro.dita

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    5151          had manually entered an arbitrary resolution in the guest's <b outputclass="bold">Display</b> settings. See
    5252            <xref href="intro-resize-window.dita#intro-resize-window"/>. </p>
    53         <p>If the Guest Additions are installed, 3D graphics and 2D video for guest applications can be accelerated. See
    54             <xref href="guestadd-video.dita#guestadd-video"/>. </p>
     53        <p>If the Guest Additions are installed, 3D graphics for guest applications can be accelerated. See <xref href="guestadd-video.dita#guestadd-video"/>. </p>
    5554      </li>
    5655      <li>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/gui-tools-global.dita

    r105426 r105938  
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="gui-tools-global">
    44  <title>Global Tools</title>
    5   <!-- 7.1: May be best to remove screen shots of menus. Too much of a maintenance headache. DONE. This topic needs turned around to be global config tasks.-->
     5  <!--This topic needs turned around to be global config tasks.-->
    66  <body>
    77    <p>In the left pane of the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> window, click the <b outputclass="bold"

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/gui-vmgroups.dita

    r105388 r105938  
    55 
    66  <body>
    7       <!-- 7.1: pic removed-->
    87    <p>Create VM groups if you want to manage several VMs together, and perform functions on them collectively, as well
    98      as individually. </p>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/hostossupport.dita

    r105791 r105938  
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="hostossupport">
    44  <title>Available Installation Packages</title>
    5   <!-- 7.1: Arm platforms; require statement on host support -->
    65  <body>
    76    <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> runs on the following host Operating Systems (OSs): </p>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/intro-macosxguests.dita

    r105811 r105938  
    55 
    66  <body>
    7     <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> enables you to install and execute unmodified versions of macOS and OS X guests on supported host hardware. Note that this feature is experimental and thus unsupported. </p>
     7    <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> enables you to install and execute unmodified versions of macOS and OS X guests on supported host hardware. This feature is experimental and thus unsupported. </p>
    88    <p>Be aware of the following important issues before you try to install a macOS guest: </p>
    99    <ul>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/log-viewer.dita

    r105404 r105938  
    88      records system configuration and events. The <b outputclass="bold">Log Viewer</b> is a <ph
    99        conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> tool that enables you to view and analyze system logs. </p>
    10     <!-- 7.1: New pic required? Tab operation changed. Log Viewer/Filter pane. bugref:10496
    11 Pic removed... still need to change/add anything?-->
    1210    <p>To display the Log Viewer, do either of the following: </p>
    1311    <ul>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/nichardware.dita

    r105335 r105938  
    99    <ul>
    1010      <li>
    11         <p>AMD PCNet PCI II (Am79C970A) </p>
     11        <p>AMD PCNet PCI II (Am79C970A) Not available on Arm guests.</p>
    1212      </li>
    1313      <li>
    14         <p>AMD PCNet FAST III (Am79C973), the default setting </p>
     14        <p>AMD PCNet FAST III (Am79C973), the default setting on x86 guests. Not available on Arm guests.</p>
    1515      </li>
    1616      <li>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/seamlesswindows.dita

    r105841 r105938  
    55 
    66  <body>
    7     <p>With the <i>seamless windows</i> feature of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, you can have the windows that are displayed within a virtual machine appear side by side next to the windows of your host. This feature is supported for the following guest operating systems, provided that the Guest Additions are installed: </p>
     7    <p>With the <i>seamless windows</i> feature of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, you can have the windows that are displayed within a virtual machine appear side by side next to the windows of your host. This feature is supported for the following x86 or x86_64 guest operating systems, provided that the Guest Additions are installed: </p>
    88    <ul>
    99      <li>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/security_clipboard.dita

    r105619 r105938  
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="security_clipboard">
    44  <title>Clipboard</title>
    5   <!-- 7.1: Shared clipboard toggle in guest VM, bugref:10481; input from dev required -->
    65  <body>
    76    <p>The shared clipboard enables users to share data between the host and the guest. Enabling the clipboard in

