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