On 6 November 2010 02:24, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > ... I'm trying > to figure out how to shut everything down using vboxctrl in a batch file ...
You may be able to use vboxctrl, but VBoxManage does what you need also: "%VBOX_INSTALL_PATH%VBoxManage.exe" controlvm "VMName" savestate ... will save the state of a VM, and shut it down (like Windows hibernate). Backup everything (including the machine snapshot folder, which will contain the *.SAV save state file created above). Restore/restart VMs with: "%VBOX_INSTALL_PATH%VBoxManage.exe" startvm "VMName" ... which will restart them from the saved state file (and then delete the file). Have a google for "windows volume shadow copy" and you may be able to minimise the time that the VMs are down, and do the backup with them back up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
