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8 VBoxManage reference
8.1 VBoxManage list
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 identi-
fiers (UUIDs) in the same format as with vms.
• hdds, dvds and floppies all give you information about virtual disk images
currently registered in VirtualBox, including all their settings, the unique iden-
tifiers (UUIDs) associated with them by VirtualBox and all files associated with
them.
• 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 and hostifs, respectively, list DVD, floppy and
host networking interfaces on the host, along with the name used to access them
from within VirtualBox.
• hostusb 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 mini-
mum and maximum guest RAM and virtual hard disk size, folder settings and
the current authentication library in use.
• hddbackends lists all known hdd backends of VirtualBox. Beside the name of
the backend itself, descriptions about the capabilities, configuration and other
useful informations are displayed.
8.2 VBoxManage showvminfo
The showvminfo command shows information about a particular virtual machine.
This is the same information as VBoxManage list vms --long would show for
all virtual machines.
You will get information similar to the following:
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