This way, one can freely experiment withĪ computing environment. Particular state of a virtual machine and revert back to that On top of that, with the use of another Oracle VM VirtualBox feature Woken up, copied, backed up, and transported between hosts.

Once installed, a virtual machine and itsĬontainer that can be arbitrarily frozen, Server becomes as easy as importing such an appliance into With Oracle VM VirtualBox, such a complex Installing a complete mail server solution on a real machineĬan be a tedious task. Machines to ship entire software configurations. Hardware is no longer supported by that OS. Hardware should be presented to each such OS, you can installĪn old OS such as DOS or OS/2 even if your real computer's Linux or a Mac, without having to reboot to use it. Written for one OS on another, such as Windows software on The following screenshot shows how Oracle VM VirtualBox, installed on anĪpple Mac OS X computer, is running Windows Server 2016 in a virtual Run everywhere from small embedded systems or desktop class machinesĪll the way up to datacenter deployments and even Cloud Oracle VM VirtualBox is deceptively simple yet also very powerful. Practical limits are disk space and memory. Install and run as many virtual machines as you like. PC, and so on, all alongside your existing applications. Windows Server 2016 on your Linux server, run Linux on your Windows As an example, you can run Windows and Linux on your Mac, run

Run multiple OSes, inside multiple virtual machines, at the same Secondly, itĮxtends the capabilities of your existing computer so that it can Linux, or Oracle Solaris operating systems (OSes). Whatĭoes that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel orĪMD-based computers, whether they are running Windows, Mac OS X, Oracle VM VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. Using VBoxManage Commands With Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 1.16. Creating New Cloud Instances from a Custom Image 1.15.10. Importing an Instance from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 1.15.9. Exporting an Appliance to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 1.15.8. Using Oracle VM VirtualBox With Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 1.15.7. Uploading the Public Key to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 1.15.4. Preparing for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Integration 1.15.2. Integrating with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 1.15.1. Exporting an Appliance in OVF Format 1.15. Importing an Appliance in OVF Format 1.14.3. Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines 1.14.1. Removing and Moving Virtual Machines 1.13. Taking, Restoring, and Deleting Snapshots 1.10.2. Capturing and Releasing Keyboard and Mouse 1.8.3. Starting a New VM for the First Time 1.8.2. Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox and Extension Packs 1.6.

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