> On 2 May 2019, at 09:21, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> having some environments born before 4.3.0 and Q35 introduction.
> Now on 4.3.3, but of course existing VMs seem not impacted and retain their 
> machine type, eg a dumpxml gives:
> 
>     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>

the default is still i440fx, so no change is expected unless you change 
configuration

> 
> Any advise if I want to update any of them to Q35 (supposing their installed 
> OS does support that kind of hw emulation, of course)?
> Apart from shutdown, edit, system, advanced parameters, change, save and boot?

UEFI switch usually requires a reinstall because of the disk layout, but just 
i440fx-q35 seabiaos switch should indeed work just fine

> 
> This question leads me to something strange I have noticed: updating cluster 
> to 4.3, when 4.3.0 was released, seems not to have changed default "Emulated 
> Machine" type for it. 
> In fact if I go in my cluster, I see it still with value 
> "pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0", even if its compatibility version is 4.3.
> Is this expected? 

yes

> If I edit the cluster I don't see an option to change to q35.

eeh, yeah, a cluster-wide setting is still not finished. It will get into 
4.3.z. For now you can only change individual VMs.

> My cpu type is "Intel Westmere IBRS SSBD Family", could it influence this 
> situation in any way?

no, not at all.

Thanks,
michal

> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Gianluca
>  
> 
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