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wagscat123

08-12-2021 03:26 PM

Update VirtualBox VM UUID

Hi all,

I keep trying to add a *.vbox file packaged with a *.vmdk virtual machine. When I add to add that VM to my VirtualBox, I get the error:

Code:

  Trying to open a VM config '/Users/jrsharp3/Documents/vm_share/WISP_1.3.0/WISP_1.3.0.vbox' which has the same UUID as an existing virtual machine.

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even if I run the command

Code:

VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid

on it.

How can I fix this? I added a version of the machine in already, but modified it. I want to have both the modified and unmodified version in VirtualBox

Aeterna

08-12-2021 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wagscat123 (Post 6274755)

Hi all,

I keep trying to add a *.vbox file packaged with a *.vmdk virtual machine. When I add to add that VM to my VirtualBox, I get the error:

Code:

  Trying to open a VM config '/Users/jrsharp3/Documents/vm_share/WISP_1.3.0/WISP_1.3.0.vbox' which has the same UUID as an existing virtual machine.

p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }

even if I run the command

Code:

VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid

on it.

How can I fix this? I added a version of the machine in already, but modified it. I want to have both the modified and unmodified version in VirtualBox

Maybe machine was registered (partially successful). Try first:

Quote:

vboxmanage list hdds

if you will see your machine listed, remove UUID first:

Quote:

vboxmanage closemedium disk uuid_of_your_machine --delete

GentleThotSeaMonkey

08-12-2021 08:03 PM

Have you seen like https://superuser.com/questions/4681...virtual-machin
? "Trying to open a VM config" "which has the same UUID as an existing virtual machine" web-search finds some ...
The VirtualBox.org forums seem to get good&prompt replies VB experts', esp. to sophisticated (='good') questions like this (but their first response is often: "log?"?)

Aeterna

08-13-2021 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GentleThotSeaMonkey (Post 6274789)

link(S) refers to cloned machines, in OP case something happened and installation was incomplete leaving traces in the form of UUID. Just remove offending UUID. This does not solve a reason why VM machine could not be installed in the first place.

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