Opened 13 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#9303 closed defect
Cannot clone VM using VBox 4.1.0 because 'VBoxGuestAdditions.iso already exists' — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | David Aldrich | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
Discussed in community here:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=43313&p=195119#p195119
I have a problem when using VBox 4.1.0 to clone a VM. I chose to clone the current state of one of my VM's and left the check box 'Reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards' clear.
I saw:
"Failed to clone the virtual machine <name>.
Cannot register the image ‘C:\Proqram FiIes\OracIe\VirtuaIBox\VBoxGuestAdditionsiso'
with UUID { <number> } because a CD/DVD image ‘C:\Proqram FiIes\OracIeVirtuaIBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso’
with UUID { <number> } already exists.
I then removed the guest additions ISO from the IDE Controller Storage Tree in Settings > Storage but I still got the same error.
I then tried to remove the guest additions ISO from Media Manager because it says that the iso is attached to snapshots 8 and 9 of my VM, but the 'Remove' button and menu options are disabled (greyed out).
perryg suggested:
Yes I have seen this very thing. You need to release the image from all of the snapshots as well. Usually this can be done in the media manager by selecting release for the guest additions . If however this does not work you need to start the snapshot and then use the device tab to remove it in each snapshot that still has it mounted. This has been reported before and AFAIK it was resolved, but now it appears that it has returned.
I have not succeeded in doing this yet.
So, in summary, the GUI clone tool does not work for my VM.
My .vbox file.