How To: Properly Backup a VirtualBox Machine (.VDI)

Posted by suvi under Backup, Virtualization

Most people don’t realize that making a backup of a VirtualBox Machine (.vdi) is more complex than just copy/paste. If you do that, you’ll soon realize (when it’s too late) that it doesn’t work! This is the proper way to backup your VirtualBox machine:
VBoxManage clonevdi source destination
Example:
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