VBoxManage clonehd question?

[Scott Ballantyne]

Hello,

I've been trying to create a clone of my current virtual boot disk
before I try to enlarge it. 

I cd to the directory with the VDI file, and then:

VBoxManage clonehd Windows_7_64bit.vdi Windows7_Clone.vdi

The command reports:

VBoxManage: error: Cannot register the hard disk '/usr/home/redhotmomma/sdb/VirtualBox VMs/Windows_7_64bit/Windows_7_64bit.vdi' {83b50fa1-90ab-404d-bb6f-1a198017d05b} because a hard disk '/home/redhotmomma/sdb/VirtualBox VMs/Windows_7_64bit/Windows_7_64bit.vdi' with UUID {83b50fa1-90ab-404d-bb6f-1a198017d05b} already exists
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
Context: "OpenMedium(Bstr(pszFilenameOrUuid).raw(), enmDevType, AccessMode_ReadWrite, fForceNewUuidOnOpen, pMedium.asOutParam())" at line 210 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp
sdb at gigawattmomma$ VBoxManage clonehd Windows_7_64bit.vdi Windows7_Clone.vdi
VBoxManage: error: Cannot register the hard disk '/usr/home/redhotmomma/sdb/VirtualBox VMs/Windows_7_64bit/Windows_7_64bit.vdi' {83b50fa1-90ab-404d-bb6f-1a198017d05b} because a hard disk '/home/redhotmomma/sdb/VirtualBox VMs/Windows_7_64bit/Windows_7_64bit.vdi' with UUID {83b50fa1-90ab-404d-bb6f-1a198017d05b} already exists
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
Context: "OpenMedium(Bstr(pszFilenameOrUuid).raw(), enmDevType, AccessMode_ReadWrite, fForceNewUuidOnOpen, pMedium.asOutParam())" at line 210 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp

Which is odd, because I thought conehd was supposed to createe a new
UUID.

This is with VIrtual Box 4.1, FreeBSD 9

Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Scott
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sdb at ssr.com