VBoxManage clonehd fails on Leopard Snow

[macala]

VBoxManage clonehd fails at start of command: VBoxManage clonehd WinXP.vdi WinXP1.vdi with the following message:

ERROR: Cannot register the hard disk
  '/Users/adamlasota/VirtualBox/Czyste maszyny/WinXP.vdi'
  with UUID {af69d29a-11cb-4f13-9af5-129db6fe5c40} because a hard disk '/Users/Shared/WinXP.vdi'
  with UUID {af69d29a-11cb-4f13-9af5-129db6fe5c40} already exists in the media registry
  ('/Users/adamlasota/Library/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

[macala]

The same problem on VirtualBox 3.0.12

[Frank Mehnert]

Please attach the output of

VBoxManage list hdds

to this ticket (use the Attach button please).

[macala]

I attached VBoxManage list hdds report

[Klaus Espenlaub]

Workaround: use absolute path names instead of just file names (or relative path names).

[macala]

Replying to klaus:

Workaround: use absolute path names instead of just file names (or relative path names).

Below You find effect after used absolute path names instead just file names:

ERROR: Cannot register the hard disk '/Users/adamlasota/VirtualBox/Czyste maszyny/SQL2008.vhd' with UUID {53d5a9c9-23ff-dd11-80f1-a9443e0786e6} because a hard disk '/Users/adamlasota/VirtualBox/HardDisks/Srv2008.vhd' with UUID {53d5a9c9-23ff-dd11-80f1-a9443e0786e6} already exists in the media registry ('/Users/adamlasota/Library/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml') Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports Context: "OpenHardDisk(src, AccessMode_ReadWrite, false, Bstr(""), false, Bstr(""), srcDisk.asOutParam())" at line 627 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp

[macala]

The command was : VboxManage clonehd '/Users/adamlasota/VirtualBox/Czyste maszyny/SQL2008.vhd' '/Users/adamlasota/VirtualBox/Czyste maszyny/SQL2008.vdi' --format VDI

[Klaus Espenlaub]

I'm very puzzled. Apparently you have the image already registered, but VirtualBox fails to find it when looking for it by name, and thus tries to register it again. If I only could reproduce this. Spaces in filenames are certainly not the issue.

A possible workaround would be to unregister the vhd file, but that's just a guess.

[macala]

Replying to klaus:

I'm very puzzled. Apparently you have the image already registered, but VirtualBox fails to find it when looking for it by name, and thus tries to register it again. If I only could reproduce this. Spaces in filenames are certainly not the issue.

A possible workaround would be to unregister the vhd file, but that's just a guess.

I don't know how VirtualBox try to find it (by name or UUID). Fact is this command worked on earlier version. At this moment I makes the new copy of VHD by copying manually the VHD file and using the command "VBoxManage internalcommands setvdiuuid" which works without any problems.

[Klaus Espenlaub]

The algorithm to locate the file hasn't changed lately, which is why I'm so puzzled. VirtualBox first tries to interpret the parameter as a UUID, which obviously fails. Then it tries to find the image by name, and that always works for me when I specify an absolute path.

The error you get happens after the unexpected failure to find the image.

Do you remember which VirtualBox version worked for you? Maybe there's a subtle change which has some unintended side effect on OSX...

[macala]

Few days ago i installed the update for Leopard Snow. Today I noticed that VBoxManage command work correctly. See below. I don't know by who but the problem is resolved.

MyMac:Czyste maszyny adamlasota$ VBoxManage clonehd WinXP.vdi WinXP1.vdi VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.12 (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID: 419fc9de-7197-4fb4-a5bf-4f2c63a6c1d7

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Thanks for the feedback.