Upgrading from 7.4 to 7.5

Use this checklist when upgrading existing 7.4 deployments to 7.5. Run each step in a maintenance window and validate before proceeding.

Table 82 7.4 → 7.5 Upgrade Sequence

Step	Action	Reference
Review	Read the component version delta in the table above and review per-component release notes for breaking changes, deprecations, and feature additions.	Component release note links above
Validate	Confirm hardware, hypervisor (for virtualized deployments), and operating-system compatibility against the 7.5 support matrix.	Support Matrix
Plan rollback	In virtualized deployments, snapshot or back up VMs and capture current driver, operator, and licensing configuration before upgrading. Document the rollback path for each component.	N/A
Upgrade host components	Depending on your deployment type i.e. bare metal or virtualized, upgrade the NVIDIA Data Center GPU Driver (applies to bare metal deployments), Virtual GPU Manager (only applies to vGPU for Compute deployments), and DOCA Driver. Fabric Manager is included in the NVIDIA AI Enterprise drivers and updates with the GPU Driver package.	vGPU Installation
Upgrade Kubernetes operators	Upgrade NVIDIA GPU Operator, Network Operator, NIM Operator, DPU Operator (DPF), and NVIDIA Run:ai (self-hosted) following each operator’s documented upgrade path. NVIDIA Run:ai SaaS upgrades are managed by NVIDIA and require no customer-side upgrade.	Operator release note links above
Upgrade guest VMs	For virtualized deployments, upgrade NVIDIA vGPU for Compute Guest Driver and NVIDIA Container Toolkit in tenant VMs.	vGPU Installation
Verify licensing	Confirm each licensed vGPU VM reaches the NVIDIA License System and shows Licensed status.	Verifying License Configuration
Validate workloads	Run a representative CUDA or AI/ML workload to confirm performance, feature parity, and operator-managed scheduling behavior.	N/A

For lifecycle policy, branch support windows, and migration windows beyond 7.x, refer to the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Lifecycle Policy.