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<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="gui-vmgroups">
<title>Using VM Groups</title>
<body>
<p>
VM groups are groups of VMs that you can create as and when
required. You can manage and perform functions on them
collectively, as well as individually.
</p>
<p>
The following figure shows VM groups displayed in VirtualBox
Manager.
</p>
<fig id="fig-vm-groups">
<title>Groups of Virtual Machines</title>
<image href="images/vm-groups.png" width="10cm" placement="break"/>
</fig>
<p>
The following features are available for groups:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Create a group using VirtualBox Manager. Do one of the following:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Drag a VM on top of another VM.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Select multiple VMs and select
<b outputclass="bold">Group</b> from the
right-click menu.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Create and manage a group using the command line. Do one of
the following:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Create a group and assign a VM. For example:
</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup"</pre>
<p>
This command creates a group <codeph>TestGroup</codeph>
and attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to that group.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Detach a VM from the group, and delete the group if empty.
For example:
</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups ""</pre>
<p>
This command detaches all groups from the VM
<codeph>vm01</codeph> and deletes the empty group.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Create multiple groups. For example:
</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup,/TestGroup2"</pre>
<p>
This command creates the groups <codeph>TestGroup</codeph>
and <codeph>TestGroup2</codeph>, if they do not exist, and
attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to both of them.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Create nested groups, having a group hierarchy. For example:
</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage modifyvm "vm01" --groups "/TestGroup/TestGroup2"</pre>
<p>
This command attaches the VM <codeph>vm01</codeph> to the
subgroup <codeph>TestGroup2</codeph> of the
<codeph>TestGroup</codeph> group.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Use VirtualBox Manager menu options to control and manage all the VMs
in a group. For example:
<b outputclass="bold">Start</b>,
<b outputclass="bold">Pause</b>,
<b outputclass="bold">Reset</b>,
<b outputclass="bold">Close</b> (save state, send
shutdown signal, poweroff), <b outputclass="bold">Discard
Saved State</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Show in
Explorer</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Sort</b>.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</topic>
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