Export VirtualBox VM with PowerShell and show progress
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Export VirtualBox VM with PowerShell and show progress
I want to export all my VirtualBox VMs for backup purpose using an automated script. The following command should do the export in my PS script:
cmd.exe -c "vboxmanage export Antergos -o D:Temptest.ova"
By running the vboxmanage
command in PowerShell, It shows me the progress in 10% steps like this:
vboxmanage
PS C:UsersXYZ> vboxmanage export Antergos -o D:Temptest.ova
0%...10%...
But using the cmd
call like above I don't get any output. It would be great to have some progress, since some VMs are quite big (~70GB). I tried different variations:
cmd
iex 'vboxmanage export "$($name)" -o "$targetFile"'
& "vboxmanage export ""$($name)"" -o ""$targetFile"""
Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock cmd.exe /c "vboxmanage export ""$name"" -o ""$fullTargetFile""" 4>&1 4>&1
Invoke-Expression "vboxmanage export ""$name"" -o ""$fullTargetFile"" 2>&1"
None of them show me the progress, which seems wired to me since e.g. Invoke-Expression "vboxmanage --help"
print the help, but no progress when using vboxmanage export
live above.
Invoke-Expression "vboxmanage --help"
vboxmanage export
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