wahur 0 Report post 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkerr82508 1 Report post 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wahur 0 Report post 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkerr82508 1 Report post 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
