vboxmanage-controlvm

Control running VirtualBox virtual machines

TLDR

Pause VM

$ vboxmanage controlvm [vmname] pause

Resume VM

$ vboxmanage controlvm [vmname] resume

Reset VM

$ vboxmanage controlvm [vmname] reset

Power off VM

$ vboxmanage controlvm [vmname] poweroff

Save state

$ vboxmanage controlvm [vmname] savestate

Take screenshot

$ vboxmanage controlvm [vmname] screenshotpng [file.png]

SYNOPSIS

vboxmanage controlvm vmname command [options]

DESCRIPTION

vboxmanage controlvm controls running virtual machines. Manage VM state, send input, modify settings on running VMs. Central command for VM runtime control.

PARAMETERS

pause

Suspend VM execution.

resume

Resume paused VM.

reset

Hard reset VM.

poweroff

Force power off.

savestate

Save and stop VM.

acpipowerbutton

Send ACPI shutdown.

screenshotpng file

Capture screen.

setvideomodehint w h bpp

Set video mode.

clipboard mode

Set clipboard mode.