Opened 13 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#8656 closed enhancement (obsolete)
Some VM guest settings should be changeable for running VMs
| Reported by: | Johan Hartzenberg | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 4.0.4 |
| Keywords: | settings, GUI | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description (last modified by )
Some settings could to be changeable even for a running VM.
A number of existing bug reports, particularly #1551, refers to the Description field.
A bug report (#7259) requested the functionality to add virtual disks to a running VM.
Some related functionality exists to do this indirectly, eg the Network interfaces can be modified on a running VM, USB devices can be added/removed, removable media can be "mounted", etc.
I have opened related ticket nr #8654 for access to settings in a "delayed-commit" mode when a VM is running. Even just a Read-only view of the settings would be better than what we have now (ref request nr #8655).
Some things which may be useful to be able to change on a running VM includes (from the top of my head):
- NAT related settings
- Amount of RAM allocated.
- Enable/Switch between local and remote display
Other people may be able to think of more.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 13 years ago
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → obsolete |
| Status: | new → closed |
NAT changings are changable at runtime, changing RAM would be RAM-hotplugging.
+1. Would be nice.
-Technologov