id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
13025	help file may be wrong on disk Bandwidth control command	scottgus1bug		"Need a little help with the disk bandwidth control command for my ""Win7CVXeams"" guest (running 4.2.16).

Section 5.8 of the help file shows the following commands to limit disk bandwidth on a guest:

''VBoxManage bandwidthctl ""VM name"" add Limit --type disk --limit 20M''

''VBoxManage storageattach ""VM name"" --controller ""SATA"" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium disk1.vdi --bandwidthgroup Limit''

I entered the first line, with my guest's information inserted, like this:

''VBoxManage bandwidthctl Win7CVXeams add CVXeams --type disk --limit 10''

""VBoxManage bandwidthctl Win7CVXeams list"" returns this:

''Name: 'CVXeams', Type: Disk, Limit: 10 Mbytes/sec''

So the first command seems to have worked.

The second command was entered like this:

''VBoxManage storageattach Win7CVXeams --controller ""SATA"" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium G:\Win7CVXeams\Win7CVXeams.vdi --bandwidthgroup CVXeams''

VBoxManage returns a list of options for the storageattach command and the error: ""Unknown option: --controller"" (Vboxmanage doesn't seem to know what the help file knows...)

So I delete the ""--controller"" and replace it with ""--storagectl"", making my command this:

''VBoxManage storageattach Win7CVXeams --storagectl ""SATA"" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium G:\Win7CVXeams\Win7CVXeams.vdi --bandwidthgroup CVXeams''

and the command completes.

Something I'm missing? Or does the help file need an update?"	defect	closed	documentation	VirtualBox 4.2.16	fixed			Windows	Windows