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vboxmanage-clonevm

Create a clone of an existing virtual machine (VM). More information: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-clonevm.

  • Clone the specified VM:

VBoxManage clonevm vm_name

  • Specify a new name for the new VM:

VBoxManage clonevm vm_name --name new_vm_name

  • Indicate the folder where the new VM configuration is saved:

VBoxManage clonevm vm_name --basefolder path/to/directory

  • Register the cloned VM in VirtualBox:

VBoxManage clonevm vm_name --register

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