From: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v2 1/3] vga: allow live-migration with clipboard
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 11:10:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108101103.82029-2-m.frank@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108101103.82029-1-m.frank@proxmox.com>
The live-migration feature now works with QEMU 10.1:
5d56bff11e ("ui/vdagent: add migration support")
Signed-off-by: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
---
v2:
* add machine version check to ensure QEMU version is at least 10.1.
src/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm | 4 +++-
src/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm | 6 +++++-
src/PVE/QemuServer.pm | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm b/src/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
index 190878de..3ab0afcf 100644
--- a/src/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
@@ -5300,7 +5300,9 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
my $vga = PVE::QemuServer::parse_vga($vmconf->{vga});
if ($res->{running} && $vga->{'clipboard'} && $vga->{'clipboard'} eq 'vnc') {
- push $local_resources->@*, "clipboard=vnc";
+ my $machine_version = PVE::QemuServer::Machine::get_current_qemu_machine($vmid);
+ push $local_resources->@*, "clipboard=vnc"
+ if !PVE::QemuServer::Machine::is_machine_version_at_least($machine_version, 10, 1);
}
$res->{allowed_nodes} = [];
diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm b/src/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
index b3ddc34e..829288ff 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
@@ -301,7 +301,11 @@ sub prepare {
my $vga = PVE::QemuServer::parse_vga($conf->{vga});
if ($running && $vga->{'clipboard'} && $vga->{'clipboard'} eq 'vnc') {
- die "VMs with 'clipboard' set to 'vnc' are not live migratable!\n";
+ my $machine_version = PVE::QemuServer::Machine::get_current_qemu_machine($vmid);
+ if (!PVE::QemuServer::Machine::is_machine_version_at_least($machine_version, 10, 1)) {
+ die "VMs with 'clipboard' set to 'vnc' are not live migratable with"
+ . " QEMU/machine versions older than 10.1!\n";
+ }
}
my $vollist = PVE::QemuServer::get_vm_volumes($conf);
diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 69991843..ecf64fea 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ my $vga_fmt = {
},
clipboard => {
description =>
- 'Enable a specific clipboard. If not set, depending on the display type the'
- . ' SPICE one will be added. Migration with VNC clipboard is not yet supported!',
+ 'Enable a specific clipboard. If not set, depending on the display type the SPICE one'
+ . ' will be added. Live migration is not possible with QEMU version < 10.1.',
type => 'string',
enum => ['vnc'],
optional => 1,
--
2.47.3
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-08 10:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 10:10 [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server/manager/docs v2 0/3] live-migration with VNC clipboard Markus Frank
2026-01-08 10:10 ` Markus Frank [this message]
2026-01-08 15:20 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v2 1/3] vga: allow live-migration with clipboard Dominik Csapak
2026-01-09 13:19 ` Fiona Ebner
2026-01-09 13:17 ` [pve-devel] applied: " Fiona Ebner
2026-01-08 10:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH pve-manager v2 2/3] ui: display: update 'live-migration with VNC-clipboard not working' note Markus Frank
2026-01-08 15:24 ` Dominik Csapak
2026-01-09 13:26 ` [pve-devel] applied: " Fiona Ebner
2026-01-08 10:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH docs v2 3/3] vnc-clipboard: change 'live-migration " Markus Frank
2026-01-08 15:31 ` Dominik Csapak
2026-01-09 13:34 ` [pve-devel] applied: " Fiona Ebner
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