Dump Virtual Box Memory
A quick reminder of one of the ways of how to dump memory of a VM running on VirtualBox in Linux environment.
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A quick reminder of one of the ways of how to dump memory of a VM running on VirtualBox in Linux environment.
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Launch the VirtualBox debug console by navigating to "Debug" menu an select "Command Line":
Once you select "Command Line", you will be presented with a console that looks like this:
To create a memory dump, issue the below command (also highlighted in the above graphic):
If you want the debug options to be always available, you can:
export VBOX_GUI_DBG_ENABLED=true before launching the VM or
put export VBOX_GUI_DBG_ENABLED=true in your .bashrc or /etc/environment
