Changeset 50447 in vbox for trunk/doc

Timestamp:

Feb 13, 2014 1:42:17 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

92256

Message:

Main/Appliance: new options for suppressing MAC addresses on export
Frontends/VBoxManage: add support for the new options
doc/manual: document the new feature

Location:

trunk/doc/manual

Files:

• en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• user_ChangeLogImpl.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml

@@ -1367 +1367 @@
     OVF standard 1.0 you can enable a OVF 0.9 legacy mode with the
     <computeroutput>--legacy09</computeroutput> option.</para>
+
+    <para>To specify options controlling the exact content of the appliance
+    file, you can use <computeroutput>--option</computeroutput> to request the
+    creation of a manifest file (encouraged, allows detection of corrupted
+    appliances on import), the additional export of DVD images, and the
+    exclusion of MAC addresses. You can specify a list of options, e.g.
+    <computeroutput>--option manifest,nomacs</computeroutput>. For details,
+    check the help output of <computeroutput>VBoxManage export</computeroutput>.</para>
   </sect1>
 

trunk/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml

@@ -18 +18 @@
 
     <itemizedlist>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>VBoxManage: when exporting an appliance, support the suppression
+           of MAC addresses, which means they will be always recreated on
+           import, avoiding duplicate MAC addresses for VMs which are imported
+           several times</para>
+      </listitem>
 
       <listitem>