How to check the uuid of a virtualbox vdi?

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Radagast the Brown picture Radagast the Brown · Mar 21, 2011 · Viewed 54.1k times · Source

How can I check the uuid of a vdi or vmdk?

There should be some command line on VBoxManage to show it.

I know I read it some place in the docs, but now for some reason I can't find it...

Answer

Chris Haas picture Chris Haas · Mar 21, 2011

Run VBoxManage and pass it showhdinfo and your VDI:

VBoxManage.exe showhdinfo "c:\MyMachine.vdi"

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