id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host
5479,VBoxManage clonehd / clonevdi fails at start,Vladimír Bláha,,"VBoxManage clonehd / clonevdi fails

at start of command:
clonevdi XP.vdi XP2.vdi
or
clonehd XP.vdi XP2.vdi
with the following message:

ERROR: Cannot register the hard disk '/media/Win_Slow/Backup_L_Data/VirtualBox/VDI/XP.vdi' with UUID {d647f74e-7fe5-4730-ae98-0454d088272a} because a hard disk '/media/L_Data/VirtualBox/VDI/WinXP Pro EN & Office XP.vdi' with UUID {d647f74e-7fe5-4730-ae98-0454d088272a} already exists in the media registry ('/home/vladimir/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml')
Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
Context: ""OpenHardDisk(Bstr(szFilenameAbs), AccessMode_ReadWrite, false, Bstr(""""), false, Bstr(""""), srcDisk.asOutParam())"" at line 624 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp

It looks like the clonehd has a problem with creating a unique UUID for the new disk.

Host OS: Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit with VBox 3.0.10",defect,closed,other,VirtualBox 3.0.10,duplicate,"clonehd, clonevdi",,Windows,Linux