Refreshing Your Virtual Machine List in VirtualBox on Windows via SSH CLI
Sometimes, when working with VirtualBox on Windows, you might encounter an issue where your virtual machine list doesn’t update correctly, even after making changes like unlocking an encrypted drive. This can be frustrating when you’re trying to manage your VMs.
This article will guide you through a solution to refresh your VirtualBox VM list via the command line interface (CLI) accessed via SSH.
The Problem
Let’s say you have a virtual machine stored on an encrypted drive. When Windows starts, the drive is locked. You can unlock the drive via SSH, but when you try to list your virtual machines using vboxmanage
within your SSH session, you might still get an “access denied” error.