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freebsd move virtualbox guest to new host
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The fastest way.


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OLD HOST backup the vm to be moved
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vboxmanage showvminfo dog | grep Config

tar cCf /export/vm - dog | gzip > /export/backup/vm_dog.tar.gz


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NEW HOST restore the vm
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zfs list -r `vboxmanage list systemproperties | grep folder | sed -e 's/^.* //'`

zfs create tank/vm/dog

tar xCf /export/vm/dog /export/backup/vm_dog.tar.gz

vboxmanage registervm /export/vm/dog/dog.vbox

vboxmanage list bridgedifs

vboxmanage modifyvm dog --bridgeadapter1 em0 --memory 4096 --cpus 2 --vrdeport 5902

vboxmanage startvm dog --type headless


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