VBoxManage showHDinfo TIP

- See nice informations about the use of disk

VBoxManage showhdinfo "path to the VMdisk.vdi"

Example of output:

With disk fixed

UUID:                 81c1867e-ae5e-4d13-9111-4d37e951eff4
Accessible:           yes
Logical size:         6144 MBytes
Current size on disk: 6144 MBytes
Type:                 normal (base)
Storage format:       VDI
Format variant:       fixed default
In use by VMs:        pfSense 2.0.1 (UUID: a2f071b3)
Location:             /guests/pfSense 2.0.1/pfSense2.0.1.vdi

With disk dynamic

UUID:                 42aab591-9383-47a8-ad8f-599005c6c289
Accessible:           yes
Logical size:         15360 MBytes
Current size on disk: 7035 MBytes
Type:                 normal (base)
Storage format:       VDI
Format variant:       dynamic default
In use by VMs:        wServer2008 (UUID: 11e318a4-786a)
Location:             /guests/wServer2008/wServer2008.vdi


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