Check disk size and resize
[root@linux]:/virtual_vm > VBoxManage showhdinfo /virtual_vm/windows8/windows8.vdi UUID: a4fe1112-8d6d-4f49-8e7b-be593f5f9d24 Parent UUID: base State: created Type: normal (base) Location: /virtual_vm/windows8/windows8.vdi Storage format: VDI Format variant: dynamic default Capacity: 40960 MBytes Size on disk: 35141 MBytes In use by VMs: windows8 (UUID: 3615a9f3-fb0a-45ac-b1ad-99853f4ee09f) [root@linux]:/virtual_vm > VBoxManage modifyhd “/virtual_vm/windows8/windows8.vdi” –resize 81920
Convert a .vdi or .vmdk to something else:
VBoxManage clonehd <uuid>|<filename> <outputfile> [--format VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW|<other>] [--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX] [--existing]
[root@linux] /root # VBoxManage clonehd source.vdi target.vmdk --format VMDK
To preserve your Windows licenses after a clone
[root@linux] /root # VBoxManage showvminfo NomDeLaMachineSource [root@linux] /root # VBoxManage modifyvm NomMachineCible --hardwareuuid f9c76ae5-044f-49a3-b493-82d859cfbc64