The list
command gives relevant
information about your system and information about VirtualBox's current
settings.
The following subcommands are available with
VBoxManage list
:
vms
lists all virtual
machines currently registered with VirtualBox. By default this
displays a compact list with each VM's name and UUID; if you also
specify --long
or
-l
, this will be a detailed list as
with the showvminfo
command (see
below).
runningvms
lists all
currently running virtual machines by their unique identifiers
(UUIDs) in the same format as with
vms
.
ostypes
lists all guest
operating systems presently known to VirtualBox, along with the
identifiers used to refer to them with the
modifyvm
command.
hostdvds
,
hostfloppies
, respectively, list
DVD, floppy, bridged networking and host-only networking interfaces
on the host, along with the name used to access them from within
VirtualBox.
bridgedifs
,
hostonlyifs
and
dhcpservers
, respectively, list
bridged network interfaces, host-only network interfaces and DHCP
servers currently available on the host. Please see Chapter 6, Virtual networking for details on these.
hostinfo
displays information
about the host system, such as CPUs, memory size and operating
system version.
hostcpuids
dumps the CPUID
parameters for the host CPUs. This can be used for a more fine
grained analyis of the host's virtualization capabilities.
hddbackends
lists all known
virtual disk back-ends of VirtualBox. For each such format (such as
VDI, VMDK or RAW), this lists the back-end's capabilities and
configuration.
hdds
,
dvds
and
floppies
all give you information
about virtual disk images currently in use by VirtualBox, including
all their settings, the unique identifiers (UUIDs) associated with
them by VirtualBox and all files associated with them. This is the
command-line equivalent of the Virtual Media Manager; see Section 5.3, “The Virtual Media Manager”.
usbhost
supplies information
about USB devices attached to the host, notably information useful
for constructing USB filters and whether they are currently in use
by the host.
usbfilters
lists all global
USB filters registered with VirtualBox -- that is, filters for
devices which are accessible to all virtual machines -- and displays
the filter parameters.
systemproperties
displays
some global VirtualBox settings, such as minimum and maximum guest
RAM and virtual hard disk size, folder settings and the current
authentication library in use.
extpacks
displays all
VirtualBox extension packs currently installed; see Section 1.5, “Installing VirtualBox and extension packs” and Section 8.36, “VBoxManage extpack” for more information.