virtualbox

Objective - Setup CentOS minimal server(guest) - for various application trials and tests. while being in windows environment(host). 

Download and Install Virtual Box and guest additions.

Download centos iso; I am using Centos 7 minimal  

Launch virtual box and setup new machine using iso. (Setup wizard is quite simple and self understandable).

Once logged in, may experience internet issues; see Network configuration steps. ; should be good to go from there....

Error #1: vpc not starting. error indicates kernel file missing/corrupted and suggests to run below command..

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Soln:- execute the given command.. it works, but Virtual network DHCP server has to be reconfigured after this step.

Error #2: while attempting to import ova file from Teradata (Vantage express for trial) faced error "Result Code: E_Invalidarg (0x80070057)".

Soln:- changed import directory to another drive which had more free space. (credits/source -Partitionwizard )

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Extended feature "Enable nested VT-x/AMD-V" under settings > system > processor  was disabled. 

to enable execute following.. command can be located in c:/program files/oracle/virtualbox/

vboxmanage list vms  //displays list of available vms

vboxmanage modifyvm <vm_name> --nested-hw-virt on