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/settings-general-advanced.dita

    r105841 r105938  
    3232          using the <b outputclass="bold">Shared Clipboard</b> menu item in the <b outputclass="bold">Devices</b> menu
    3333          of the virtual machine. </p>
    34         <!--7.1: r159813: checkbox added to the Shared Clipboard menu? -->
    3534      </li>
    3635      <li>
    … …  
    4140            enable restricting of access in either direction.
    4241          </p>
    43         <p>For drag and drop to work the Guest Additions need to be installed on the guest. </p>
     42        <p>For drag and drop to work, the Guest Additions need to be installed on the guest. </p>
    4443        <note>
    4544          <p>Drag and drop is disabled by default. This setting can be changed at any time using the <b
    4645              outputclass="bold">Drag and Drop</b> menu item in the <b outputclass="bold">Devices</b> menu of the
    4746            virtual machine. </p>
     47          <p>See <xref href="guestadd-dnd.dita#guestadd-dnd"/>. </p>
    4848        </note>
    49         <p>See <xref href="guestadd-dnd.dita#guestadd-dnd"/>. </p>
    5049      </li>
    5150    </ul>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/soft-keyb.dita

    r105388 r105938  
    44
    55<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="soft-keyb">
    6   <!-- 7.1: pic removed-->
    76  <title>Soft Keyboard</title>
    87  <body>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vbox-auth.dita

    r105335 r105938  
    2525            <ul>
    2626              <li>
    27                 <p>On Linux hosts, <userinput>VBoxAuth.so</userinput> authenticates users against the host's PAM system. </p>
     27                <p>On Linux and Oracle Solaris hosts, <userinput>VBoxAuth.so</userinput> authenticates users against the host's PAM system. </p>
    2828              </li>
    2929              <li>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vboxheadless-separate-mode.dita

    r105294 r105938  
    44  <title>Separate Mode</title>
    55  <body>
    6     <!-- 7.1: Include this topic? Get feedback during doc review -->
    76    <p>Separate mode is an alternative front end for local and remote virtual machines. Separate
    87      mode is based on the <userinput>VBoxHeadless</userinput> front end but uses the <ph

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vboxmanage-intro.dita

    r105499 r105938  
    66           
    77            <body>
    8                <p>As briefly mentioned in <xref href="frontends.dita#frontends"/>, <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> is
    9       the command-line interface to <ph conkeyref = "vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. With it, you can completely control <ph conkeyref = "vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> from the
    10       command line of your host operating system. <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> supports all the features that the
    11       graphical user interface gives you access to, but it supports a lot more than that. It exposes all the features of
    12       the virtualization engine, even those that cannot be accessed from the GUI. </p>
     8               <p>As briefly mentioned in <xref href="frontends.dita#frontends"/>, <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> is the CLI to <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. With it, you can control <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> from the command line of your host operating system. <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> supports all the features that the graphical user interface gives you access to, but it supports a lot more than that. It exposes all the features of the virtualization engine, even those that cannot be accessed from the GUI. </p>
    139               <p>You will need to use the command line if you want to do the
    1410      following:
    … …  
    5753                  </li>
    5854               </ul>
    59                <p>You can enter <userinput>VBoxManage list vms</userinput> to have all currently registered VMs listed
    60       with all their settings, including their respective names and UUIDs. </p>
     55               <p>You can enter <userinput>VBoxManage list vms</userinput> to have all currently registered VMs listed with their respective names and UUIDs. </p>
    6156               <p>Some typical examples of how to control <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> from the
    6257      command line are listed below: </p>
    … …  
    6661            conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, use <userinput>VBoxManage createvm</userinput> with the
    6762          <!--option not processed within -->--register option, as follows: </p>
    68                      <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage createvm --name "SUSE 10.2" --register
    69 VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version <varname>version-number</varname>
    70 (C) 2005-2018 Oracle Corporation
    71 All rights reserved.
    72 
    73 Virtual machine 'SUSE 10.2' is created.
     63                     <pre xml:space="preserve">$ VBoxManage createvm --name "SUSE 15.2" --register
     64Virtual machine 'SUSE 15.2' is created.
    7465UUID: c89fc351-8ec6-4f02-a048-57f4d25288e5
    75 Settings file: '/home/username/.config/VirtualBox/Machines/SUSE 10.2/SUSE 10.2.xml'</pre>
    76                      <p>As can be seen from the above output, a new virtual machine has been created with a new UUID and
    77           a new XML settings file. </p>
     66Settings file: '/home/username/VirtualBox VMs/SUSE 15.2/SUSE 15.2.vbox'</pre>
     67                     <p>As can be seen from the above output, a new virtual machine has been created with a new UUID and a new XML-formatted settings file. </p>
    7868                     <p>
    7969          For more details, see
    … …  
    9686          See <xref href="vboxmanage-storagectl.dita"/> and <xref href="vboxmanage-storageattach.dita"/>. </p>
    9787                  </li>
     88         <li>
     89            <p>To start a VM that is currently powered off, use <userinput>VBoxManage startvm</userinput>. See <xref href="vboxmanage-startvm.dita"/>. </p>
     90         </li>
    9891                  <li>
    99                      <p>To control VM operation, use one of the following: </p>
    100                      <ul>
    101                         <li>
    102                            <p>To start a VM that is currently powered off, use <userinput>VBoxManage
    103               startvm</userinput>. See <xref href="vboxmanage-startvm.dita"/>. </p>
    104                         </li>
    105                         <li>
    106                            <p>To pause or save a VM that is currently running or change some of its settings, use
    107                 <userinput>VBoxManage controlvm</userinput>. See <xref href="vboxmanage-controlvm.dita"/>. </p>
    108                         </li>
    109                      </ul>
     92                     <p>To change a running VM's setttings or change its state (such as pausing, saving, or powering off the VM) use <userinput>VBoxManage controlvm</userinput> See <xref href="vboxmanage-controlvm.dita"/>.</p>
    11093                  </li>
    11194               </ul>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/virtintro.dita

