maitinfo1:~> vboxmanage
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.6_OSE
(C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Usage:

VBoxManage [-v|-version]    print version number and exit
VBoxManage -nologo ...      suppress the logo

VBoxManage -convertSettings ...        allow to auto-convert settings files
VBoxManage -convertSettingsBackup ...  allow to auto-convert settings files
                                       but create backup copies before
VBoxManage -convertSettingsIgnore ...  allow to auto-convert settings files
                                       but don't explicitly save the results

VBoxManage list             vms|runningvms|ostypes|hostdvds|hostfloppies|
                            hdds|dvds|floppies|usbhost|usbfilters|
                            systemproperties

VBoxManage showvminfo       <uuid>|<name>
                            [-details]
                            [-statistics]
                            [-machinereadable]

VBoxManage registervm       <filename>

VBoxManage unregistervm     <uuid>|<name>
                            [-delete]

VBoxManage createvm         -name <name>
                            [-register]
                            [-basefolder <path> | -settingsfile <path>]
                            [-uuid <uuid>]
                            

VBoxManage modifyvm         <uuid|name>
                            [-name <name>]
                            [-ostype <ostype>]
                            [-memory <memorysize>]
                            [-vram <vramsize>]
                            [-acpi on|off]
                            [-ioapic on|off]
                            [-pae on|off]
                            [-hwvirtex on|off|default]
                            [-monitorcount <number>]
                            [-bioslogofadein on|off]
                            [-bioslogofadeout on|off]
                            [-bioslogodisplaytime <msec>]
                            [-bioslogoimagepath <imagepath>]
                            [-biosbootmenu disabled|menuonly|messageandmenu]
                            [-biossystemtimeoffset <msec>]
                            [-biospxedebug on|off]
                            [-boot<1-4> none|floppy|dvd|disk|net>]
                            [-hd<a|b|d> none|<uuid>|<filename>]
                            [-idecontroller PIIX3|PIIX4]
                            [-dvd none|<uuid>|<filename>|host:<drive>]
                            [-dvdpassthrough on|off]
                            [-floppy disabled|empty|<uuid>|
                                     <filename>|host:<drive>]
                            [-nic<1-N> none|null|nat|hostif|intnet]
                            [-nictype<1-N> Am79C970A|Am79C973]
                            [-cableconnected<1-N> on|off]
                            [-nictrace<1-N> on|off]
                            [-nictracefile<1-N> <filename>]
                            [-nicspeed<1-N> <kbps>]
                            [-hostifdev<1-N> none|<devicename>]
                            [-intnet<1-N> <network name>]
                            [-natnet<1-N> <network>|default]
                            [-macaddress<1-N> auto|<mac>]
                            [-uart<1-N> off|<I/O base> <IRQ>]
                            [-uartmode<1-N> disconnected|
                                            server <pipe>|
                                            client <pipe>|
                                            <devicename>]
                            [-gueststatisticsinterval <seconds>]
                            [-tapsetup<1-N> none|<application>]
                            [-tapterminate<1-N> none|<application>]
                            [-audio none|null|oss|alsa|pulse]
                            [-audiocontroller ac97|sb16]
                            [-clipboard disabled|hosttoguest|guesttohost|
                                        bidirectional]
                            [-usb on|off]
                            [-usbehci on|off]
                            [-snapshotfolder default|<path>]

VBoxManage startvm          <uuid>|<name>

VBoxManage controlvm        <uuid>|<name>
                            pause|resume|reset|poweroff|savestate|
                            acpipowerbutton|acpisleepbutton|
                            keyboardputscancode <hex> [<hex> ...]|
                            setlinkstate<1-4> on|off |
                            usbattach <uuid>|<address> |
                            usbdetach <uuid>|<address> |
                            dvdattach none|<uuid>|<filename>|host:<drive> |
                            floppyattach none|<uuid>|<filename>|host:<drive> |
                            setvideomodehint <xres> <yres> <bpp> [display]|
                            setcredentials <username> <password> <domain>
                                           [-allowlocallogon <yes|no>]

VBoxManage discardstate     <uuid>|<name>

VBoxManage adoptstate       <uuid>|<name> <state_file>

VBoxManage snapshot         <uuid>|<name>
                            take <name> [-desc <desc>] |
                            discard <uuid>|<name> |
                            discardcurrent -state|-all |
                            edit <uuid>|<name>|-current
                                 [-newname <name>]
                                 [-newdesc <desc>] |
                            showvminfo <uuid>|<name>

VBoxManage registerimage    disk|dvd|floppy <filename>
                            [-type normal|immutable|writethrough] (disk only)

VBoxManage unregisterimage  disk|dvd|floppy <uuid>|<filename>

VBoxManage showvdiinfo      <uuid>|<filename>

VBoxManage createvdi        -filename <filename>
                            -size <megabytes>
                            [-static]
                            [-comment <comment>]
                            [-register]
                            [-type normal|writethrough] (default: normal)

VBoxManage modifyvdi        <uuid>|<filename>
                            compact

VBoxManage clonevdi         <uuid>|<filename> <outputfile>

VBoxManage convertdd        <filename> <outputfile>
VBoxManage convertdd        stdin <outputfile> <bytes>

VBoxManage addiscsidisk     -server <name>|<ip>
                            -target <target>
                            [-port <port>]
                            [-lun <lun>]
                            [-encodedlun <lun>]
                            [-username <username>]
                            [-password <password>]
                            [-comment <comment>]

VBoxManage getextradata     global|<uuid>|<name>
                            <key>|enumerate

VBoxManage setextradata     global|<uuid>|<name>
                            <key>
                            [<value>] (no value deletes key)

VBoxManage setproperty      vdifolder default|<folder> |
                            machinefolder default|<folder> |
                            vrdpauthlibrary default|<library> |
                            websrvauthlibrary default|null|<library> |
                            hwvirtexenabled yes|no
                            loghistorycount <value>

VBoxManage usbfilter        add <index,0-N>
                            -target <uuid>|<name>|global
                            -name <string>
                            -action ignore|hold (global filters only)
                            [-active yes|no] (yes)
                            [-vendorid <XXXX>] (null)
                            [-productid <XXXX>] (null)
                            [-revision <IIFF>] (null)
                            [-manufacturer <string>] (null)
                            [-product <string>] (null)
                            [-remote yes|no] (null, VM filters only)
                            [-serialnumber <string>] (null)
                            [-maskedinterfaces <XXXXXXXX>]

VBoxManage usbfilter        modify <index,0-N>
                            -target <uuid>|<name>|global
                            [-name <string>]
                            [-action ignore|hold] (global filters only)
                            [-active yes|no]
                            [-vendorid <XXXX>|""]
                            [-productid <XXXX>|""]
                            [-revision <IIFF>|""]
                            [-manufacturer <string>|""]
                            [-product <string>|""]
                            [-remote yes|no] (null, VM filters only)
                            [-serialnumber <string>|""]
                            [-maskedinterfaces <XXXXXXXX>]

VBoxManage usbfilter        remove <index,0-N>
                            -target <uuid>|<name>|global

VBoxManage sharedfolder     add <vmname>|<uuid>
                            -name <name> -hostpath <hostpath>
                            [-transient] [-readonly]

VBoxManage sharedfolder     remove <vmname>|<uuid>
                            -name <name> [-transient]

VBoxManage vmstatistics     <vmname>|<uuid> [-reset]
                            [-pattern <pattern>] [-descriptions]