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--- virt:qemu [2010/08/02 13:35] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ virt:qemu [2025/03/11 21:13] (current) – added bits about hiding QEMU from the VM phil
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       -drive file=/tmp/dummy,cache=none,if=virtio \
       -net nic,model=virtio -net tap -boot c
+===== Hiding the Hypervisor =====
+To avoid "special" behaviour of (usually windows-)software when running in a
+virtualized host, some extra measures are advisable to make the VM unaware of
+itself. Basically found the instructions
+[[https://superuser.com/questions/1387935/hiding-virtual-machine-status-from-guest-operating-system|here]]:
+  * Make sure to not use "Hypervisor Default" CPU model, better go with "Copy host CPU configuration". (Has this become the standard meanwhile anyway?)
+For the remaining two, edit the VM's XML (``virsh edit <vm>``):
+  * Inside the ''<cpu>'' tag, add:
+  <feature policy='disable' name='hypervisor'/>
+  * Inside the ''<features>'' tag, add:
+  <kvm>
+    <hidden state='on'/>
+  </kvm>
+If everything went well, Task Manager's Performance tab should no longer read
+''Virtual machine: yes'' but ''Virtualization: enabled'' instead.