Hello,
So, with the VM shut down,
I used:
virsh dumpxml Your_VM_Name > /path/to/backup/directory/Your_VM_Name.xml
to export the VM config.
Then, I used:
virsh define /path/to/backup/directory/Your_VM_Name.xml
to define the new VM.
I’ve checked both settings and XMLs, and I found no difference.
When I started the new “cloned” VM, I got a message of an invalid PIN (I use a PIN to log in with my online account).
That’s all.
I am confused usually when a vm is cloned it gets a new disk and a new network interface at least. Those changes are enough, i assume, for windows to assume hardware is different.
I don’t know.
I’ll move the VM to the new laptop, then I’ll try to use it.
I’ll backup the VM, then, we’ll see.
Thanks for all the responses!
I think it is possibly related to TPM. Did your VMWare VM have an emulated TPM enabled? If so moving the disk won’t move the TPM and whatever secrets that were in the TPM are no longer accessible so Windows can’t verify your PIN.
Hello,
That is a good question but I can’t answer it: I removed Vmware and created a new VM with QEMU.
However, what are you saying is related to QEMU, too?
What can I check and eventually change to make some tests?
Can you give a summary of your situation? Is there any issue now?
Sure.
Currently, I’m running QEMU with Virt,
I have a Windows 11 emulated machine (Bluetooth support, Office, PDF-Xchange working well).
Everything works well.
I had a “problem” trying to backup/move the VM because, in Windows, I got a message related to PIN being disabled for security reasons.
But, for now, this is acceptable.
I guess this was caused by the TPM. Is your install encrypted?
Is the display performace good? Are you using QXL display? Just curious 
Hello,
encrypted? Can you explain it better, please? What is the settings I have to check?
Or is better to publish the XML?
It’s a QEMU VM of Windows 11, created following this tutorial, stored on an encrypted Ext4 partition. This is the only cryptography applied.
The display performance is pretty good, considering my laptop is old.
I’m satisfied with the overall performance.
I mean encrypted within Windows (Bitlocker or whatever it is on win11).
Good to know, I have a win10 VM to test some exes and the display performace is relatively laggy even with QXL. I guess my integrated GPU is having a hard time.
Oh, understood. No, it’s the bare NTFS filesystem. I didn’t want to introduce a further step of encryption because the partition on which resides the image is encrypted, and the backup is encrypted too.
Oh, ok. My system has NVIDIA GeForce MX130 / Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
I don’t know which card is used for QEMU.
My system has that too!
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620]
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce MX130] (rev a2)
Good to know your issues are resolved (through I don’t know why windows locked out).