    r105426 r105938  
    2020                  </li>
    2121                  <li>
    22                      <p><b outputclass="bold">Guest operating system (guest OS).</b> This is the OS that is running
    23           inside the virtual machine. Theoretically, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can run any
    24           x86 OS such as DOS, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. But to achieve near-native performance of the guest
    25           code on your machine, we had to go through a lot of optimizations that are specific to certain OSes. So while
    26           your favorite OS <i>may</i> run as a guest, we officially support and optimize for a select few, which include
    27           the most common OSes. </p>
    28                      <p>See <xref href="guestossupport.dita#guestossupport"/>. </p>
     22                     <p><b outputclass="bold">Guest operating system (guest OS).</b> This is the OS that is running inside the virtual machine. Theoretically, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can run any x86 OS such as DOS, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD on an x86 host. But to achieve near-native performance of the guest code on your machine, we had to go through a lot of optimizations that are specific to certain OSs. So while your favorite OS <i>may</i> run as a guest, we officially support and optimize for a select few, which include the most common OSs. </p>
     23                     <p>See <xref href="guest-os.dita"/>.</p>
    2924                  </li>
    3025                  <li>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vm-activity-overview.dita

    r105404 r105938  
    33  PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
    44<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vm-activity-overview">
    5   <!-- 7.1: Now shows activity info for cloud VMs -->
    65               <title>VM Activity Overview</title>
    76               <body>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vm-activity-session-information.dita

    r105404 r105938  
    44<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vm-activity-session-information">
    55               <title>Session Information Dialog</title>
    6   <!-- 7.1: metrics info for OCI instances--> 
    7   <!-- 7.1: Add pic for cloud VM Activity info? No.. removing pics.-->
    86               <body>
    97                  <p>The Session Information dialog includes multiple tabs that show important configuration and runtime

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vm-info.dita

    r105289 r105938  
    33  PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
    44<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vm-info">
    5             <title>Monitoring of Virtual Machines</title>
    6   <!-- 7.1: metrics info now included for OCI instances -->       
     5            <title>Monitoring of Virtual Machines</title>       
    76            <body>
    87               <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> includes the following tools for viewing runtime

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vm-status-bar.dita

    r105498 r105938  
    22<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
    33<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vm-status-bar">
    4   <title>Virtual Machine Status Bar</title>
    5  <!-- 7.1: Processor icon updated -->
     4  <title>Virtual Machine Status Bar</title>
    65  <body>
    76    <p>A status bar is displayed at the bottom of the virtual machine window. The status bar contains icons that enable
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