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<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="gui-vmgroups">
<title>Using VM Groups</title>
<body>
<p>Create VM groups if you want to manage several VMs together, and perform functions on them collectively, as well
as individually. </p>
<p>The following features are available for groups: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Create a group using <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. 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 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> 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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