vboxmanage-showvminfo Command Examples

Show information about registered virtual machine. More information: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-showvminfo.

• Show information about a particular virtual machine:

VBoxManage showvminfo {{vm_name|uuid}}

• Show more detailed information about a particular virtual machine:

VBoxManage showvminfo --details {{vm_name|uuid}}

• Show information in a machine readable format:

VBoxManage showvminfo --machinereadable {{vm_name|uuid}}

• Specify password ID if the virtual machine is encrypted:

VBoxManage showvminfo --password-id {{password_id}} {{vm_name|uuid}}

• Specify the password file if the virtual machine is encrypted:

VBoxManage showvminfo --password {{path/to/password_file}} {{vm_name|uuid}}

• Show the logs of a specific virtual machine:

VBoxManage showvminfo --log {{vm_name|uuid}}