- This version will break compatability of 2.x versions, i.e. these are not supported anymore
but they may still work
- Extended compatability:
- compatible with version 4.x while providing backwards compatability with 3.x
- compatible with ose version (3.x/4.x) while providing backwards compatability with non-ose
- Option syntax single dash is deprecated in VBox 3.1.x. These should be replaced by a double
dash. (bug 2908385)
- Backup repaired. In 3.x, de extraction for the main vdi-file is changed, grep for "Primary
master" is changed into "(UUID:". Also added log-messages and made copying of snapshots
conditional. (bug 2954442 & 2903768; note that this bug in not entirely solved, because
handling multiple vdi's is not yet supported).
- Extraction of PID for status purposes is made more specific. This is done by using UUID for
identification and an extra grep on "[v]irtualbox". This solves the problem that there are
multiple PID's returned (thus resulting in an error); this is the case when the name of a
session is a substring of another session and also when the name of the session is, by
coincidence the same as another daemon (say: oracle for the vbox-session and for the
database server). (bug 2961192 & 2836110)
- When there is no VRDP-port defined in machines.conf, do not apply this (bug 2893328)
- Repair double dash option syntax in $vbox_command modifyvm $uuid -vrdpport
- Removing the requirement of having a trailing comma in machines.conf (bug 2952485)
- When a vm is not or registered invalid in machines.conf, show and log a warning; this will
facilitate debugging
- Dynamic setting of the vbox starttype: either 'vrdp' or 'headless'. On version 4.x only the
option 'headless' exist, both in ose or non-ose. But in version 3.x, option 'vrdp' is
available, but *only* in the non-ose variant; the ose version only has 'headless'. Using
'headless' on a non-ose version essentially disables vrdp functionallity so it is not safe
to use headless on the only option. The strategy is to find out if a vrdp option is available,
otherwise use headless. This strategy means compatability between 3.x and 4.x to both versions
ose and non-ose.
- bug 3151695
- feature request 2854538
- patch 2948748
- Do not use VRDP because it is deprecated, use VRDE. To provide backwards compatability with 3.x,
the correct syntax is determined dynamically (bug 3518250)
- Do not set VRDP-ports when VRDP is disabled. This is the case when using 3.x/ose or 4.x without
an extension pack. It is not only useless but also risky because the setting seems to work but
the VRDP-port is not stored, so everytime the session starts, the current state is discarded as
the first step of (trying to) set to VRDP-port. Discarding state multiple times can lead to
data loss of session corruption (bug 3518251)
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