Nicolas Williams wrote:
I'd like to use ZFS to snapshot and clone VDI files. Of course, that's
not supported since that would result in two files with the same UUID.
So I thought I'd use a binary diff/patch tool to take the diffs between
a pair of disks cloned with VBoxManage clonehd and apply the patch to a
pair of disks cloned with ZFS. But the files are large and the binary
diff/patch tools that I know of don't deal well with large files.
:(
So next I might use a binary editor to search for the UUID in a VDI and
patch in another UUID. I bet that will work, but, it'd be nice if
VBoxManage just had an option to do this right.
There is "VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid /path/to/file.xxx"
It just replaces the UUID with a new one without making other changes.
It's well hidden because if used incorrectly it can do big damage, as
VMs won't start if the disk image suddenly has a differenz UUID etc etc.
So use with caution, there are no safety belts.
Klaus
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