VBoxService (8) Linux Manual Page
VBoxService – x86 virtualization solution
Description
Usage:
- VBoxService
- [-f|–foreground] [-v|–verbose] [-l|–logfile <file>] [-i|–interval <seconds>] [–disable-<service>] [–enable-<service>] [–only-<service>] [-h|-?|–help] [–control-interval <ms>] [–control-procs-max-kept <x>] [–control-procs-mem-std[in|out|err] <KB>] [–timesync-interval <ms>] [–timesync-min-adjust <ms>] [–timesync-latency-factor <x>] [–timesync-max-latency <ms>] [–timesync-set-threshold <ms>] [–timesync-set-start] [–timesync-set-on-restore 0|1] [–vminfo-interval <ms>]
Options
- -i | –interval
- The default interval.
- -f | –foreground
- Don’t daemonize the program. For debugging.
- -l | –logfile <file>
- Enables logging to a file.
- -v | –verbose
- Increment the verbosity level. For debugging.
- -V | –version
- Show version information.
- -h | -? | –help
- Show this message and exit with status 1.
Service-specific options:
- –enable-control
- Enables the control service. (default)
- –disable-control
- Disables the control service.
- –only-control
- Only enables the control service.
- –control-interval
- Specifies the interval at which to check for new control commands. The default is 1000 ms.
- –control-procs-max-kept
- Specifies how many started guest processes are kept into memory to work with. Default is 256.
- –enable-timesync
- Enables the timesync service. (default)
- –disable-timesync
- Disables the timesync service.
- –only-timesync
- Only enables the timesync service.
- –timesync-interval
- Specifies the interval at which to synchronize the time with the host. The default is 10000 ms.
- –timesync-min-adjust
- The minimum absolute drift value measured in milliseconds to make adjustments for. The default is 1000 ms on OS/2 and 100 ms elsewhere.
- –timesync-latency-factor
- The factor to multiply the time query latency with to calculate the dynamic minimum adjust time. The default is 8 times.
- –timesync-max-latency
- The max host timer query latency to accept. The default is 250 ms.
- –timesync-set-threshold
- The absolute drift threshold, given as milliseconds, where to start setting the time instead of trying to adjust it. The default is 20 min.
- –timesync-set-start
- Set the time when starting the time sync service.
- –timesync-set-on-restore 0|1
- Immediately set the time when the VM was restored. 1 = set (default), 0 = don’t set.
- –enable-vminfo
- Enables the vminfo service. (default)
- –disable-vminfo
- Disables the vminfo service.
- –only-vminfo
- Only enables the vminfo service.
- –vminfo-interval
- Specifies the interval at which to retrieve the VM information. The default is 10000 ms.
- –enable-cpuhotplug
- Enables the cpuhotplug service. (default)
- –disable-cpuhotplug
- Disables the cpuhotplug service.
- –only-cpuhotplug
- Only enables the cpuhotplug service.
- –enable-memballoon
- Enables the memballoon service. (default)
- –disable-memballoon
- Disables the memballoon service.
- –only-memballoon
- Only enables the memballoon service.
- –enable-vmstats
- Enables the vmstats service. (default)
- –disable-vmstats
- Disables the vmstats service.
- –only-vmstats
- Only enables the vmstats service.
- –enable-automount
- Enables the automount service. (default)
- –disable-automount
- Disables the automount service.
- –only-automount
- Only enables the automount service.
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