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

[Markus Armbruster]

Anshul Makkar <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Yeah, I am aware of this option. But the point where I am concerned is
> that if Windows VM is running in QEMU 1.0 with pc-model 1.0 and then I
> upgrade the QEMU to 2.0 and I specify machine as pc-1.2, then Windows
> will see this as change in hardware and complain about the license.

Works as designed.

> Sorry, if my understanding is wrong here or i am missing something.

Changing the machine type is the virtual equivalent of replacing the
motherboard.