vboxmanage-clonevm
Create a clone of an existing virtual machine (VM). More information: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-clonevm.
- Clone the specified VM:
VBoxManage clonevm
vm_name
- Specify a new name for the new VM:
VBoxManage clonevm
vm_name --name
new_vm_name
- Indicate the folder where the new VM configuration is saved:
VBoxManage clonevm
vm_name --basefolder
path/to/directory
- Register the cloned VM in VirtualBox:
VBoxManage clonevm
vm_name --register