#51 - Tips prompt CMD Windows to start an Oracle VM

In this post we will show some commands to use at the Windows prompt to open, pause, save the state and shut down a VM from Oracle VirtualBox:

C:\>  cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"
       (ou cd %PROGRAMFILES%/Oracle/VirtualBox)

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>  VBoxManage list vms

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>  VBoxManage startvm myVM

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>  VBoxManage controlvm myVM pause

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>  VBoxManage controlvm myVM poweroff

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>  VBoxManage controlvm myVM savestate

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>  VBoxManage controlvm myVM acpipowerbutton

Once you have tested the above commands, a next step can be to create a .bat file by entering the desired command sequence.

For example, inside startMyVM.bat insert:

cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"  

VBoxManage startvm myVM

and pausaMyVM.bat insert:

cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"  
VBoxManage controlvm myVM pause

VBoxManage controlvm myVM savestate