source: vbox/trunk/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-showmediuminfo.xml@ 96300

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
    manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage showmediuminfo
-->
<!--
    Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Oracle Corporation

    This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
    available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
    you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
    General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
    Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
    VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
    hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
%all.entities;
]>
<refentry id="vboxmanage-showmediuminfo" lang="en">
  <refentryinfo>
    <pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-18 17:27:14 +0000 (Thu, 18 Aug 2022) $</pubdate>
    <title>VBoxManage showmediuminfo</title>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-showmediuminfo</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>VBoxManage-showmediuminfo</refname>
    <refpurpose>show information about a medium</refpurpose>
    <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showmediuminfo">
<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
      <command>VBoxManage showmediuminfo</command>
      <group>
        <arg choice="plain">disk</arg>
        <arg choice="plain">dvd</arg>
        <arg choice="plain">floppy</arg>
      </group>
      <group choice="req">
        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
      </group>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>
      The <command>VBoxManage showmediuminfo</command> command shows the
      following information about a medium:
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem><para>
          Size
        </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
          Size on disk
        </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
          Type
        </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
          In use by virtual machines (VMs)
        </para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    <para>
      The medium must be specified either by its UUID, if the medium is
      registered, or by its filename. Registered images can be listed
      using <command>VBoxManage list hdds</command>, <command>VBoxManage
      list dvds</command>, or <command>VBoxManage list
      floppies</command>, as appropriate.
    </para>
    <para>
      For backward compatibility, you can also use the
      <command>showvdiinfo</command> command to obtain information about
      the medium.
    </para>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>disk</literal> | <literal>dvd</literal> | <literal>floppy</literal></term>
        <listitem><para>
            Specifies the type of medium. Valid values are
            <literal>disk</literal> (hard drive),
            <literal>dvd</literal>, or <literal>floppy</literal>.
          </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
        <listitem><para>
            Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or
            absolute path name of the medium or image.
          </para><para>
            If the medium is registered, you can specify the UUID. You
            can also list registered images by using the
            <command>VBoxManage list hdds</command>, <command>VBoxManage
            list dvds</command>, or <command>VBoxManage list
            floppies</command> command.
          </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Examples</title>
    <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
    <para>
      The following command shows information about the
      <filename>disk01.vdi</filename> disk image:
    </para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showmediuminfo disk01.vdi</screen>
    <para>
      The following command shows information about the
      <filename>floppy01.img</filename> floppy disk image.
    </para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showmediuminfo floppy floppy01.img</screen>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>