After manually migrating several virtual machine disks (.vmdk) to a new pool of storage, the following warning surfaced.
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For reference, the VBoxManage clonehd and/or closemedium function(s) should be used where possible.
VirtualBox assigns a unique identity number (UUID) to each disk image (which is also stored inside the image itself).
To update the virtual hard disk registry, one will need to use the VBoxManage internalcommands function called sethduuid (currently unsupported by Oracle):
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For instance:
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You should now be able to attach the image to the virtual instance.