wahur Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 So its out and i want to upgrade - there are OOo2.4 and few other things I need. Main problem is, I have Virtualbox setup running XP as guest. This setup is mission-critical and losing it would mean reactivation of Windows and re-licencing of some tools. This would cost money. How to back up existing setup so that I could use existing image/machine after the upgrade? I tested this once before and failed miserably, so now I am very careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 If you store the VM's in the default location, ~/.VirtualBox, then either keep your Home partition, or back up ~/.VirtualBox. If you store the VM's in some other location, then I think the files that you need to back up are the *.vdi files (one for each VM). If this VM is mission-critical, then I'm surprised that you do not back it up regularly. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahur Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 Well, thats what I thought. And thats why I am asking here. As I said, I failed miserably even when i tried to start my machine after moving the .vdi to another partition (/home was too small). So your surprise is serious worry for me - I may have many backups, but what's the use... W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 To use an existing .vdi file in a new installation, create a new VM and point the set-up wizard to the existing hard disk (the .vdi file). Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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