Copy Virtualbox VDI Image with new UUID

Scenario: We need a new Virtual Box image for OBIEE. We had an already setup VM with Windows 2008 Server and Oracle database installed. So instead of setting up a new Virtual Machine we went ahead with making a copy of the existing Virtual Box.

Resolution Steps:

• Make a copy of the VDI file.

• Find path where VirtualBox file VBoxManage.exe is located.

• Open CMD go the path

• and run the following command,

VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid PATH/nameofvdifile.vdi

for example: 

VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid D:/server2008.vdi