Re: [Qemu-devel] live migration + licensing issue.

["Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>]

Hi,

Am 08.07.2014 17:24, schrieb Anshul Makkar:
> In our data center we are using qemu 1.0/ 1.2 and we need to do a live
> migration to qemu 2.0.
> 
> One of the main hindrance that we are facing is that QEMU 1.0 uses old
> PC model so if a user using Windows on the VM running on QEMU 1.0 does
> a live migrate to QEMU 2.0 , he will see a licensing issue as after
> migration Windows will see a new hardware beneath it.
> 
> Any suggestion as to how to overcome this problem.

Please check the documentation. There's the -machine option with
parameters such as pc-1.0 and pc-1.2 for that exact purpose. libvirt
should supply the corresponding option automatically.

More difficult is if you're trying to migrate from qemu-kvm to qemu -
code changes to your copy of 2.0 will be necessary then.

Regards,
Andreas

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