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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