How to make Mac OS X virtual machine on my mac mini?

Dear All,
I've just bought mac mini device, upgraded my memory (now I have 16GB).
The mac os was already installed on this device, and there were NO DVR or blue-ray media in the box which contains the installation of the OS X.
Now I want to install VirtualBox, WMWare or other virtualization (still don't know which one to select)
and I want to create a guest machine with the same OS X. As far as I know, the license on OS X permits to run OS X guest under OS X host.
But here is the question: the VirtualBox software will ask me "give me a disk with installation of OS", where shall I get this disk?
What shall I give to the virtual machine software to install the same OS X that is running on my mac mini?
Regards,
Ihor.

Actually, with Parallels9, if you have OSX Lion or later
as the host OS, you can create an OSX VM with no disks
and just an internet connection. Parallels will utilize
the RecoveryHD on the host and do an internet recovery
to the create the VM. If you have fast internet, this is the
simplest approach.
If you have previously purchased Lion or Mountain Lion,
you can redownload the installer and extract the install image
from the package. Then, with Parallels anyway, when prompted for
an install disk , you select the image.
As far as licensing, running Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks
in a virtual machine does not violate the EULA as long as
the VM is run on Apple hardware.
From the EULA for Lion
(iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software
within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control that
is already running the Apple Software.
From the EULA for Mavericks:
(iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple
Software within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own
or control that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software
development; (b) testing during software development; (c) using OS X Server; or (d)
personal, non-commercial use.

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