NVIDIA Virtual GPU (vGPU): VMware Deployment Guide (Latest)

VMware Deployment Guide

• Overview
  
  • Why NVIDIA vGPU?
  • NVIDIA vGPU Architecture
  • Supported NVIDIA GPUs
  • NVIDIA vGPU Software Licensed Products
• Before You Begin
  
  • Building a Proof of Concept
  • Sizing Your Environment
  • Choosing Your Hardware
  • General Prerequisites
  • Preparation for Pre-Installation
  • Server BIOS Settings
• Installing VMware ESXi
  
  • Choosing the Installation Method
  • Preparing USB Boot Media
  • Installing VMware ESXi
  • Initial Host Configuration
• Installing VMware vCenter Server
  
  • Installing VCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
    
    • Software Considerations:
    • Architectural Considerations:
    • Hardware and Storage Requirements:
  • vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Installation
  • Post Installation
    
    • Adding Licenses to the vCenter Server
    • Adding a Host
    • Setting the NTP Service on a Host
    • Setting a vCenter Appliance to Auto-Start
    • Mounting an NFS ISO Data Store
• Building VMware Horizon
  
  • Prerequisites for VMware Horizon Connection Server
  • Installing Horizon Connection Server
  • Registering the Horizon License
  • Registering vCenter Server
• Installing and configuring the NVIDIA vGPU Manager VIB
  
  • Preparing the VIB file for Install
    
    • Upload the .VIB file using WinSCP
  • Installing vGPU Manager with the VIB
  • Updating the VIB
  • Verifying the Installation of the VIB
  • Uninstalling the VIB
  • Changing the Default Graphics Type in VMware vSphere 6.5 and Later
  • Changing the vGPU Scheduling Policy
    
    • vGPU Scheduling Policies
    • RmPVMRL Registry key
    • Changing the vGPU Scheduling Policy for All GPUs
    • Changing the vGPU Scheduling Policy for Select GPUs
    • Restoring Default vGPU Scheduling Policies
• NVIDIA License Server Documentation
  
  • License Purchasing
  • Server Instance Types
• Selecting the Correct vGPU Profiles
  
  • Creative and Technical Professionals
    
    • Matching Profiles to User Needs
  • Knowledge Worker Profiles
    
    • Matching Profiles to User Needs
    • Frame Buffer Utilization and vGPU Profile selection
• Creating Your First vGPU Virtual Desktop
  
  • Creating a Virtual Machine in vSphere
  • Installing Microsoft Windows
  • Installing VMware Tools
  • Adding the Golden Master to the Domain
  • Installing Horizon Agent
  • Installing Horizon Direct Connection
  • Optimizing Windows
  • Additional Virtual Machine Settings
  • Enabling the NVIDIA vGPU
  • Installing the NVIDIA vGPU Driver: Microsoft Windows
  • Installing the NVIDIA vGPU Driver: Linux
    
    • Installing the vGPU Driver in the Ubuntu VM
      
      • Prerequisites
      • To install the NVIDIA vGPU driver for Linux
  • Licensing NVIDIA vGPU Software
  • Finalizing the Installation
• Creating a Horizon vGPU Pool
  
  • Creating a Template
  • Creating a Customization Specification
  • Provisioning a Single Virtual Machine
  • Creating Full Clone Desktop Pools
  • Creating Linked Clone Desktop Pools
  • Enabling User Access to Desktop Pools
• VMware Horizon Client
  
  • Installing VMware Horizon Client
  • Configuring the VMware Horizon Client Connection

Appendix

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